SETA Systems Engineer

Description

Are you a highly motivated Systems Engineer looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact? SAIC has an immediate opening for an innovative Systems Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) to provide direct customer support on a critical development effort. This opportunity is part of a dynamic team where your engineering expertise and solution-oriented mindset will drive key system development projects from inception through delivery. Join SAIC and lead the charge in a pivotal role that rewards initiative, innovation, and mission drive. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about driving projects to success, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

*Translate system-level requirements into government authored ICDs, retain full control over content, versioning, and distribution, verify that every ICD conforms to the approved architecture and requirements baseline *Serves as the program point of contact for all industry partner technical inquiries, schedule-change requests, and interface clarifications *Work closely with other SETA to confirm that each ICD, change request, and integration activity aligns with the system architecture and the established requirements baseline before release *Build, maintain and update the integrated master schedule (IMS) in MS Project to reflect all vendor contract milestones and cross-vendor dependencies; refresh the schedule weekly with vendor inputs and highlight any open integration issues or milestone shifts *Maintain the project Confluence space that houses all program documents; enforce version control, access permissions, and ensure the repository remains updated *Maintain the official program calendar; schedule all required program meetings, circulate agendas, ensure appropriate participants are invited, record minutes, and distribute action items promptly *Capture every action item generated in meetings or change control discussions in a centralized tracker; assign owners, set due dates, monitor status weekly, and report outstanding items in the integration-status briefing to the Program Manager *Chair the project Interface Working Group with responsibilities including setting the agenda, capturing actions/minutes, and controlling vendor participation to protect competitive equity *Facilitate stakeholder contribution by distributing draft deliverables early enough to allow substantive feedback; capture, track, and document all stakeholder inputs, dispositions, and rationales; maintain transparent communications so that stakeholder concerns are addressed promptly and incorporated into deliverables *Develop system requirements in collaboration with SMEs and stakeholders *Analyze mission-level objectives and translate into clear, stakeholder-oriented operational plans (CONOPS) *Derive stakeholder CONOPS into technical system requirements for delivery to system development vendors *Strategically review developer's systems designs throughout all phases, including conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs *Collaborate on verification and validation test plans and reviews to ensure systems meet customer objectives *Provide insightful status reports, risk assessments, and identification of opportunities for multiple customer stakeholders

Qualifications

Must currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly in order to be considered *Bachelor's Degree in an engineering field (Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, other) *Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, and 5 or more years of technical experience on large, multi-vendor government development programs; proven record of leading vendor coordination, interface control, and integration-schedule management *Demonstrated experience establishing and enforcing government-owned baseline controls (ICDs, IMS, issue logs) and a formal change control process *Experience supporting $100 million or larger government acquisitions with knowledge of OCI mitigation requirements, government data-rights, and IP considerations *Proficiency with MS Project (schedule development/maintenance), strong ICD development capabilities, strong competence in action item tracking; MBSE tool experience preferred *Proven ability to chair multi-vendor technical working groups, produce clear briefings and reports for senior decision makers, exercise independent technical judgement, and proactively surface and resolve issues *Experience on system development projects of autonomous vehicles is preferred *Demonstrated experience serving as a Systems Engineer on complex development projects involving hardware and software *Demonstrated ability translating customer needs into technical requirements for delivery to vendors and system developers *Experience gathering, implementing, tracking, verifying, and validating system requirements *Ability to multitask and produce high-quality products under tight deadlines *Demonstrated initiative and flexibility to work both individually and in a team environment with limited oversight *Effective organizational, written, and oral communication skills *Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with other components to communicate processes and procedures, and facilitate program requirements *Outstanding customer service skills to meet high demand requirements Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Must currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly in order to be considered *Bachelor's Degree in an engineering field (Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, other) *Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, and 5 or more years of technical experience on large, multi-vendor government development programs; proven record of leading vendor coordination, interface control, and integration-schedule management *Demonstrated experience establishing and enforcing government-owned baseline controls (ICDs, IMS, issue logs) and a formal change control process *Experience supporting $100 million or larger government acquisitions with knowledge of OCI mitigation requirements, government data-rights, and IP considerations *Proficiency with MS Project (schedule development/maintenance), strong ICD development capabilities, strong competence in action item tracking; MBSE tool experience preferred *Proven ability to chair multi-vendor technical working groups, produce clear briefings and reports for senior decision makers, exercise independent technical judgement, and proactively surface and resolve issues *Experience on system development projects of autonomous vehicles is preferred *Demonstrated experience serving as a Systems Engineer on complex development projects involving hardware and software *Demonstrated ability translating customer needs into technical requirements for delivery to vendors and system developers *Experience gathering, implementing, tracking, verifying, and validating system requirements *Ability to multitask and produce high-quality products under tight deadlines *Demonstrated initiative and flexibility to work both individually and in a team environment with limited oversight *Effective organizational, written, and oral communication skills *Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with other components to communicate processes and procedures, and facilitate program requirements *Outstanding customer service skills to meet high demand requirements Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.