SAIC · 11 hours ago
Space Protection Mission Engineer
Chantilly, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expSAIC 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 role involves serving as a subject matter expert, coordinating with contractors and stakeholders for deploying new protection capabilities into space operations, and collaborating with a team of SMEs to support system development and testing.
Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Company
SAIC
SAIC specializes in IT, enterprise IT, engineering, and professional services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$522.13MKey Investors
U.S. Geothermal
2025-09-22Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2010-09-13Post Ipo Equity· $22M
2006-10-13IPO
Leadership Team
Prabu Natarajan
Chief Financial Officer
Kevin F Brown
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
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