Systems Engineer Senior

Job ID: 2507405

Location: PATUXENT RIVER, MD, US

Date Posted: 2025-07-09

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is looking for a journeyman engineer to support PMA-208 (Aerial Targets group) at NAVAIR located at NAS Patuxent River, MD. Candidate will be able to perform engineering duties in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, and missiles. May conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. To include Subsonic: BQM-177, BQM-167 and BQM-34, Supersonic: AQM-88 and GQM-163 and TMSS: FAST (full scale aerial targets), Moving Land Targets, Target Threat Simulations, etc. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques. Duties will include:

• Assist in coordinating the utilization of test ranges for various test events
• Support development and review of technical requirements for test planning and reporting efforts
• Will assist in tracking target requirements across all of the weapons portfolios with the goal of ensuring each program has accurate target requests, and ultimately gets the targets that they need (or a substitute is identified)
• Support program management in the form of planning, scheduling, and reporting in support of assigned projects in accordance with DoD acquisition program management and T&E instructions and guidebooks
• The contractor shall support all aspects of developing the overall test strategy and products required to plan, execute and report on test programs and projects
• Identify and support appropriate types and depth of testing required for the active phase of the comprehensive aircraft or weapon systems projects
• Develop test plans, deficiency reports and Report of Test Results, to include maintenance of the project notebook (test procedures, plans, flight cards, daily reports, etc.). Contractor shall Identify data parameters, instrumentation requirements, perform analysis, and conduct system evaluation
• Utilization of the ISUITE of tools for test reporting
• Support the technical studies and analyses for advanced testing philosophies, to include providing recommendations on specific approaches, test facilities requirements, and equipment or system requirements
• Assist with Managing aerial targets portfolios
• Ability to perform all functional duties independently

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• The candidate will have 3 -10 years of experience and a Bachelor's Degree in a technical field *A Master's Degree may be substituted for 2 years of work experience
• Bachelor's degree in technical field required, and cannot be substituted
• Clearance level: Top Secret required and must be SCI eligible

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous NAVAIR testing experience preferred
• Familiar with UAVs is a plus

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.