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Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret

Job ID 2505611

Location: EL SEGUNDO, CA, US

Date Posted: 2025-05-13

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time

Clearance Level: Must Be Able to Obtain TS/SCI with Poly

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced Senior Ground Segment Systems Engineer to support the US Space Force (USSF) in developing, deploying, and sustaining a National Security Space system within the Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SZ) system program office. This position is located in El Segundo, CA.

Responsibilities include:

• Helping shape systems architecting and engineering activities such as requirements definition, design, interface management, data architecture, verification and validation, integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis, decision analysis, and configuration assessments.
• Supporting customer team in executing acquisition strategies, integration, and sustainment of cloud-based software systems with mission partner systems.
• Developing and managing ground segment technical and interface requirements, negotiating interfaces with stakeholders, and overseeing verification.
• Managing software product backlog, prioritizing development, and improving implementation processes.
• Converting product requirements into comprehensive system solutions considering technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Supporting system engineering items like CONOPs, requirements definitions, system testing, and interface development.
• Refining acquisition strategies, identifying issues, and providing recommendations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Engineering or relevant field + 14+ years of experience (or 18+ years without degree).
• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI with polygraph.

Experience with:

• Space systems engineering, program management, and government acquisitions within Space Control.
• Modern software development practices including containerization, DevSecOps, Agile methodologies.
• Ground segment systems including cloud infrastructure, PaaS, antennas.
• Zero-Trust cybersecurity policies.
• Software systems engineering, design, architecture, and CI/CD pipelines.

Target salary range $200,001 - $240,000.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology