Systems Engineer

Job ID: 2618313

Location: Indianapolis, IN, US

Date Posted: 2026-10-22

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE


Description


SAIC is seeking a well-rounded Systems Engineer to lead a team of EEs & MEs, and other project personnel to deliver concepts and products related to weapon systems, aircraft and other military systems. The candidate will directly support Government program(s) as project lead throughout the entire program lifecycle. The candidate will support all aspects of design to include, but not limited to, design, development, documentation, testing and production transition. Candidate will be expected to possess excellent communication skills to interface to multi-disciplinary design team and logistics team. Candidate will also perform detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into engineering specifications. Candidate will author documents to system compliance with customer requirements. As part of daily duties, candidate ensures the effective team implementation of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Qualifications


REQUIRED: Candidate must possess the following qualifications:

• Minimum of Bachelors degree in relevant engineering discipline and two (2) years or more experience, or Masters degree and 0 years
• Experience with requirement generation, management, allocation, and tracking
• Strong background with managing engineering development project teams and familiarity with project tracking to assess risk, costs, schedule, and team performance
• Strong background in developmental and qualification testing, to include test planning, documentation, set up, and execution per MIL-STD-810
• Strong background in product design review processes, to include preparation of review documentation and products, and presentation of material in a structured development environment (i.e. defense, medical, automotive, etc.)
• Experience writing and interpreting technical reports and requirements and interface documents
• Experience preparing presentation material and presenting to peers, project tram members, customers, and managers at all levels
• Must be able to obtain a minimum of a secret security clearance

DESIRED SKILLS: Not required, but ideal candidate would also possess the following skills:

• Product Life Cycle Management tools experience a strong plus
• Background in product development through production transition which includes working alongside QA, procurement, & logistics
• Experience with military QA and Change Management requirements
• Experience with electronic systems and RF systems a plus
• Experience with DoD weapons integration, aircraft systems and weapons control and delivery systems and associated test equipment
• Already possess military security clearance at the Secret or above level

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 .