Acquisition Integration, Adjudication, Background Investigation, Benchmarking, Best Practices, Change Management, Corrective Action, Environmental Impact, Federal Government, Functional Configuration Audit (FCA), Government Acquisitions, Government Contracts, Information Technology & Information Systems, Integration Testing, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Analysis, Manufacturing Systems, Physical Configuration Audit (PCA), Project Tracking, Requirements Management, Requirements Validation/Verification, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI), System Integration (SI), System Operations, Systems Engineering, Top Secret Clearance, Work From Home
Location: Tucson, AZ, US
Date Posted: 2026-05-12
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC has a need for a highly experienced Site Representative Systems Engineer to support to an exciting and impactful customer mission on the Horizon 2 contract. The Horizon 2 contract provides the Government system acquisition program offices Advisory and Assistance Services for various types of weapons systems. This position is available in Tucson, AZ.
The successful candidate will exhibit proactiveness, leaning forward in a high-impact customer mission environment. This position requires strong experience in systems engineering and manufacturing. The candidate will work closely with the customer and other project teammates to support acquisition, integration, test, qualification, deployment, and operations of customer mission systems as they transition into production.
Responsibilities Include:
- Participate in developer reviews, meetings, & boards (technical interchange meetings, manufacturing readiness reviews, change management, etc.), maintaining situational awareness of daily happenings and flowing updates/concerns to the home program office.
- Monitor/overseeing progress on corrective actions, problem closures, change board items, obsolescence issues, diminishing sources, etc.
- Following hardware pedigrees and participating in hardware verification efforts such as first article inspections, functional configuration audits, and physical configuration audits.
- Monitor lab and manufacturing areas, to include build schedules, build progress, and issues that would frustrate the schedule.
- Benchmark known best practices against developer's processes.
- Review and assess developers manufacturing and transition to production readiness/progress.
Qualifications
This is you:
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering with at least 18 years of experience or Masters and 14 years of experience with:
- Technical requirements development, systems engineering, and manufacturing in the design, production, integration and testing of terrestrial and space systems.
- Requirements verification and validation.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with little to no oversight.
- Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable).
- Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examination.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .S
SAIC
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.