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# Systems Engineer Principal

- **Company:** Science Applications International Corporation
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $120,001.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Software Tools, Software Requirements Analysis
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a0105e314cb29eb4

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline with at least 9+ years of relevant experience; or Master's degree in STEM with 7 years of relevant experience
 * Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
 * Strong technical fundamentals in IC space collectors, command and control, mission control, and mission processing
 * Understanding of how to use architecting and engineering to support senior level enterprise decision making
 * Working knowledge/familiarity with architecture and engineering tools
 * Architecture and engineering domain understanding from a holistic enterprise perspective
 * Ability to recommend space enterprise architecture tradeoffs, impacts, and advancement
 * Experience in development and use of modeling for architecture solutions
 * Understanding of core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes
 * Experience with lifecycle readiness from System Requirements Review through system decommissioning
 * Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment
 * Strong oral and written communication skills
 * Customer focused and capable of representing the customer in community forums

## Description

Join a winning team! SAIC's is currently hiring an Enterprise-level Systems Engineering and Technical Assistant in support to the Intelligence Community (IC) in Chantilly, VA. This customer is responsible for designing, building, and operating national security-related systems based in space, in the air, and on the ground. SAIC is a strong company providing opportunities for energetic individuals with a strong desire to expand their knowledge while increasing their responsibilities., * Identifying and defining future space capability needs

 * Identifying key architecture and system level trades
 * Developing strategies in support of IC and Department of Defense (DoD) architectures
 * Assessing the performance of current and future architecture concepts
 * Providing technical and programmatic guidance to the architecture and system level requirements process


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