Space Protection Mission Engineer

Chantilly, VA, US • Posted 5 hours ago • Updated 5 hours ago

Full Time

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SAIC

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Adobe AIR
Internal Communications
Integrated Circuit
IC
Computer Hardware
Interfaces
Budget
Software Development
Collaboration
Documentation
Acquisition
SPO
Equities
Security Clearance
Management
Testing
SDA
Signals Intelligence
SED
Development Management
RFC
Agile
Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration and Development
Confluence
JIRA
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
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Summary

Job ID: T2600409

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-03-05

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
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SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Mission Engineer to join the Air Force, Space and Intelligence Business Group providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The customer is developing the next generation of space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions.

The Space Protection Mission Engineer will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) and System Program Office (SPO) representative coordinating with the development contractor and stakeholders (including end user operators) for deployment of new protection capabilities into space operations. The Space Protection Mission Engineer collaborates within a team of mission-related SMEs to coordinate system development, requirements verification testing (and sell-off), identification of discrepancies, and mission validation testing.

The Space Protection Mission Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Coordinate with external SPOs to develop a common space protection concept of operations that identifies capability requirements and required interfaces to enable satisfaction of their unique protection needs, while simultaneously liaising, as required, to build relationships and manage expectations.
Advocate for enterprise capability needs at developer working groups, SPO's internal decision forums, and other technical meetings to facilitate achieving capability delivery commitments.
Shape strategy recommendations to include engineering and acquisition trades that meet enterprise's demand for space protection capabilities within the program's development priorities and budget profile.
Serves as a SPO technical expert providing oversight for software development, implementation, and deployment of ground processing system capabilities that are integrated with the NRO space enterprise.
Collaborate with other SMEs to develop technical plans and documentation, advise the customer on technical progress of the acquisition, and support the integration of ground processing systems with space systems.
Produce technical materials depicting SPO's development progress in support of stakeholder equities in preparation for stakeholder's NRO oversight and/or other readiness events, as required.
Support the Contracting Officer Technical Representative(s) and developers to refine requirements, designs, and testing capabilities to meet user needs.

Qualifications
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Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's and 9 or more years of experience; master's and 7 or more years of experience; PhD and 4 or more years of experience.
Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
Experience in Government System Engineering disciplines, including requirements development and management, readiness, and testing.
Experience developing, testing, or fielding space and/or ground software systems.
Familiarity with Space Domain Awareness (SDA) systems, activities, or operations.

Desired Qualifications:

Experience in SDA and the Indication and Warning (I&W) mission areas.
Experience supporting NRO SIGINT or GEOINT SPOs and/or familiarity with SIGINT/GEOINT operations.
Familiarity with NRO's System's Engineering Directorate (SED) and its Requirements Development/Management, RFC, and Lifecycle Readiness processes.
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies including participation in scrums, development of solution. epics/features, and continuous integration/continuous deployment.
Familiarity with Confluence and JIRA.

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: T2600409
Posted 5 hours ago

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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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