Description SAIC seeks an energetic and talented Maritime Technology Systems Engineer to join an exciting program and world-class Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) team in Springfield, VA. The successful candidate will be a results-oriented, bias towards action self-starter with a willingness to learn and the ability to be an immediate contributor in fast-paced, adaptive and innovative team environments. They will possess strong interpersonal and excellent communication (listening, verbal, and written) skills with the ability to forge and nurture close working relationships with project officers, executive-level leaders, and SETA colleagues throughout the customer organization, DoD, IC, industry, and academia. Job responsibilities include providing project and contracts management, tailored rapid acquisition expertise, specialized systems engineering, and technical analysis support for an advanced R&D portfolio that delivers pioneering capabilities in the maritime domain. Primary tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Provide high-level systems engineering and programmatic expertise to support technology system(s) and requirements development, acquisition, integration, prototyping, testing and evaluation, transition, and deployment activities.
- Support technical project and systems engineering management including Concept of Operations (CONOPs) generation, requirements development, performance work statements development, and integrated milestone/schedule development.
- Support contract management efforts to include development of contract documents to enable awards to industry partners.
- Work with government project officers and leadership to translate intent in short and long term (multi-year) strategies, annual technology roadmaps, action plans, and resource allocation decisions; track milestones and evaluate progress toward the customer's strategy and framework objectives.
- Execute reviews of systems development, technical proposals and papers, and use-case specific CONOPs to ensure compliance with government requirements and risk tolerances; compile findings and present recommendations to government project leads in formal reports.
- Participate in and support system, technical, and program status reviews. Manage and facilitate in integrated product teams and working groups.
- Draft formal presentations, proposals, technical papers, meeting agendas, and other formal communications; participate in executive-level meetings, discussions, and program briefings.
- Track tasks, actions, and pending decisions; coordinate with a larger cross-functional team to compile responses to customer tasks, meet suspense dates for actions and prepare program leaders for executive-level decision points (internal and external).
- Author meeting notes, data calls, program status reports, and other programmatic documentation.
- Assist customer project officers to promote communication and synchronized actions across a large and dynamic team.
- Travel (10-15%) outside assigned work area.
Qualifications Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, or operations research and five (5) years of experience; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Required skills:
- Five (5) years or more of experience providing technical project management and systems engineering in support of DoD and/or IC programs.
- System development and/or field experience in any of the following areas: unmanned underwater vehicles, robotics, autonomous systems, underwater communications, GPS denied navigation, acoustic systems, and/or underwater power systems.
Required clearance:
- An active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for access to sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI).
- The ability to complete a counter-intelligence scope polygraph (post-hire).
Desired Qualifications:
- An active Top Secret clearance with access to SCI and CI Polygraph.
- Advanced degree in a scientific or technical field (Physics, Engineering, Operations Research).
- PMP and/or other professional certifications.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.