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Systems Engineer Principal

Chantilly, VA, US • Posted 15 hours ago • Updated 15 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $120,001.00 - 160,000.00 per year

SAIC

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Summary

Job ID: 2614607

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-07-15

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

Join a winning team! SAIC's is currently hiring an Enterprise-level Systems Engineering and Technical Assistant in support to the Intelligence Community (IC) in Chantilly, VA. This customer is responsible for designing, building, and operating national security-related systems based in space, in the air, and on the ground. SAIC is a strong company providing opportunities for energetic individuals with a strong desire to expand their knowledge while increasing their responsibilities.

SAIC has an opening for a mid-level systems engineer architect to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) services to an IC customer. The customer organization we support provides the enterprise architecting, analysis, and systems engineering solutions that determine the current and future national space systems.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Identifying and defining future space capability needs
Identifying key architecture and system level trades
Developing strategies in support of IC and Department of Defense (DoD) architectures
Assessing the performance of current and future architecture concepts
Providing technical and programmatic guidance to the architecture and system level requirements process

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline with at least 9+ years of relevant experience; or Master's degree in STEM with 7 years of relevant experience
Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
Strong technical fundamentals in IC space collectors, command and control, mission control, and mission processing
Understanding of how to use architecting and engineering to support senior level enterprise decision making
Working knowledge/familiarity with architecture and engineering tools
Architecture and engineering domain understanding from a holistic enterprise perspective
Ability to recommend space enterprise architecture tradeoffs, impacts, and advancement
Experience in development and use of modeling for architecture solutions
Understanding of core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes
Experience with lifecycle readiness from System Requirements Review through system decommissioning
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment
Strong oral and written communication skills
Customer focused and capable of representing the customer in community forums

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10111346
Position Id: 2614607
Posted 15 hours ago

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About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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