Space Ground Satellite Systems Engineer

CHANTILLY, VA, US • Posted 8 days ago • Updated 5 minutes ago

Full Time

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Skills

Science
RF
IC
Integrated Circuit
Internal Communications
Satellite Telecommunications
Interfaces Management
System Integration
Performance Analysis
Verification And Validation
Computer Hardware
Risk Assessment
Collaboration
Satellite
Spectrum Management
Design Review
Audio Engineering
SAP BASIS
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Budget
Technical Drafting
Management
Research and Development
Technical Writing
SPO
Acquisition
Security Clearance
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
FOCUS

Summary

Job ID: 2601624

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-02-22

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

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 contractor's 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

Required Qualifications:

Must have bachelor's degree in engineering (systems, mechanical, electrical or related discipline) with minimum of nine (9) years of relevant work experience or sic (6) years with master's 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:

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: 2601624
Posted 8 days ago

Company Info

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 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, civilian and intelligence markets include 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 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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