Job ID: 2506641
Location: EL SEGUNDO, CA, US
Date Posted: 2025-06-12
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking a highly experienced Space Systems Chief Systems Engineer to support Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SZ) portfolio. Position is available in El Segundo, California.

• Engages with developers to evaluate software simulators, engineering units, and hardware simulators through integration activities.
• Leads technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversees development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate and test space systems.
• Oversees payload integration and interface control management.
• Performs system integration of multiple efforts to integrate complex space systems, ground segment integration, and deployment into operations.
• Manage and negotiate interface control documents with external stakeholders.
• Performs systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, interface definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, systems integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and development and refinement of communications concepts of operation.
• Oversees requirements verification and validation.
• Makes program risks assessments and provides actionable recommendations to the chief engineer and program manager.
• Independently collaborates with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel.
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