Principal Systems Engineer

Job ID: 2615755

Location: Suitland, MD, US

Date Posted: 2026-08-17

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE


Description


Varen, an SAIC company is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join our team! This position is located in Suitland, MD and requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph to be considered.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provides systems engineering (SE) support services as part of the Architecture & Engineering team.
• Responsible for architecting, engineering, developing, implementing, integrating, deploying, and sustaining systems to meet business and mission requirements.
• Conducts engineering studies, requirements engineering, design engineering, implementation/integration, and test/evaluation.
• Develops and maintains SE documentation and artifacts (needs assessments, project plans, SEMP, configuration management plans, CONOPs, requirements/design specifications, integration/test plans, deployment/validation documents, O&M plans).
• Supports performance analysis, problem identification, root cause analysis, and strategic solution development.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph.

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 .