Space Ground Satellite Systems Engineer at SAIC

Chantilly, Virginia, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

23 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Systems Engineering, Radio Frequency (RF) Communications, Satellite Systems, Technical Advisory (SETA), Integration, Test, Interface Control Management, Performance Analysis, Concept Of Operation, Verification, Validation, Cryptographic Devices, Risk Assessment, Acquisition Support, Source Selection, Spectrum Management

Industry

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Description

SAIC is seeking a Satellite Systems Engineer with Radio Frequency (RF) communications experience to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services to a customer within the Intelligence Community (IC) in Chantilly, VA. This customer is responsible for designing, building, and operating experimental spacecraft to demonstrate advanced technologies. Job Description: • Lead technical objective development and decomposition, oversee development contractor’s design, development, integration, and test of communications systems for experimental space systems • Support COMMs systems integration and interface control management • Provide technical advice on Satellite COMM system performance against requirements and specifications • Support systems architecting and engineering activities such as system objectives definition, interface definition, design, interface management, systems integration, performance analysis, and development and refinement of concepts of operation. • Support COMMS system and component verification and validation • Support the integration of secure COMMS capabilities to include hardware cryptographic devices • Make program risk assessments and provide actionable mitigation recommendations to the program manager • Independently collaborate with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel • Leads technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversee development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate, and test Satellite COMMS systems • Manages required COMMS related approvals and waivers to include spectrum management and others as appropriate • Participate in program readiness and design reviews • Ensure the R&D efforts are planned and conducted on a sound engineering basis including management of technical risks • Support Program acquisition, source selection, and programmatic processes Required Qualifications: • Must have bachelor’s degree in engineering (systems, mechanical, electrical or related discipline) with minimum of nine (9) years of relevant work experience or sic (6) years with master’s degree • Demonstrated space systems engineering experience • Experience providing acquisition support to include working budgets, schedules, contracts (drafting SOWs, CDRLs, RFPs) and supporting source selection efforts Desired Qualifications: • Experience supporting varied portfolio projects with dissimilar technical focuses, ideally experience managing R&D projects • Strong interpersonal skills with effective technical writing and briefing skills • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and energetic setting • Strong working knowledge of MS Office applications • Experience working at NRO SPO • NRO Acquisition experience Clearance: Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance with an active poly..

Responsibilities

The role involves leading technical objective development, overseeing contractor design, development, integration, and testing of communications systems for experimental space systems. Responsibilities also include providing technical advice on system performance, managing COMMS-related approvals, and participating in program reviews.