Systems Engineer Principal IO

Job ID: 2509000

Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US

Date Posted: 2025-08-21

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is looking for a cleared Systems Engineer IO in San Diego, CA to provide technical assistance and recommendations regarding the planning, implementation, and management of Battlespace Awareness and Information Operations (BAIO) Programs of Record within the Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Computers, Communications, and Intelligence (PEO C4I). Support includes providing high quality engineering advisory services as they relate to evaluating requirements, training and planning support, assisting in the development of doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures, advocating requirements in support of future effects-based warfare, assessment of Research & Development (R&D) and Science and Technology (S&T) efforts.

• Analyze required system capabilities to determine integration requirements and define challenges and develop plans to address requirements.
• Conduct systems / system of systems architecture design, integration, testing, experimentation, implementation, integration, and cyber certification activities.
• Assist in development and update of IO systems technical documentation during system development.
• The contractor shall provide systems engineering and technical support for ongoing Information Operations and advanced technology developments and policies to the Navy IO Customer.
• Interface with various levels of program leadership: project managers, task and functional leaders, and product owners.
• Control of interface requirements to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and improve quality of programs and projects.
• Provide analysis of capabilities and software tools.
• Support Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Engineering teams to develop digital representations and models of the system to support interface development.
• Provide subject matter expertise for development of Fleet employment of Information Operations and related systems to include CONOP, CONEMP, and OPTASK development.
• Provide subject matter expertise support in meetings, technical working groups, technical exchange meetings, and Commander's Update Briefs.
• Provide assessments, advanced development priorities, and the review of R&D and S&T programs, proposals, projects, and others as directed.
• Communicate requirements, work products, progress, and deliverables schedules to senior level civilians and military personnel.

Qualifications

Required Skills, education and experience:

• Ability to work with and build relationships with a variety of stakeholders, government technical representatives, and other supporting contractors; excellent written and oral communications; ability to work independently or in a team collaborative environment; ability to brief senior government personnel.
• Bachelor's Degree and Science, Engineering or Math and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience. 4 additional years of experience is acceptable in lieu of advanced education.
• TS/SCI clearance.

Desired Skills and Certifications:

• Prior Military experience with BAIO systems.
• INCOSE ASEP/CSEP.
• Experience using the Rational DOORS requirements management tool.
• Understanding of PEO C4I / NAVWAR organization structure, programs of records and mission focus.
• Basic familiarity of PoR, DOD, U.S. Navy acquisition documents.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.