$160,001–$200,000 Per Year
Analysis Skills, Communication Skills, Customer Acquisition, Data Collection, Emerging Technology, Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD), Government, Government Contracts, IR (Infrared), Information Technology & Information Systems, Interpersonal Skills, Mathematics, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Organizational Skills, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Professional Services, Requirements Validation/Verification, Security Clearance, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Simulation, System Architecture, System Integration (SI), Systems Analysis, Systems Engineering, T-3 / DS3, Team Player, Top Secret Clearance, United States Department of Defense (DoD), Verification Engineering, Work From Home, Writing Skills
Mission Engineer Requirements Verification
Job ID: 2614839
Location: Chantilly, VA, United States
Date Posted: Jul 24, 2026
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
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Job Description
Description
Make a difference for national security by joining a team of dedicated professionals who assist the Space Development Agency in developing and deploying the next generation of satellites and ground systems for missile warning (MW), missile tracking (MT) and missile defense (MD).
SAIC is seeking an experienced Mission Engineer to support the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 3 Program Integration (T3PI) program. This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance. Desired location is in Chantilly, VA, El Segundo, CA, or the Colorado Springs, CO area(s).
Our T3PI team has a need for a tracking Mission Engineer with experience analyzing space and ground system architectures through mission thread development and simulation. We are looking for innovative, creative, and highly motivated individuals to mature models and build scenarios (GRMs and DRMs) that effectively capture system of systems effects in complex operational environments.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Developing Requirements Verification Trace Matrix (RVTM) for the Enterprise Requirements Document (ERD).
- Plan data aggregation from component programs, SDA and T3PI analysis to show compliance with the ERD.
- Reviewing government scenarios from PWSA enterprise and prior tranches to ensure that T3 scenarios are consistent.
- Developing and briefing data packages that provide analysis results to inform the government decision-makers.
- Collaborating with prime contractors, other team contractors, government civilians, FFRDC, SETA and members of the SDA.
Qualifications
Required Experience:
- Bachelors in Math, Science or Engineering and fourteen (14) years or more of demonstrated system engineering and integration experience with space, ground, operations and sustainment segments of DoD or NRO programs with a proven delivery record; or Masters in Math, Science or Engineering and twelve (12) years or more of demonstrated experience .
- Active TS/SCI security clearance.
- Experience working across space and ground segment organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements that ensure end-to-end mission performance requirements are met.
- Strong understanding of modeling, simulation, and mission analysis techniques and tools.
- Experienced at self-starting, seeking solutions, and working well in a team environment.
- Demonstrated experience working with SDA/DoD/NRO customers in an acquisition environment, with space and/or ground systems.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Experience working Space Mission V&V at Mission level.
Desired Requirements
- Overhead Persistent InfraRed (OPIR), other missile defense or related space-based ISR experience.
- Experience analyzing System Availability (AO or AF).
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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SAIC is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's digital transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, IT modernization, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.
We are a team of 26,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.