User Outreach Engineer

User Outreach Engineer

Job ID: 2618057

Location: Chantilly, VA, United States

Date Posted: Oct 16, 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 with Poly

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 User Outreach Engineer to support a SAIC Prime NRO program focused on advancing the adoption of next-generation space and intelligence capabilities at the NRO in Chantilly, VA.

Note: Qualified candidates must have a current and active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph to be considered for this role.

In this highly visible role, as the User Outreach Engineer, you will serve as the bridge between mission users, operational commands, technical organizations, and Government leadership, helping ensure emerging capabilities are understood, adopted, and aligned with real-world mission needs.

This is an ideal opportunity for professionals with experience supporting the NRO, Combatant Commands, operational users, or Intelligence Community mission partners who enjoy combining technical knowledge, customer engagement, and strategic communication.

Overview of role responsibilities:

• Engage mission users across the NRO, Intelligence Community, and DoD to gather operational needs and inform future capability development.
• Develop and deliver training, briefings, and educational materials focused on emerging space and intelligence capabilities.
• Partner with operational commands, mission stakeholders, and technology organizations to support experimentation, use case development, and capability assessments.
• Drive user readiness activities supporting tasking, data discovery, exploitation, and mission integration efforts.
• Represent user perspectives to engineering and program teams to help shape future requirements and priorities.
• Prepare executive-level briefings, responses, and decision support materials for Government leadership.
• Coordinate across multiple organizations to ensure outreach efforts, dependencies, and mission objectives remain aligned.
• Travel domestically and internationally to engage mission partners and support operational integration activities.

Qualifications

Required Experience and Education

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Experience supporting NRO satellite systems, mission operations, or related intelligence capabilities.
• Experience engaging with operational users, customers, or mission stakeholders.
• Strong briefing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of the NRO mission, organizational structure, acquisition processes, and satellite systems.
• Ability to build relationships across Government, military, contractor, and Intelligence Community organizations.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence(AI)/ Super Intelligence(SI) a PLUS!
• Willingness to travel up to 10-20% CONUS and OCONUS

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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