Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Leonardo DRS

Germantown, Maryland • Today

Full-time

USD 134,332.00 - 181,349.00 per year

The MITRE Corporation

McLean, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 162,400.00 - 203,000.00 per year

Principal Systems Engineer - TS/SCI w CI Poly

General Dynamics

McLean, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 130,050.00 - 175,950.00 per year

Modern Government Solutions

Sterling, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 160,000.00 - 200,000.00 per year

Principal Systems Engineer (API Gateway) - TS/SCI w CI Poly

Modern Government Solutions

Sterling, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 200,000.00 per year

Leidos

Fort Meade, Maryland • Today

Full-time

USD 131,300.00 - 237,350.00 per year

Principal Systems Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

The MITRE Corporation

Fort Meade, Maryland • Today

Full-time

USD 162,400.00 - 203,000.00 per year

General Dynamics

Chantilly, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 128,039.00 - 173,229.00 per year

Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Weapons and Energetics

General Dynamics

Remote or Fort Wayne, Indiana • Today

Full-time

USD 174,203.00 - 183,730.00 per year

Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer (GenAI Products & Knowledge Innovations)

Atlassian Inc.

Remote or Washington, District of Columbia • Today

Full-time

USD 236,700.00 - 309,025.00 per year

Principal Software Systems Engineer (Embedded Flight Systems)

Trident Systems Inc.

Fairfax, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 119,000.00 - 190,000.00 per year

Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Weapons Fuzing

General Dynamics

Remote or Fort Wayne, Indiana • Today

Full-time

USD 183,000.00 - 198,000.00 per year

Principal Systems Engineer - Georgia, NC or SC

Motorola Solutions

Remote or Georgia • Today

Full-time

USD 130,000.00 - 140,000.00 per year

SW Systems Engr Principal

SAIC

Reston, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 200,001.00 - 240,000.00 per year

Principal Control Systems Engineer

ENTRUST Solutions Group

Remote or Lisle, Illinois • Today

Part-time

USD 120,000.00 - 145,000.00 per year

Principal Engineer, Structural Systems, Global

Leidos

Laurel, Maryland • Today

Full-time

USD 154,050.00 - 278,475.00 per year

Baltimore Aircoil Co Inc

Jessup, Maryland • Today

Full-time

USD 108,200.00 - 185,200.00 per year

Principal Engineer - Systems Protection, Relay Settings

Qualis LLC

Remote or Tennessee • Today

Full-time

Senior Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer, Search Platform

Atlassian Inc.

Remote or Seattle, Washington • Today

Full-time

USD 272,700.00 - 356,025.00 per year

Alarm.com

Tysons, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 200,000.00 - 250,000.00 per year

Senior/Staff Flight Software Systems Engineer

VTG

Fort Meade, Maryland • Today

Full-time

USD 220,000.00 - 300,000.00 per year

Umbra

Reston, Virginia • Today

Full-time

USD 185,000.00 - 225,000.00 per year

Principal System Engineer - Payload

AST SpaceMobile

Lanham, Maryland • Today

Full-time

Principal Engineer- Power Systems

VTG

Maryland • Today

Full-time

USD 200,000.00 - 245,000.00 per year

Qualis LLC

Remote or California • Today

Full-time

USD 140,000.00 - 230,000.00 per year

Principal Software Engineer, Geospatial Mission Systems

MAG Aerospace

Remote • Today

Full-time

USD 180,000.00 - 240,000.00 per year

Principal Engineer - IoT systems

Augusta Hitech Soft Solutions LLC

Remote • 17d ago

Easy Apply

Full-time

Depends on Experience

SAIC

Job Details

Skills

Management
Continuous Integration
Thought Leadership
IT Management
System Requirements
Articulate
Security Clearance
Collaboration
Communication
Science
Mathematics
Computer Science
Information Systems
Agile
Scrum
DevOps
JIRA
Kanban
Data Management
SaaS
Military
Integrated Circuit
Internal Communications
IC
Customer Experience
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
FOCUS

Summary

Job ID: 2615948

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-08-20

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 Principal Systems Engineer to fill a critical position supporting a large SETA program supporting the NRO's Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) in Chantilly, VA. The job requires the ability to flexibly manage task execution, provide technical/professional expertise on a variety of Systems Engineering topics, and advise the government on program activities.

All candidates must have an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.

A successful candidate in this position will bring a record of application of systems engineering and creative thought-leadership to mature and develop revolutionary multi-intelligence solutions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Provide technical leadership in planning capabilities needed to better support mission operations (e.g. automation, resiliency, situational awareness, etc.)
Analyze user needs, develop concepts of operation, and high-level systems architectures, and define capability needs and system requirements
Work with government and contractor points of contact across multiple Agencies, Directorates and Offices to refine future ground system capabilities
Identify and communicate key architecture and system level trades, system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, and dependencies
Support integration of architectures with other components of the technical baseline
Collaborate with SETA team members, engineers from various contractor and government organizations, and mission users
Develop assessments and briefings to a variety of audiences to convey information in crisp, articulate manner

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience.
Ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph
Proven experience in core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment
Demonstrated ability to work as a team player requiring collaboration and open communication
Strong oral and written communication skills

Desired Education and Experience :

Advanced degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline
Engineering, computer science, or information systems background
Ability to build, integrate and analyze MBSE architectural representations
Domain and tool knowledge in Agile software development practices (e.g. Scrum, DevOps, JIRA, Kanban)
Prior experience with data management services and cloud software architecture
Prior US military and/or IC customer experience

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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: 2615948
Posted 30+ days 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.

Go to company profile

Fitment

Dice Job Match Score™

To see how well you match this job, please log in or create an account.

Once logged in, be sure to complete your profile to get the most accurate match score.

Create job alert

Never miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.

Similar Jobs

Chantilly, Virginia

•

Today

Job ID: 2615951 Location: Chantilly, VA, US Date Posted: 2026-08-20 Category: Engineering and Sciences Subcategory: Systems Engineer Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: No 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 Systems Engineer to fill to their large SETA program supporting the NRO's Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) in Chantilly, VA. The successful applicant wi

Full-time

USD 80,001.00 - 120,000.00 per year

Software Systems Engineer Technical Advisor

Chantilly, Virginia

•

Today

Job ID: 2617236 Location: Chantilly, VA, US Date Posted: 2026-09-24 Category: Engineering and Sciences Subcategory: Systems Engineer Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: No 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 Systems Engineer to provide high-impact Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) support to a mission-critical program within the National Reconnai

Full-time

USD 160,001.00 - 200,000.00 per year

Chantilly, Virginia

•

Today

Job ID: 2615945 Location: Chantilly, VA, US Date Posted: 2026-08-20 Category: Engineering and Sciences Subcategory: Systems Engineer Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: No 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 Software Systems Engineer Technical Advisor to fill a critical position on the MERIGOLD program in Chantilly, VA. MERIGOLD is a large SETA contract, support

Full-time

USD 160,001.00 - 200,000.00 per year

SW Systems Engr Principal

Reston, Virginia

•

Today

Job ID: 2617450 Location: Reston, VA, US Date Posted: 2026-09-30 Category: Software Subcategory: SW Systems Engr Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: Yes - 10% of the time Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE Description SAIC is seeking a high energy, detail oriented and highly organized Principal Software Systems Engineer to lead and manage the design and maintain complex, large-scale software and

Full-time

USD 200,001.00 - 240,000.00 per year

SAIC

Job Details

Skills

Management
Continuous Integration
Thought Leadership
IT Management
System Requirements
Articulate
Security Clearance
Collaboration
Communication
Science
Mathematics
Computer Science
Information Systems
Agile
Scrum
DevOps
JIRA
Kanban
Data Management
SaaS
Military
Integrated Circuit
Internal Communications
IC
Customer Experience
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
FOCUS

Summary

Provide technical leadership in planning capabilities needed to better support mission operations (e.g. automation, resiliency, situational awareness, etc.)
Analyze user needs, develop concepts of operation, and high-level systems architectures, and define capability needs and system requirements
Work with government and contractor points of contact across multiple Agencies, Directorates and Offices to refine future ground system capabilities
Identify and communicate key architecture and system level trades, system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, and dependencies
Support integration of architectures with other components of the technical baseline
Collaborate with SETA team members, engineers from various contractor and government organizations, and mission users
Develop assessments and briefings to a variety of audiences to convey information in crisp, articulate manner

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience.
Ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph
Proven experience in core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment
Demonstrated ability to work as a team player requiring collaboration and open communication
Strong oral and written communication skills

Desired Education and Experience :

Advanced degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline
Engineering, computer science, or information systems background
Ability to build, integrate and analyze MBSE architectural representations
Domain and tool knowledge in Agile software development practices (e.g. Scrum, DevOps, JIRA, Kanban)
Prior experience with data management services and cloud software architecture
Prior US military and/or IC customer experience

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Dice Id: 10111346
Position Id: 2615948
Posted 30+ days ago

Company Info

About SAIC

Go to company profile

Fitment

Dice Job Match Score™

To see how well you match this job, please log in or create an account.

Once logged in, be sure to complete your profile to get the most accurate match score.

Create job alert

Never miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.

Similar Jobs

Chantilly, Virginia

•

Today

Full-time

USD 80,001.00 - 120,000.00 per year