$80,001–$120,000 Per Year
Air Force, Analysis Skills, Communication Skills, Course Development, Customer Acquisition, Customer Support/Service, Documentation, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Emerging Technology, GPS (Global Positioning System), Government, Government Contracts, Information Technology & Information Systems, Interpersonal Skills, Mathematics, Organizational Skills, Physics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Professional Services, Requirements Management, Risk, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Sales, Secret Clearance, Security Clearance, System Integration (SI), System Lifecycle, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Engineering, Team Player, Technical Delivery, Technical Presentation, Technical Writing, Testing, Traceability, United States Department of Defense (DoD), Work From Home, Writing Skills
PNT SE&I Entry Level Engineer
Job ID: 2613318
Location: El Segundo, CA, United States
Date Posted: Jun 4, 2026
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: Hybrid
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Job Description
Description
SAIC is seeking an entry level systems or digital engineer to join our team of diverse Positioning Navigation (PNT) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) team. Participant will engage in a 1-year Engineering Rotational Program (ERP), spending ~3 months on each team, gaining experience, learning from senior engineers, and developing skills related to PNT SE&I.
The PNT SE&I Team provides Space Systems Command (SSC) specialized engineering, analysis, planning and execution expertise in support of Global Positioning System (GPS) Programs of Record (PoRs) and the PNT Enterprise. This includes:
- Ensuring effective requirements integration across space, ground, and user; hardware and software; and all other aspects of systems and organizations within the Enterprise.
- Maintaining the technical baseline, including identifying and documenting system specification and interface requirement traceability to sell-off verification and test events.
- Modeling and simulating technical requirements and functionality across space, ground, and user equipment to help the government make system decisions.
- Interacting with the prime contractor and government leads to ensure that all system requirements and interfaces are consistent and valid across the Enterprise.
- Managing multiple system requirements baselines, and an integrated Enterprise baseline.
- Supporting customer in defining, capturing, and maintaining the technical, schedule, and cost risk data throughout the system lifecycle as well as developing risk mitigation courses of action and assessing impacts of risks and proposed changes.
- Supporting the customer with verification tracking to ensure the developer and source requirements are adequately verified.
- Developing acquisition-related briefings, plans, papers, and other documentation.
- Collaborating with prime contractors, other support contractors, government civilians, and members of the U.S. Space Force.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, Physics, or similar.
- Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
- Extremely motivated individual who is a self-starter and works well in a team environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills as well as organizational skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and interrelating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams.
- 0-2 years of professional experience required; however, relevant academic projects or internships are beneficial.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years' experience as a systems engineer.
- Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security Clearance.
- Demonstrated experience working with Air Force/DoD customers in an acquisition environment, with Space systems.
- Experience with requirements and interface management, risk management, and change board environments.
- Experience writing and delivering technical documents and briefings.
Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. 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.