$200,001–$240,000 Per Year
Access Control, Analysis Skills, Calendar Management, Change Control, Change Requests/Orders, Communication Skills, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Customer Support/Service, Electrical Engineering, Emerging Technology, Government, Government Acquisitions, Government Requirements, IP (Internet Protocol), IP Multimedia System (IMS), Information Technology & Information Systems, International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Interpersonal Skills, Mechanical Engineering, Microsoft Project, Multitasking, Operations Planning, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Professional Services, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Requirements Validation/Verification, Risk Analysis, Schedule Development, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), Status Reports, System Architecture, System Validation, Systems Engineering, Technical Delivery, Testing, Time Management, Top Secret Clearance, Validation Plan, Validation Testing, Vendor/Supplier Planning, Work From Home, Writing Skills
SETA Systems Engineer
Job ID: 2614735
Location: Sterling, VA, United States
Date Posted: Jul 21, 2026
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
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Job Description
Description
Are you a highly motivated Systems Engineer looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact? SAIC has an immediate opening for an innovative Systems Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) to provide direct customer support on a critical development effort. This opportunity is part of a dynamic team where your engineering expertise and solution-oriented mindset will drive key system development projects from inception through delivery. Join SAIC and lead the charge in a pivotal role that rewards initiative, innovation, and mission drive. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about driving projects to success, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
- Translate system-level requirements into government authored ICDs, retain full control over content, versioning, and distribution, verify that every ICD conforms to the approved architecture and requirements baseline
- Serves as the program point of contact for all industry partner technical inquiries, schedule-change requests, and interface clarifications
- Work closely with other SETA to confirm that each ICD, change request, and integration activity aligns with the system architecture and the established requirements baseline before release
- Build, maintain and update the integrated master schedule (IMS) in MS Project to reflect all vendor contract milestones and cross-vendor dependencies; refresh the schedule weekly with vendor inputs and highlight any open integration issues or milestone shifts
- Maintain the project Confluence space that houses all program documents; enforce version control, access permissions, and ensure the repository remains updated
- Maintain the official program calendar; schedule all required program meetings, circulate agendas, ensure appropriate participants are invited, record minutes, and distribute action items promptly
- Capture every action item generated in meetings or change control discussions in a centralized tracker; assign owners, set due dates, monitor status weekly, and report outstanding items in the integration-status briefing to the Program Manager
- Chair the project Interface Working Group with responsibilities including setting the agenda, capturing actions/minutes, and controlling vendor participation to protect competitive equity
- Facilitate stakeholder contribution by distributing draft deliverables early enough to allow substantive feedback; capture, track, and document all stakeholder inputs, dispositions, and rationales; maintain transparent communications so that stakeholder concerns are addressed promptly and incorporated into deliverables
- Develop system requirements in collaboration with SMEs and stakeholders
- Analyze mission-level objectives and translate into clear, stakeholder-oriented operational plans (CONOPS)
- Derive stakeholder CONOPS into technical system requirements for delivery to system development vendors
- Strategically review developer''s systems designs throughout all phases, including conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs
- Collaborate on verification and validation test plans and reviews to ensure systems meet customer objectives
- Provide insightful status reports, risk assessments, and identification of opportunities for multiple customer stakeholders
Qualifications
Must currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly in order to be considered
- Bachelor''s Degree in an engineering field (Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, other)
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, and 5 or more years of technical experience on large, multi-vendor government development programs; proven record of leading vendor coordination, interface control, and integration-schedule management
- Demonstrated experience establishing and enforcing government-owned baseline controls (ICDs, IMS, issue logs) and a formal change control process
- Experience supporting $100 million or larger government acquisitions with knowledge of OCI mitigation requirements, government data-rights, and IP considerations
- Proficiency with MS Project (schedule development/maintenance), strong ICD development capabilities, strong competence in action item tracking; MBSE tool experience preferred
- Proven ability to chair multi-vendor technical working groups, produce clear briefings and reports for senior decision makers, exercise independent technical judgement, and proactively surface and resolve issues
- Experience on system development projects of autonomous vehicles is preferred
- Demonstrated experience serving as a Systems Engineer on complex development projects involving hardware and software
- Demonstrated ability translating customer needs into technical requirements for delivery to vendors and system developers
- Experience gathering, implementing, tracking, verifying, and validating system requirements
- Ability to multitask and produce high-quality products under tight deadlines
- Demonstrated initiative and flexibility to work both individually and in a team environment with limited oversight
- Effective organizational, written, and oral communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with other components to communicate processes and procedures, and facilitate program requirements
- Outstanding customer service skills to meet high demand requirements
Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. 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.