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Launch Mission Integration Engineer

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El Segundo, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 10/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/30/2025
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Location: EL SEGUNDO, CA, US

Date Posted: 2025-09-29

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Specialty 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: TS/SCI with Poly

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is hiring a Launch Mission Integrator Engineer who will:

Provide launch management and integration support to Government mission managers in all phases of planning and execution of satellite-to-launch vehicle integration. Responsibilities include program plan development and maintenance, mission unique requirements identification, monitoring and verification, ECP incorporation to include change definition, technical evaluation, and launch operations planning and execution. This position is in El Segundo, Ca

Specific Duties:

  • Provides critical mission integration services to government Mission Manager executing the launch mission integration process.
  • Works on all aspects of launch from initial planning meetings through launch base operations and Day of Launch.
  • Guides the direction of all mission working groups, to include: mission integration, ground operations, flight operations, trailblazer planning/execution, and Day-of-Launch.
  • Provides technical services for mission program reviews, integrated schedule development/management, rehearsal support, and daily status reporting.
  • Develops launch mission planning tasks and develops key program documentation.
  • Guides the development of all satellite to launch vehicle interface requirements.
  • Reviews and provides technical evaluations of key mission documents to include Interface Requirements Documents, (IRDs), Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and launch base requirements and procedures.
  • Tracks all requirements verification documentation in execution of the launch campaign.
  • Develops and reviews technical assessments and presentations for senior leadership reviews.
  • Generates mission status reports and presentations for staff meetings, mission status briefings, and launch manifest reviews.
  • Develops, prepares, and delivers documentation and coordinates execution of all major Launch Readiness Reviews for the mission.
  • Reviews and provide technical evaluations to key mission contractual documentation.
  • Performs requirements planning tasks to include mission integration contract verification and validation, ECP forecasting, and technical evaluations.
  • Prepares contractor statement of works (SOWs) and technical evaluation of contractor proposals

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree (STEM) or extended relevant experience, min 9 years of space launch experience

5 years government mission integration and/or acquisition experience

Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with other governments

agencies and mission partners and to brief senior leadership

Expert knowledge of the mission integration process, to include experience working launch vehicle to space vehicle interfaces, including mechanical, electrical, mission analysis, launch and SV environments, ground operations, space vehicle transportation and processing, launch readiness, mission interface verification between LV and SV

Proficiency in Confluence/Jira

Must have a TS/SCI

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .

Salary : $120,001 - $160,000

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