Space Vehicle Systems Engineer

Job ID: 2619094

Location: El Segundo, CA, US

Date Posted: 2026-11-13

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: TS/SCI with Poly

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a highly experienced Space Vehicle Systems Engineer to support Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SY) portfolio. The position is available in El Segundo, California. This role requires extensive expertise in space systems engineering and space vehicle development.

You will serve as a critical embedded member of the Government applying advanced space systems engineering principles to shape and deliver the next generation capability. The role emphasizes leveraging streamlined acquisition frameworks while ensuring delivering of space systems. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving program planning, risk mitigation, technical oversight, and technical review to provide subject matter expertise (SME) recommendations to the Government program for successful management and execution of space vehicle programs.

Fun stuff you will do on the job:

• Support the Government program manager (GPM) and chief engineer (CE) as a key technical representative for a major space system acquisition.
• Engage with development contractors evaluating designs, models, integration and test plans.
  Lead technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversee development contractors to develop, design, produce, integrate and test space systems.
• Partner with Government CE to provide oversight of payload integration and interface control management.
• Perform system integration of multiple efforts to integrate complex space systems, ground segment integration, and deployment into operation.
• Partner with Government CE to provide oversight and review of requirements verification and validation.
• Manage and negotiate interface control documents with external stakeholders.
• Perform systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, interface definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, systems integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and development and refinement of concepts of operation.
• Make program risks assessments and provides actionable recommendations to the CD and GPM.
  Independently collaborate with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel.

Qualifications

This is you:

• Bachelor of Science or applicable and 9 years or more experience; 4 additional years of experience may be used in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret clearance with currently active SCI or SCI eligibility and willing to consent to a polygraph examination.
• Experience with technical requirements development, systems engineering, and overseeing development contractors to develop, design, produce, integrate and test space systems.
• Experience with development, integration and test of Space Vehicle.
• Experience with requirements verification and validation.

It would be a plus if:

• Experience with Launch Systems Integration.
• SME in one or more key Space Vehicle subsystems.
• Have experience with development and execution of Risk & Opportunities.
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for program execution and management.

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

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• Position Id: 2619094
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