Space Systems Integration Engineer

Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced Space Systems Integration Engineer (Senior Principal) to support SAIC's Prime Program, Tranche 3 Program Integration (T3PI) and the Space Development Agency (SDA). This role is in Chantilly, VA and requires a Top Secret clearance.

As the Space Systems Integration Engineer (Senior Principal), you will be supporting the Systems Engineering and Integration of the Tranche 3 constellation, which includes hundreds of satellites accomplishing multiple mission areas including missile warning, tracking and defense and tactical communications to warfighters. You will work with the SDA, end users, space vehicle contractors, and ground segment contractors to ensure the architecture, requirements, implementation, integration and testing are executed successfully.

Responsibilities to include, but are not limited to:

• Works as a key part of the overall Systems Engineering, Integration and Test (SEIT) group that is the core of the T3PI team.
• Translates system requirements into system architectures that integrate space, ground and end user systems to meet overall mission needs while considering technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Develops interface control documents and system models that define interfaces between space, ground and end user segments.
• Ensures segment-level specifications are consistent with system-level requirements.
• Develops system threads that evaluate and document step-by-step functional behaviors between space, ground and end user elements.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, and trade studies.
• Works with space vehicle and ground segment contractors to ensure designs meet requirements and interfaces across segments and systems will function properly.
• Assists with planning and execution of system-level tests and the evaluation of segment-level test plans and execution.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years of relevant experience in Engineering or Engineering Sciences. Additional professional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI.
• Experience developing space systems, preferably including space-to-ground integration.
• Experience with systems engineering involving the integration of complex multi-element systems.
• Experience developing space program interfaces and detailed Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
• Experienced with fast-paced development programs in the space domain.
• Experience with modeling space program interfaces in Cameo Systems Modeler
• Excellent communication and teaming skills.