SAIC

Technical Project Lead

SAIC • $100K — $130K *
Dana Point, CA 92629In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience in experiment planning and documentation
  • Problem-solving mindset for project challenges
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Eligibility for U.S. citizenship and active SECRET security clearance

Responsibilities

  • Drive completion of complex Electronic Warfare projects
  • Define project goals and objectives, breaking them into manageable tasks
  • Assign tasks and lead regular progress meetings
  • Conduct technical and financial risk assessments
  • Develop experiments to understand cause-and-effect relationships
  • Execute experimental assessments of subsystems in lab and field environments
  • Generate and maintain essential technical documentation
  • Communicate findings and progress clearly to stakeholders

Benefits

  • Collaborative environment with cross-disciplinary teams
  • Opportunity for international and domestic travel
  • Engagement in cutting-edge Electronic Warfare projects
  • Professional development through hands-on experimentation
  • Evaluation of innovative RF engineering methodologies
Full Job Description
Job Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced Technical Project Lead to join the Jammer Technique Optimization (JATO) team at Point Mugu, CA. The Technical Project Lead should have proven experience in Electronic Warfare or RF Engineering and strong leadership skills that will be used to lead engineering test teams.

JOB DUTIES:
  • Drive the successful completion of technically complex Electronic Warfare projects, to include modeling and simulation and lab, ground, and flight experiments
  • Define project goals and objectives; break down projects into smaller tasks; establish schedules; identify resources to achieve goals
  • Assign tasks to engineering team members; organize and lead regular meetings to review project progress; foster communication between cross-disciplinary teams (systems, electrical, and software engineers, and operators; track project progress
  • Conduct risk assessments (technical, financial, scheduling); troubleshoot technical issues and communicate resulting impacts
  • Hypothesize and develop experiments to provide insight into cause-and-effect. Create and validate experimentation plans/procedures traced to requirements
  • Execute experimentation to characterize and assess effectiveness of subsystems in various laboratory and field environments, including military service-level events
  • Generate technical documentation: specifications, test plans, test reports, and verification documents
  • Use clear verbal and written communication to collaborate on requirements and to present data and explain results to management and customers
  • Conduct domestic or international travel to support requirements collaboration, experimentation, and customer meetings


Qualifications

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND CLEARANCE:
  • Bachelors and five (5) years of relevant experience.
  • Strong organizational, time management, and decision-making skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills.
  • Experiment planning, execution, documentation.
  • Engineering mindset for problem-solving project challenges.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Ability to work in a lab environment and participate in integration and test activities.
  • Candidate must be a US Citizen.
  • Must have an active SECRET security clearance and be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Strong understanding of RF/microwave principles and system and subsystem-level analysis methodologies
  • Experience in a military Operational Test squadron
  • Experience coordinating events with US Test and Training Ranges
  • Programming with MATLAB/Simulink


About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
Learn more about SAIC
Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Information Technology
Net Income
$206 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+10.7%
Revenue
$6.8 billion
NASDAQ
SAIC
* Ladders Estimates

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