Job ID: 2508822
Location: EL SEGUNDO, CA, US
Date Posted: 2025-08-18
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 Sr. Principal Space Systems Engineer to support Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SZ) portfolio. Position is available in El Segundo, California.

• Lead technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversee development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate and test space systems.
• Oversee payload integration and interface control management.
• Perform system integration of multiple efforts to integrate complex space systems, ground segment integration, and deployment into operation.
• Manage and negotiate interface control documents with external stakeholders.
• Perform 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 concepts of operation.
• Oversee requirements verification and validation.
• Make program risks assessments and provides actionable recommendations to the chief engineer and program manager.
• Independently collaborate with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel.
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