Systems Engineer Sr Principal

Job ID: 2617223

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-09-24

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE


Description


SAIC is seeking a Systems Engineer Sr Principal to fill a critical position on the SAIC Prime Program Landmark AOS in Chantilly, VA. Landmark AOS is a large SETA program supporting the NRO Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle.


Responsibilities include:

• Lead, manage, coach, train and motivate the team conducting the entire array of Systems Engineering disciplines (Schedules, Configuration Management, Requirements, Risk etc.,) across a myriad of cloud-based software development activities.
• Development detailed Systems Engineering products to include integration, verification, validation and test processes, requirements tracing, short term and long term schedules and roadmaps.
• Develop MBSE plans and procedure and the application to current and future programs
• Frequent interaction with government, SETA, FFRDC, and external stakeholders
• Manage requirements for programs and projects
• Derive system level requirements and work with the team to develop the corresponding documentation
• Developing Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) for new capabilities and coordinating them across the affected organizations
• Developing enterprise, system, functional, performance, and interface requirements
• Scope and link requirements for proper system definition.
• Write systems engineering documents; follow and update templates for documents

Qualifications


Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph
• 9+ years of experience directly supporting a System Engineering organization and a demonstrated understanding of Systems Engineering and Acquisition processes.
• Expertise and experience with the IC acquisition cycle, requirements processes, budgetary practices, and acquisition documentation
• Strong oral and written communications to support interaction with government, SETA, FFRDC, external stakeholders, and development contractors at all levels on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between all organizations within a high-tempo environment

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .