SAIC
SAIC

Principal Systems Engineer

Hill AFB, UT, US • Posted 20 hours ago • Updated 20 hours ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • DoD
  • Adobe AIR
  • Acquisition
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Management
  • IT Management
  • Issue Resolution
  • Risk Management
  • Mentorship
  • Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Security Clearance
  • Rhapsody
  • Requirements Management
  • Leadership
  • Verification And Validation
  • Aerospace
  • Agile
  • Modeling
  • MATLAB
  • IBM Rational DOORS
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Information Technology
  • Systems Engineering
  • FOCUS

Summary

Job ID: 2616398

Location: Hill AFB, UT, US

Date Posted: 2026-09-01

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to support the Air Force's next-generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) weapon system acquisition - the Sentinel Program. Our customer is the Sentinel Program Office located at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This is a rare opportunity to work on one of the Department of Defense's most strategic and transformative acquisition programs while serving as a trusted technical advisor to senior decision-makers. This position demands a highly experienced systems engineering leader with a proven track record of guiding large-scale engineering initiatives, managing complex systems, and driving high-stakes program success.

Responsibilities Include:
  • Serve as the primary technical advisor to the U.S. Air Force on engineering and acquisition decisions for the Sentinel program.
  • Develop and oversee the strategy for major technical milestone reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR), including the creation and delivery of key review materials.
  • Perform extensive reviews of Prime contractor designs, mechanical drawings, and deliverables to ensure program compliance with technical requirements, Government policy, and safety standards.
  • Provide expert-level oversight of requirements management and traceability, ensuring alignment with evolving technical baselines through tools like DOORS.
  • Direct and oversee system verification and validation efforts for highly regulated systems with critical mission requirements.
  • Serve as technical lead for complex issue resolution, risk management efforts, and mitigation strategies across multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Act as a mentor and guide to systems engineers at all levels, contributing to team and organizational growth.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics with 9+ years of professional engineering experience
  • Active U.S. Government Secret clearance.
  • Recognized expertise in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes and tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody, or other similar platforms.
  • Extensive experience in requirements management and traceability efforts using tools like DOORS.
  • Proven leadership in planning, preparing, and executing technical milestone reviews such as SRR, PDR, and CDR.
  • Advanced understanding of verification and validation processes for large-scale systems in a highly regulated environment (e.g., aerospace, defense).
  • Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted advisor to Government customers, providing solutions to critical engineering and technical challenges.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license and/or INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP or ESEP).
  • Mastery of systems engineering, Agile development tools, or advanced modeling tools such as MATLAB, DOORS, JIRA, and Confluence.



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: 2616398
  • Posted 20 hours ago

Company Info

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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