Mach-TB Senior Mission Systems Engineer
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SAIC seeks a Senior Mission Systems Engineer to serve as the primary systems engineer for an assigned Mach-TB hypersonic test mission. The role provides technical leadership across the mission lifecycle, from experiment integration through execution and post-mission review, coordinating experiment teams, launch providers, and government stakeholders. The position is primarily telework-eligible, with approximately 25% travel to program sites, test facilities, and customer locations.
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Description
SAIC is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Mission Systems Engineer to support NSWC Crane and the Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Test Bed (Mach-TB) Program. In this role, you will serve as the primary Systems Engineer for a designated hypersonic test mission, providing technical leadership across the full mission lifecycle — from experiment integration through mission execution.
This is a high-visibility position requiring both deep technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills to coordinate across experiment teams, launch providers, and government stakeholders. The role is primarily telework-eligible with approximately 25% travel to program sites, test facilities, and customer locations.
What You'll Do
Mission Systems Engineering Leadership
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Serve as the primary Systems Engineer for an assigned Mach-TB mission, owning technical integrity from concept through post-mission review
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Lead the development and management of stakeholder requirements , ensuring traceability from mission objectives to experiment design
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Develop and maintain Verification & Validation (V&V) plans , tracking compliance across all mission elements
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Assess mission feasibility and provide technical recommendations to the Program Office
Experiment Integration & Coordination
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Coordinate technical integration activities between experiment payload teams and launch vehicle/range providers
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Review experiment designs, interface control documents (ICDs), and integration procedures for technical compliance
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Identify and resolve interface conflicts, technical risks, and integration challenges across multi-experiment missions
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Support integration reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, IRR, MRR) and provide actionable technical feedback
Stakeholder Engagement & Technical Communication
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Act as the technical point of contact for assigned mission stakeholders including government customers, experiment PIs, and range safety personnel
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Develop and present technical briefings, white papers, and status reports to program leadership and government sponsors
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Facilitate technical working groups and interface meetings to drive resolution of open issues
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Collaborate with the broader Mach-TB Systems Engineering team to ensure cross-mission consistency and lessons learned are captured
Risk & Issue Management
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Identify, document, and track technical risks and issues using program-standard risk management tools
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Develop mitigation strategies and work with stakeholders to implement corrective actions
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Ensure technical issues are escalated appropriately and resolved within program schedule constraints
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related STEM field
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10+ years of experience in systems engineering roles, with demonstrated experience in:
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Requirements development and management
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Verification and validation planning and execution
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System integration and interface management
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Experience supporting flight test programs, hypersonic systems, or space/launch vehicle programs
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Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes and program lifecycle milestones
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Strong technical writing and communication skills; ability to brief senior government and program leadership
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Active DoD Secret clearance (Top Secret preferred or ability to obtain)
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with hypersonic flight test programs or high-speed vehicle systems
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Familiarity with Mach-TB, MACH-TB 2.0 , or related DoD hypersonic test infrastructure programs
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Experience working with NSWC Crane, DARPA, MDA, or Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) programs
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Knowledge of range safety processes , flight termination systems, or launch range operations
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Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools (e.g., Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody)INCOSE CSEP or ESEP certification
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Experience in a multi-payload or rideshare mission environment
Target salary range: $140,001 - $180,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
How this job compares
Set against the 11,457 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$140–180K/yr
- Washington, D.C. median$140–195K/yr134 salary ranges
- US median$116–190K/yr8,475 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $160K, is 5% below the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($168K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Washington, D.C..
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 181 open Systems Engineer jobs in Washington, D.C. and 11,457 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,561 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,551 of the 11,457 open Systems Engineer jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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