Space Protection Mission Engineer

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Space Protection Mission Engineer

Job ID: 2612304

Location: Chantilly, VA, United States

Date Posted: May 7, 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_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: On-Site

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Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Mission Engineer to join the Space and Intelligence Business Group providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The customer is developing the next generation of space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions.

The Space Protection Mission Engineer will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) and System Program Office (SPO) representative coordinating with the development contractor and stakeholders (including end user operators) for deployment of new space protection and Indications and Warning (I&W) capabilities into space operations. The Space Protection Mission Engineer collaborates within a team of mission-related SMEs to support system development, requirements verification testing (and sell-off), identification of discrepancies, and mission validation testing.

The Space Protection Mission Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as a SPO technical expert providing oversight for software development, implementation, and deployment of ground processing system capabilities that are integrated with the NRO space enterprise.
• Authors/reviews I&W system requirements, decomposes to lower-level SPO requirements while maintaining complete traceability, supports test campaign strategy and planning, and assists requirement sell-off to external stakeholders.
• Partners with enterprise stakeholders to scope SPO requirements, assists the software developer on SPO requirement interpretation, and works to close any dependency gaps to facilitate on-time development, delivery, and transition to operations of critical space protection capabilities.
• Leads working groups with developers and end users in assigned mission area(s) of responsibility to develop operating concepts that drive agile design and development.
• Assesses technical progress of software development and based on analysis, shapes strategy recommendations to include engineering and acquisition trades within the program's development priorities and budget profile that most optimally satisfy the enterprise's demand for space protection capabilities.
• Collaborates with other I&W SMEs to develop technical plans and documentation and provides Request for Change (RFC) impact assessments to SPO's acquisition plans and schedules.
• Represents the SPO during software developer's Program Increment (PI) planning, Pre-planning, Sprint Close-out, and Demonstration events providing SPO's vision and priorities.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's and 9 or more years of experience; master's and 7 or more years of experience; PhD and 5 or more years of experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Experience in Space Domain Awareness (SDA).
• 3+ years' experience developing, testing, or fielding space and/or ground systems.
• Experience in at least one system engineering process area, including requirements development and management, transition, and testing.

Desired:

• Experience supporting NRO SIGINT SPOs and/or familiarity with SIGINT operations.
• Experience in Space Protection tactics, techniques, and procedures and familiarity with Indication and Warning (I&W) mission operations.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies including participation in scrums, development of solution epics/features, and continuous integration/continuous deployment.
• Familiarity with NRO's System's Engineering Directorate (SED) and its Requirements Development/Management, RFC, and Lifecycle Readiness processes.
• Proficiency with Confluence and JIRA and familiarity with RF analysis tools.

Overview

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

SAIC is a premier Fortune 500 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, civilian, and intelligence 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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