Space Ground Satellite Systems Engineer

Description ufeff SAIC is seeking a Satellite Systems Engineer with Radio Frequency (RF) communications experience to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services to a customer within the Intelligence Community (IC) in Chantilly, VA. This customer is responsible for designing, building, and operating experimental spacecraft to demonstrate advanced technologies. Job Description: + Lead technical objective development and decomposition, oversee development contractoru2019s design, development, integration, and test of communications systems for experimental space systems + Support COMMs systems integration and interface control management + Provide technical advice on Satellite COMM system performance against requirements and specifications + Support systems architecting and engineering activities such as system objectives definition, interface definition, design, interface management, systems integration, performance analysis, and development and refinement of concepts of operation + Support COMMS system and component verification and validation + Support the integration of secure COMMS capabilities to include hardware cryptographic devices + Make program risk assessments and provide actionable mitigation recommendations to the program manager + Independently collaborate with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel + Leads technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversee development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate, and test Satellite COMMS systems + Manages required COMMS related approvals and waivers to include spectrum management and others as appropriate + Participate in program readiness and design reviews + Ensure the R&D efforts are planned and conducted on a sound engineering basis including management of technical risks + Support Program acquisition, source selection, and programmatic processes Qualifications ufeff Required Qualifications: + Must have bacheloru2019s degree in engineering (systems, mechanical, electrical or related discipline) with minimum of nine (9) years of relevant work experience or sic (6) years with masteru2019s degree + Demonstrated space systems engineering experience + Experience providing acquisition support to include working budgets, schedules, contracts (drafting SOWs, CDRLs, RFPs) and supporting source selection efforts Desired Qualifications: + Experience supporting varied portfolio projects with dissimilar technical focuses, ideally experience managing R&D projects + Strong interpersonal skills with effective technical writing and briefing skills + Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and energetic setting + Strong working knowledge of MS Office applications + Experience working at NRO SPO + NRO Acquisition experience Clearance: + Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance with an active poly REQNUMBER: T2601624SAIC 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 . For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Created: 2026-03-10