Overview
On Site
Full Time
Skills
Science
Design Review
Collaboration
EMC
Editing
Backup
Internal Communications
Integrated Circuit
IC
Modeling
Data Management
Workflow
Microsoft Excel
Configuration Management
Content Management
Change Management
Supervision
Leadership
Security Clearance
Management
Administrative Support
JIRA
Confluence
Organizational Skills
Requirements Management
Software Development
Root Cause Analysis
Satellite
Acquisition
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
FOCUS
Job Details
Job ID: 2505297
Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US
Date Posted: 2025-05-02
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer with 5 to 7 years of systems engineering experience to provide Data Management and Design Review Workflow oversight for an advanced NRO satellite acquisition program. This position also involves dynamic support to other aspects of the systems engineering life-cycle (architecture studies, requirements management, design studies, integration & test, and launch & initialization activities).
The position is in Chantilly, VA involving work within the Intelligence Community that primarily focuses on Data Management of large volumes of engineering deliverables from a space vehicle prime development contractor . The primary role also involves managing and overseeing systems engineering design review process workflows in JIRA. The successful applicant will work directly with multiple government customers in a program office of approximately 100 personnel (government, SETA, and FFRDC) and interact with members of the development contractor's team.
Key duties/responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Qualifications
Desired Qualifications:
Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US
Date Posted: 2025-05-02
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer with 5 to 7 years of systems engineering experience to provide Data Management and Design Review Workflow oversight for an advanced NRO satellite acquisition program. This position also involves dynamic support to other aspects of the systems engineering life-cycle (architecture studies, requirements management, design studies, integration & test, and launch & initialization activities).
The position is in Chantilly, VA involving work within the Intelligence Community that primarily focuses on Data Management of large volumes of engineering deliverables from a space vehicle prime development contractor . The primary role also involves managing and overseeing systems engineering design review process workflows in JIRA. The successful applicant will work directly with multiple government customers in a program office of approximately 100 personnel (government, SETA, and FFRDC) and interact with members of the development contractor's team.
Key duties/responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Monitor and track contract deliverables and engineering data items from the development contractor and the timely review/approval by the government program office.
- Develop and/or maintain a data collaboration tool (e.g., MS Access, SharePoint, Enterprise Management and Consolidation of CDRLs [EMC2]) for access to the data items and tracking issues or approvals for each.
- Manage the receipt, dissemination, review and approval of artifacts associated with major program reviews (e.g., PDR, CDR, PSR).
- Draft and coordinate timely Contracting Officer letters to the prime contractor indicating acceptability of contract deliverables.
- Utilize Confluence experience to create content and manage multiple system engineering Confluence pages.
- Utilize JIRA experience to create, manage, edit, and resolve workflow issues in JIRA (action item tracking, engineering review processes, etc.).
- Provide backup configuration management (CM) oversight to government and contractor activities.
- Organize and/or facilitate live virtual meetings across multiple sites via IC-Connect.
- Provide broad program systems engineering support including, but not limited to: trade studies, requirements management, modeling and analysis, space vehicle integration, system-level and enterprise-level test, launch, and operations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and nine years or more experience; Masters and seven or more experience; PhD and four years or more experience.
- Experience using data management systems for government programs across multiple platforms and networks.
- Experience with Confluence & JIRA applications including creating/maintaining/troubleshooting/using process workflows.
- Ability to develop and/or tailor tools (in Excel, Access, SharePoint) to track status of government program office review of large volumes of contractor-generated engineering data items.
- Familiar with systems engineering fundamentals (CM, requirements verification, program reviews).
- Ability to work without significant supervision.
- Ability to communicate and coordinate information to senior leadership and various stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and leadership skills.
- Current TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience managing SharePoint sites.
- Experience providing administrative support for JIRA/Confluence.
- Experience organizing and supporting major program reviews.
- Experience and/or strong desire to work requirements management, design studies, integration & test, ground systems engineering, software development, launch and operations, root cause analysis.
- 3+ years or more experience working in a government satellite acquisition office.
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