Principal Test Systems Engineer

Job ID: T2601188

Location: Reston, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-03-05

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

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

We are seeking a Test Systems Engineer to develop and lead a test campaign for system level testing to validate mission readiness and performance. This position will also serve as the lead system integrator's senior system engineer and support system engineering efforts outside of test responsibilities. The position requires a diverse background in network engineering, software systems engineering and system level test management to support the United States Air Force in its goal of developing an interoperable system of systems to execute long range kill chains. The Department of the Air Force Integrated Fires Command and Control (DIFC2) program goals include improved information sharing, layered security, common data and architecture standards, system resiliency, faster implementation, and more effective cross-domain capabilities. The position requires an individual with strong technical project management skills and experience in developing and implementing test campaigns and problem solving. The successful candidate will have excellent communication, team skills and defense program technical project management experience. They will be expected to continually balance and adjust work priorities to meet short deadlines with a new program. Position will be working onsite in the Chantilly/Reston, VA area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical oversight of test campaign development and execution (integration testing, cyber vulnerability, DT/OT).
• Develop technical test plan documentation for system level testing.
• Support government Development Test (DT) and Operational Test (OT) events.
• Collaborate with capability development groups to ensure sufficient unit level testing approaches and testing artifact generation.
• Support government Chief Engineer in developing systems architecture from concept through design and implementation.
• Recommend and evaluate new technologies to enhance system capabilities.
• Lead cross functional teams in developing system of systems solutions.
• Apply technical expertise to solve complex problems in innovative ways.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• U.S. Citizenship and TS/SCI Eligible.
• Bachelors and 9 years or more experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  
  

Desired Skills:

• Developing verification and validation testing plans for system of systems.
• Leading systems engineering projects, including requirements definition, design, and implementation.
• Capturing workflow and technical artifacts in JIRA/Confluence.
• Problem-solving and the ability to analyze complex technical scenarios.
• Strong communication for collaboration and documentation.
• Diagramming technical solutions to document and communicate system designs.
• Applying IT and cybersecurity industry standards and best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines.
  
  

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 .