Space Protection Acquisition Engineer

Job ID 2615190

Location Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted 2026-08-03

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 Space Protection Acquisition Engineer to join the Air Force, Space, and Intelligence Business Group providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The customer is developing the next generation of space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions.

The Space Protection Acquisition Engineer will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and System Program Office (SPO) representative facilitating execution of a Major System Acquisition (MSA) in coordination with development contractors and other stakeholders (including end user operators) to deploy new protection capabilities into space operations. The Space Protection Acquisition Engineer will join a small team of acquisition SMEs to plan, develop, and execute new acquisitions/Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), guide the program through Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) directed reviews, and provide business analysis, as required, to assist the Government customer in monitoring contract execution and program management.

The Space Protection Acquisition Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to

• Provides acquisition strategy, acquisition planning, and systems engineering expertise to support software development, implementation, and deployment of ground processing system software providing space protection capabilities.
• Leads the creation of Program Office Estimate (POE) models and works with stakeholders to formulate Agency Cost Positions (ACPs) and Independent Cost Estimates (ICEs), as required, to support pre-acquisition activities.
• Assists in development of Requests for Information/Proposal (RFIs/RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), ECPs, and other contract documents and supports technical evaluation of developer responses.
• Monitors, evaluates, and reports third-party Developer’s cost performance in delivering contract requirements within negotiated targets and develops courses of action for the Government customer based on findings and assessments.
• Assists the program office in its planning, programming, and budget execution cycle and provides overall administration of the Government Estimate at Completion (GEAC) for its programs ensuring synchronization with the agency’s financial tracking tool.
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s and 14 or more years of experience; master’s and 12 or more years of experience; PhD and 9 or more years of experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Experience in DoD or IC acquisition, procurement, and/or contracting processes and policies.
• Experience managing technical, cost, and/or schedule performance in system acquisitions over $50M.
• Familiarity with Confluence and JIRA.
  
  

Desired

• Experience acquiring space capabilities and/or managing space/ground software programs.
• Experience in proposal/bid generation.
• Experience in financial management and cost forecasting.
• Experience in source selections.
• Experience in Major System Acquisitions (MSAs) acquisitions over $500M.
• Proficiency with Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.).
  
  

Target salary range $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.