Mission Delta Engineering Lead

Mission Delta Engineering Lead

Job ID: 2618004

Location: Colorado Springs, CO, United States

Date Posted: Oct 16, 2026

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: Hybrid

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Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced engineer to join the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) team in Colorado Springs, Colorado. SE&I provides engineering, integration, technical analysis, and subject matter expertise support to the US Space Force and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies.

This position is the lead of our Mission Delta (MD) 31 team. MD 31 is the government organization responsible for daily operations and sustainment of the PNT system. The MD 31 lead is responsible for the overall performance of the PNT SE&I Mission Delta division by leading the staff and managing projects across the team.

As a member of our PNT SE&I team, you'll work in a fast-paced environment with government personnel and system developers to ensure that Global Positioning System (GPS) remains the gold standard for positioning, navigation, and timing. A successful candidate will collaborate and communicate with the SE&I leadership team to ensure processes and products are delivered with quality and professionalism.

Major duties of this position include:

• Providing technical leadership and direction to meet customer, program, and quality requirements

• Maintaining cognizance of relevant technical issues and concerns and provide recommendations

• Coordinating and leading resolution of enterprise level technical issues, engage with appropriate SE&I team, document resolution and ensure technical baseline updates and/or corrections are tracked and accomplished

• Managing staff and tasks to meet contractual obligations and provide exceptional engineering support to the USG customer

• Collaborating with the government team, government leads, external organizations, and prime contractors

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent technical discipline and eighteen (14) years of systems integration and systems engineering related or equivalent experience

• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI

• Experience serving as a team, project or program manager on performance-based contracts for the U.S. Government

• Experience in system operations

• Demonstrated understanding of System Engineering practices, policies, and techniques

• Demonstrated experience working with or for the government

• Demonstrated experience writing and delivering technical and professional documents

Desired:

• GPS/PNT experience
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Graduate or Doctoral degree in math, science, or engineering

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Overview

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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