Space Protection Mission Engineer

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

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

Job ID: T2600668

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 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 and Indications and Warning (I&W) capabilities into space operations. The Space Protection Mission Engineer collaborates within a team of mission-related SMEs to support 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:

Serve 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.
Author/review I&W system requirements, decompose to lower-level SPO requirements while maintaining complete traceability, support test campaign strategy and planning, and assist requirement sell-off to external stakeholders.
Partner with enterprise stakeholders to scope SPO requirements, assist the software developer on SPO requirement interpretation, and work to close any dependency gaps to facilitate on-time development, delivery, and transition to operations of critical space protection capabilities.
Assess technical progress of software development and based on analysis, shape strategy recommendations to include engineering and acquisition trades within the program's development priorities and budget profile that most optimally satisfy the enterprise's demand for space protection capabilities.
Collaborate with other I&W SMEs to develop technical plans and documentation and provide Request for Change (RFC) impact assessments to SPO's acquisition plans and schedules.
Support the Contracting Officer Technical Representative(s) to refine requirements, designs, and testing strategies to meet user needs.
Represent the SPO during software developer's Program Increment (PI) planning, Pre-planning, Sprint Close-out, and Demonstration events providing SPO's vision and priorities in specific mission areas of responsibility.

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 5 or more years of experience.
Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
Experience in Space Domain Awareness (SDA).
3+ years' experience developing, testing, or fielding space and/or ground systems.
Experience in Government System Engineering disciplines, including requirements development and management, readiness, and testing.

Desired Qualifications:

Experience supporting NRO SIGINT or GEOINT SPOs and/or familiarity with SIGINT/GEOINT operations.
Experience in Space Protection tactics, techniques, and procedures and familiarity with Indication and Warning (I&W) mission operations.
Proficiency with Confluence and JIRA.
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies including participation in scrums, development of solution epics/features, and continuous integration/continuous deployment.
Familiarity with NRO's System's Engineering Directorate (SED) and its Requirements Development/Management, RFC, and Lifecycle Readiness 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: T2600668
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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