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Job overview
SAIC seeks a cleared, current Model-Based Engineering practitioner to support Battlespace Awareness and Information Operations capabilities for a DoD customer. The Systems Engineer will help transition programs to model-based approaches, develop and deploy systems engineering solutions, and support stakeholder requirements, architectures, interfaces, and technical discussions. The role also contributes to the continued improvement of SAIC’s model-based engineering platform and SE&I capabilities.
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Description
SAIC is seeking a cleared MBSE Systems Engineer who is a current Model-Based Engineering practitioner to support a portfolio of Battlespace Awareness and Information Operations (BAIO) capabilities to our DoD customer. In this role, you will join our highly energized team of solution architects as we deploy innovative solutions for Information Operations; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; and Meteorology and Oceanography capabilities. The Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Solutions need SE and MBSE methods and creative thinking for a successful program.
Job Highlights
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Exercise both thought leadership and practical engineering application by leveraging your Systems Engineering and Model-Based Engineering experiences to transform programs from a document-centric approach to a model-based approach to more effectively support our customers and ensure their mission success.
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Apply knowledge of systems engineering processes, methods, tools, and program roles to help develop, implement, and deploy Systems Engineering and Integration solutions for use on an individual program(s).
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Learn, apply, and continuously improve our current Model-Based SE&I platform to capture stakeholder and system requirements, facilitate discussion and understanding of SE&I solution usage, and enhance our rapidly growing – and fully supported model-based engineering culture.
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Engage with other systems engineers directly supporting programs and foster broader understanding of modeling and assist them in developing Systems Engineering work products, including: System Specifications, Logically Derived and Linked Requirements, Architecture Descriptions, Interface Definitions, System Diagrams, Trade Studies, etc.
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Engage with the larger community to stay up to date with latest trends and emerging technologies, approaches, methods, and techniques to further mature and or increase our SEI capabilities.
Qualifications
Required Skills, education and experience:
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Ability to work with and build relationships with a variety of stakeholders, government technical representatives, and other supporting contractors; excellent written and oral communications; ability to work independently or in a team collaborative environment; ability to brief senior government personnel.
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Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Engineering or Math and five (5) years or more experience; Master’s and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years. 4 additional years experience is acceptable in lieu of advanced education.
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Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and procedures. Intermediate/Advance experience using enterprise modeling tools to model complex systems using SysML, UPDM, BPMN, and/or UAF.
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Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
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Demonstrated experience in modeling large-scale, complex system of systems.
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Experience using CAMEO Enterprise Architect and Team Work Cloud.
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Experience with Gitlab.
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Analyze and model complex system of systems architectures, ensuring all components and interfaces are accurately represented.
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Collaborate with stakeholders, engineers, and program managers to gather requirements and understand system interactions.
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Lead architecture working groups and technical interchange meetings to communicate and review architectural models.
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Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
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Experience with AFSIM and Modeling and Simulation practices to dynamically build, test and refine complex system architectures.
Desired Skills and Certifications:
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Prior Military experience with C4I systems.
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Prior experience with unmanned systems and unmanned payloads.
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INCOSE ASEP/CSEP.
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Familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework Environment (SAFe).
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Understanding of PEO C4I / NAVWAR organization structure, programs of records and mission focus.
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Basic familiarity of PoR, DOD, U.S. Navy acquisition documents.
Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
REQNUMBER: 2619035
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 11,817 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$160–200K/yr
- California median$140–208K/yr1,723 salary ranges
- US median$115–187K/yr8,992 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $180K, is 4% above the California median midpoint ($173K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,001 open Systems Engineer jobs in California and 11,817 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Northrop Grumman194 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,712 postings).
- Education
- 4,393 of the 11,817 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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