Supports Space Force ground-based radar sustainment and modernization. Converts requirements into integrated hardware and software solutions through functional analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition. Leads Agile or DevSecOps teams while managing risk, cost, schedules, testing, configuration, and data management. Designs and deploys capabilities using DoD lifecycle processes for operational radar sites. The role requires systems engineering expertise, classified-system testing experience, and an active Secret clearance.
SAIC seeks a highly experienced Senior Systems Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer, the Systems Engineer is responsible for responsive and coherent planning, development and delivery of UEWR radar hardware and software modifications in response to engineering change requests and/or system deficiency reports. This position is located on-site in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Job Duties:
- Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
- Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer/operational requirements into system hardware and software engineering specifications.
- Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity or capability requirements.
- Manages large Agile or DevSecOps teams/projects, to include support to cost estimating, risk management, schedule development, and execution.
- Designs, develops, delivers and deploys engineered solutions, following DoD Life Cycle engineering processes, and/or best practices.
- Supports team in delivering new capabilities to UEWR operational sites.
- Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years’ related experience. Additional 4 years of experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.
- Active Secret Clearance.
- Experience with a broad range of system types: custom developed HW/SW, COTS/GOTS HW/SW, and/or specialty engineering.
- Experience with configuration and data management, hardware and software testing & evaluation of classified systems.
- Demonstrates expertise in at least one engineering field: software, hardware, network, cybersecurity, test, systems.
- Experienced problem-solver, creative thinker, with outcome-focused mindset.
Desired:
- Experience sustaining UEWR, PARCS, or other radar system such as PAVE PAWS, BMEWS, AN/TPY-2, COBRA DANE, LRDR, Aegis, etc.
- Experience working with large system of systems legacy architecture, upgrading/modernizing outdated technology and/or mitigating supportability risks with creative solutions.
- Agile certification (SAFe, SCRUM, etc.).
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, DOORS, Gitlab, Cameo, or similar tools.
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