What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Principal Systems Engineer position at SAIC?
Job ID: 2615948
Location: Chantilly, VA, US
Date Posted: 2026-08-20
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to fill a critical position supporting a large SETA program supporting the NRO's Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) in Chantilly, VA. The job requires the ability to flexibly manage task execution, provide technical/professional expertise on a variety of Systems Engineering topics, and advise the government on program activities.
All candidates must have an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
A successful candidate in this position will bring a record of application of systems engineering and creative thought-leadership to mature and develop revolutionary multi-intelligence solutions.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
Desired Education and Experience :
Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Location: Chantilly, VA, US
Date Posted: 2026-08-20
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to fill a critical position supporting a large SETA program supporting the NRO's Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) in Chantilly, VA. The job requires the ability to flexibly manage task execution, provide technical/professional expertise on a variety of Systems Engineering topics, and advise the government on program activities.
All candidates must have an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
A successful candidate in this position will bring a record of application of systems engineering and creative thought-leadership to mature and develop revolutionary multi-intelligence solutions.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provide technical leadership in planning capabilities needed to better support mission operations (e.g. automation, resiliency, situational awareness, etc.)
- Analyze user needs, develop concepts of operation, and high-level systems architectures, and define capability needs and system requirements
- Work with government and contractor points of contact across multiple Agencies, Directorates and Offices to refine future ground system capabilities
- Identify and communicate key architecture and system level trades, system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, and dependencies
- Support integration of architectures with other components of the technical baseline
- Collaborate with SETA team members, engineers from various contractor and government organizations, and mission users
- Develop assessments and briefings to a variety of audiences to convey information in crisp, articulate manner
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience.
- Ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph
- Proven experience in core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment
- Demonstrated ability to work as a team player requiring collaboration and open communication
- Strong oral and written communication skills
Desired Education and Experience :
- Advanced degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline
- Engineering, computer science, or information systems background
- Ability to build, integrate and analyze MBSE architectural representations
- Domain and tool knowledge in Agile software development practices (e.g. Scrum, DevOps, JIRA, Kanban)
- Prior experience with data management services and cloud software architecture
- Prior US military and/or IC customer experience
Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Salary : $160,001 - $200,000