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Senior Communications Project Engineer

Chantilly, VA, US • Posted 1 hour ago • Updated 1 hour ago

Full Time

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Skills

Science
Status Reports
Project Management
Configuration Management
Version Control
Network
Security Clearance
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Aerospace
Electronics
Management
IT Project Management
Collaboration
Confluence
JIRA
Computer Networking
Customer Service
Team Building
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Organizational Skills
Project Implementation
DoD
Integrated Circuit
Internal Communications
IC
Acquisition
Program Management
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
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Summary

Job ID: 2612296

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-05-07

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

SAIC is seeking a Senior Communications Project Engineer. In this role, you will play a vital role in implementing new communications technologies in an innovative future space architecture by leading a team of technical subject matter experts defining enterprise interoperability standards for space-space and space-ground communications and developing and executing a communications technology development strategy. This position is located in Chantilly, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Job Duties include:

Produce and execute project plans.
Lead weekly team status update meetings with customers.
Facilitate technical interchange meetings between customer subject matter experts and developers; capture, assign, and track to completion action items; capture and publish meeting notes.
Curate and maintain project information using enterprise collaboration and project management tools.
Curate and adjudicate comments to draft interoperability standards documents.
Ensure configuration management and version control of draft interoperability standards documents.
Prepare incremental drafts of standards documents for customer review.
Coordinate efforts of representatives from multiple customer offices to accomplish project objectives.
Coordinate engagements with potential external users of customer's data transport network.

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering.
14+ years of relevant professional experience.
Experience with communications system development and test.
Experience with space system electronics technology development.
Experience managing engineering development projects.
Proficient with modern technical project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Confluence, JIRA).
Ability to work collaboratively with personnel from multiple functions and at all levels of the customer organization to deliver results; strong networking, interpersonal, customer service skills, team building and problem-solving skills with an ability to be effective in a government/contractor team environment.
Excellent organizational skills, ability to plan, track and maintain due dates for multiple taskers and products central to project execution.
Experience in DoD IC acquisition and program management processes.

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: 2612296
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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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