What are the responsibilities and job description for the UAS Software Integration Engineer position at SAIC?
Job ID: 2617075
Location: Huntsville, AL, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-22
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Systems Engr
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a motivated, creative, and ambitious UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Software Integration Engineer to join the Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate (S3I) Joint Technology Center - Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) Tech Center. The candidate will be part of a dynamic and multidisciplinary team developing advanced system and software integration solutions for the U.S. Army and Air Force Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)/Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Ground Control Stations.
The candidate will sit at our customer site in Huntsville, AL.
Job Duties:
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
Required Clearance:
Desired Experience:
Location: Huntsville, AL, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-22
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Systems Engr
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a motivated, creative, and ambitious UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Software Integration Engineer to join the Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate (S3I) Joint Technology Center - Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) Tech Center. The candidate will be part of a dynamic and multidisciplinary team developing advanced system and software integration solutions for the U.S. Army and Air Force Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)/Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Ground Control Stations.
The candidate will sit at our customer site in Huntsville, AL.
Job Duties:
- Contribute to system hardware and software architecture decisions based on customer performance, schedule, and cost requirements.
- Design electrical architecture and integrated systems for real-time, mission-critical systems including flight systems, sensors, and ground control stations.
- Perform hardware and software design/review/build cycles for prototype construction and implement plans for prototype testing at customer location.
- Configure virtual and physical switches and troubleshoot network issues on virtual/physical switches and firewalls.
- Use scripting languages to develop automated network installation and configuration using Bash, PowerShell, Java, and Python.
- Develop engineering technical material including but not limited to System Description Documents, System requirements, Data Flow Documents, and Network Diagrams.
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
- Intermediate Level: Bachelors degree and five (5) years of work experience; four (4) additional years of experience in lieu of degree.
- Senior Level: Bachelors degree and nine (9) years of work experience; four (4) additional years of experience in lieu of degree.
- Experience developing systems using Linux and Windows computing environments.
- Experience with operating system virtualization utilizing Type I and II hypervisors (vSphere, KVM, VMWare Workstation)
- Experience with containerization (i.e. Docker and/or Podman)
- Experience with Cisco Systems, configuration, network administration and firewalls.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
- Experience with C, C , and C# development.
Required Clearance:
- Must possess an active Secret security clearance with the ability to maintain; ship required.
Desired Experience:
- Strong understanding of general computing system architectures and virtual machines.
- Experience performing remote network configuration.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Security SE and a Network SE is a plus.