Description

SAIC is seeking a Systems Engineer Principal to fill a critical position on the LANDMARK AOS program, a large SETA contract supporting the customer’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED in Chantilly, VA.

As the Systems Engineer Principalyou will interact daily with senior government and Program staff to analyze new concepts and technologies; support the definition and baselining of new capabilities and/or enhancements; advise on all aspects of System Engineering analysis (architecture, requirements, Concept of Operations (CONOPs), interfaces, schedule, and dependency identification); test support, and provide Readiness Event support.

Responsibilities to include

• Providing day-to-day collaboration with development contractors, other Government program office personnel and Government Customers on systems engineering and acquisition functions in the domain area of GEOINT collection, mission management and mission processing.
• Interface directly with development Prime Contractors in the role of oversight, monitoring of software development and integration activities and ensuring alignment with Government requirements and objectives
• Actively performing engineering and analysis to ensure programs successfully develop and deliver core mission processing services in all phases of the acquisition life cycle.
• Retain cognizance of wide variety of GEOINT mission projects including, technical baseline, project schedules, dependencies, risks, and cost
• Advise Senior and Mid-Level managers on architectural decisions to include investment strategies, acquisition portfolio priorities, risk assessment of project execution 
• Conduct Strategic planning for both mission architecture needs (technical trade studies, definition of future architecture planning, software service recommendations etc.) and programmatic (Program Budget Guidance, cost estimation, generation of acquisition schedules)
• Accomplish performance assessment and provide estimates of cost, schedule, and risk impacts to existing Ground architecture implementations
• Provide technical and cost assessment of vendor proposals, review technical reports, design artifacts and program plans
• Integrate and coordinate program activities aligned to strategic priorities and performance standards

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 or more experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly
• Knowledge of technical fundamentals of Intelligence Community (IC) GEOINT systems
• Knowledge of overhead collection, processing architecture, and systems
• Experience supporting the development of processing capabilities for GEOINT systems
• Domain knowledge in Ground Software, Space Development Programs or Mission Operations programs
• Self-starter with ability to execute job based on limited guidance/information
• Ability to distill complex problems into digestible structures/formats
• Flexibility and Time Management - Ability to work efficiently in a dynamic environment with constantly shifting priorities and needs
• Effective Communicator - convey information to multiple audiences across all levels of Customer and Corporate management