What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Systems Engineer position at SAIC?
Job ID 2617239
Location North Charleston, SC, US
Date Posted 2026-09-30
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
SAIC is seeking an Systems Engineer Principal to join our team in support of Naval Electronic Warfare (EW) missions. In this senior-level role, you will be responsible for architecting and developing resilient, distributed systems capable of operating in disconnected, low-bandwidth, or unreliable network environments, integrating electronic attack, electronic protection, and electronic support measures across military platforms.
The candidate will sit at our customer site in North Charleston, SC.
Job Duties
Required Education and Experience
Location North Charleston, SC, US
Date Posted 2026-09-30
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
SAIC is seeking an Systems Engineer Principal to join our team in support of Naval Electronic Warfare (EW) missions. In this senior-level role, you will be responsible for architecting and developing resilient, distributed systems capable of operating in disconnected, low-bandwidth, or unreliable network environments, integrating electronic attack, electronic protection, and electronic support measures across military platforms.
The candidate will sit at our customer site in North Charleston, SC.
Job Duties
- Design and develop scalable, modular software and hardware architectures for non-kinetic EW systems of systems, defining interfaces, specifications, and requirements in support of naval missions
- Evaluate and select technologies, frameworks, and tools to meet mission requirements while staying current with advancements in EW, cyber, and information operations
- Ensure seamless integration of non-kinetic capabilities with existing and future military platforms, including Cross-Domain Solutions and Naval Communications and Network integration
- Analyze high-level requirements to develop detailed technical specifications for software and hardware components, ensuring compliance with military standards
- Develop and utilize model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and modeling and simulation environments to quantify system performance, conduct trade studies, and support testing and validation
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree and nine (9) years of experience; four (4) additional years of work experience in lieu of a degree
- Demonstrated experience in systems of systems engineering, including architecture design and development for EW or related defense systems
- Experience with electronic warfare domains including electronic attack (EA), electronic protection (EP), and electronic support measures (ESM)
- Experience with Cross-Domain Solutions and Naval Communications and Network integration
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies
- An active TS/SCI clearance is required to start
- OMG Certified Systems Modelling Professional