GEOINT Systems Engineer

Description

SAIC is seeking a GEOINT Systems Engineer to provide systems engineering and technical advisory (SETA) services to our NRO customer in Chantilly, VA. This customer is responsible for designing, building, and operating national security-related systems based in space, in the air, and on the ground.

SAIC has an opening for a mid- to senior level engineer to provide SETA services to an IC customer who is responsible for maturing and developing electro-optical remote sensing technology from applied research into demonstrably mature capabilities that can be inserted into system program baselines.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Directly supports the government program manager throughout the research and development lifecycle for electro-optical remote sensing projects including:
  • Provide programmatic and technical support to customer leaders and staff as part of a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) team.
  • Provide administrative support for the program office to include Budget Profiles and Tracking, etc.
  • Draft acquisition documents (e.g. Broad Agency Announcements, Requests for Proposal, Statements of Work, specifications, Contract Data Requirement Lists) and support source selection activities (e.g. technical evaluations).
• Initiating and planning project acquisition.
  • Assist the IC customer with the acquisition and oversight of technology development contracts and develop briefings for government and industry.
  • Review development contractor's engineering documents and procedures, requirements flowdown, verification methodologies, calibration plans, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and test plans to ensure program success.
• Identifying and assessing project or program risk.
  • Participate in design reviews to uphold the customer's interests.
• Project execution, monitoring, and controls.
  • Project closeout and transition execution to system program offices for flight development.
  • Directly supports the government program manager to address organizational business processes information requirements by authoring papers and briefings for internal and external audiences.
• Office level reviews such as: technical performance, spend planning, or budget requests.
• Enterprise review boards or Inter-agency Working Groups.
• Departmental or Congressional inquiries.
  • Develop technical strategies, analysis, recommendations, and roadmaps for the government customer for the future of advanced electro-optical development through.
• Survey and documentation of the state-of-the-art technologies.
• Participate in, or monitor the execution of, studies or surveys by outside organizations.
• Collaboration with outside organizations such as other government agencies, laboratories, and universities.
• Active participation in intra- or inter- agency forums.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Poly.
• Bachelor's degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline with 9+ years related experience, -or- Master's degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline 7+ years related experience.
• Knowledge of the data processing chain for electro-optical (EO) remote sensing systems (aka tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination) is a discriminator, but not required.
• Project management experience for research and development activities.
• A willingness to learn about radiation effects on space-based EO components and microelectronics.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and energetic environment.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications.
• Effective interpersonal skills and strong briefing and writing skills.
• Aptitude for on-site Systems Engineering and Technical Advisor (SETA) work.
• Familiarity with defense and intelligence acquisition, budget planning and contracting.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.