Grounds System Engineer

CHANTILLY, VA, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 2 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

SAIC

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Skills

Science
Recruiting
DoD
Intelligence Analysis
Software Development
Agile
Development Testing
Verification And Validation
Reporting
Integration Testing
Mentorship
Security Clearance
Effective Communication
Collaboration
Customer Engagement
Supervision
SAFE
Cloud Computing
Satellite
Quality Assurance
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
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Summary

Job ID: 2600709

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-03-03

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: No

Description

Join a winning team!! SAIC's Space and Intelligence Business Group is currently hiring to advance space capabilities supporting our Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence Community customers. Ten miles from the SAIC headquarters, our Chantilly, VA team supports systems development, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration and more.

This position is for a Ground System Engineer for a large contract supporting a cutting-edge and innovative space program. The Ground System Engineer leads oversight of developer software development progress and supports related systems engineering activities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Role Responsibilities:

Represent the Program Office at developer Agile events; ensuring that the customer and stakeholder needs are prioritized.
Engage with Agile Development teams to assess implementation and execution.
Assess developer test approaches and serve as Customer Witness to integration, verification, and validation tests.
Report results to the Program Office team.
Retain cognizance of the ground technical baseline, schedule, dependencies, risks and cost.
Provide technical and cost assessment of vendor proposals, review technical reports, design artifacts and program plans.
Provide support to ground requirements/interface definition, design, development, integration, test, deployment, and operations activities.
Advise and mentor customer personnel regarding developer programmatic and technical execution.
Develop productive relationships with development contractor counterparts, functional counterparts, and other spacecraft, payload, and ground subject matter experts.

Qualifications

Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
Bachelors and 9 years of relevant experience; OR Masters and 7 years of relevant experience.
Experience working on a Government or Commercial satellite program.
Familiarity with cloud technologies.
Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills.
Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment with no supervision.

Desired Qualifications:

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification or similar.
Satellite tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, or dissemination (TCPED) experience.
Experience with cloud-based satellite ground systems.
Software test experience.

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: 2600709
Posted 30+ days ago

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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