System Engineer

Job ID: 2618514

Location: Stafford, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-10-28

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Sys Safety Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_HYBRID


Description


A successful candidate will work as part of a team analyzing equipment to identify hazards, categorize risk, and recommend mitigations to reduce the probability/severity of a mishap resulting in injury to personnel, equipment damage, and/or damage to the environment. Candidates will collaborate with government personnel, vendors and the user community to ensure the safety of Marine Corps weapons systems and platforms.


This is a hybrid role.


Tasks include:

• Systems safety analysis of hardware and software for US Marines Corps weapons systems.
• Prepare/update Safety Assessment Reports.
• Generate Hazard Logs, Risk Acceptance letters, and Safety Releases in accordance with DoD and Marine Corps requirements.
• Prepare National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation in support of Marine Corps acquisition programs.
• Review System Requirements documentation to identify potential hazardous conditions and make recommendations to system design in collaboration with program staff.
• Perform operational analysis to identify potential deficiencies in operating procedures, training documentation, maintenance procedures, storage and handling procedures, and/or ordnance handling procedures. Make recommendations to commendations to resolve deficiencies.
• Review and make recommendations to test plans to ensure safety requirements are met.
• Assess Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and other system change requests to identify/verify safety risks.

Qualifications


Education Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or a technical related field, or military experience at E-6 or higher. 5+ years of experience; four (4) additional years of experience in lieu of degree.

Security Clearance:

• Active secret clearance required on the first day.

Qualifications:

• Experience conducting System Engineering Analysis, System Safety Analysis, Risk Management and/or Hazard Analysis.
• Experience working with US Navy or US Marine Corps combat systems or platforms.
• Experience operating, maintaining, testing, or analyzing weapons systems or complex mechanical or software systems.
• Systems Engineering experience with US Navy or US Marine Corps weapons systems.
• Experience preparing technical reports.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. 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 .