Chief Space Systems Engineer

Description

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SAIC is seeking a highly experienced Space Systems Chief Systems Engineer to support Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SZ) portfolio. Position is available in El Segundo, California .

Fun stuff you will do on the job:

• Engages with developers to evaluate software simulators, engineering units, and hardware simulators through integration activities.

• Leads technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversees development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate and test space systems.

• Oversees payload integration and interface control management.

• Performs system integration of multiple efforts to integrate complex space systems, ground segment integration, and deployment into operations.

• Manage and negotiate interface control documents with external stakeholders.

• Performs 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 communications concepts of operation.

• Oversees requirements verification and validation.

• Makes program risks assessments and provides actionable recommendations to the chief engineer and program manager.

• Independently collaborates with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel.

Qualifications

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This is you:

• Bachelor of Science and eighteen (18) years or more experience; Master's and sixteen (16) years or more experience or an additional 4 years of experience may be used in lieu of Bachelor's degree.

• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI and be willing to consent to a polygraph examination.

• Experience with space systems development, integration, and/or operations of DoD or other Agency (NRO, NSA, NASA, etc.).

• Experience leading systems engineering teams focused on integration of complex space and/or ground systems.

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability