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Outreach Engineer

SAIC

Chantilly, VAJob$120–160K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$120–160K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance

Job overview

SAIC seeks an Outreach Engineer with Space Domain Operations experience to support a space program office in Chantilly, Virginia. The role provides technical support, coaching, and mentoring to government points of contact and supports program reviews. The engineer works with government customers, mission partners, intelligence stakeholders, and engineering teams to translate mission needs into technical requirements and support capability development and acquisition activities.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CommunicationCollaborationStrategic ProactivityLarge Group EducationClassroom LeadershipSystems EngineeringDoW/IC ProgramsSOW ComplianceOrganizational SkillsProcedure ReviewExecution MonitoringRisk IdentificationDiscrepancy ResolutionOn-Site SupportSystems Engineering ProcessesSystems Engineering MethodsSystems Engineering ToolsSatellite SystemsIntelligence AnalysisAnalytical CommunicationSpace Systems DesignSystems IntegrationTest ExecutionTest Equipment Support

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Aerospace or Systems Engineering or RelatedMaster's With 3 Years Experience or Bachelor's With 5 YearsActive TS/SCI With Polygraph5-7 Years Large Group Education, Classroom Leadership, and Systems EngineeringINCOSE ESEP or CSEPBachelor's With 9 Years Experience

Full job description

Description

SAIC is looking for an Outreach Engineer with Space Domain Operations experience in Chantilly, VA to support a very dynamic and innovative space program office in Chantilly, VA. In this position, you will provide technical support, coaching and mentoring Government points of contact (GPOCs) relative to ongoing capability development activities happening across diverse geographically located contractor facilities. You will also be coordinating other scopes of related work such as major program reviews, such as SV Pre-Ship Review (PSR).

The job requires knowledge of intelligence processes and plans, excellent communication and collaboration skills, the ability to create unique work products, while having the ability to be strategically proactive. This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph. The Outreach Engineer directly supports the GPOC overseeing Outreach Communication providing critical insight into the prime contractor's execution of Strategic IC Communication.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain relationships with government customers, Mission partners, and intelligence community stakeholders to identify emerging mission needs and capability gaps

  • Serve as a technical representative during customer engagements, working groups, mission panning activities, and acquisition reviews

  • Translate operational intelligence requirements into system-level technical requirements, architectures, and engineering solutions

  • Assess how intelligence collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, dissemination, and feedback activities influence system requirements and acquisition decisions

  • Support requirements development, capability roadmaps, concept of operations (CONOPs), and mission engineering activities

  • Provide mission-focused insight into acquisition planning, technology maturation, and system development efforts

  • Collaborate with systems engineering, software development, and program management teams to ensure customer requirements are accurately represented and prioritized

  • Support proposal development, technical presentations, customer demonstrations, and strategic growth initiatives

  • Analyze evolving intelligence mission needs and recommend enhancements to current and future capabilities

  • Facilitate communication between acquisition organizations, mission users, and engineering teams throughout the program lifecycle.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of experience; Masters and 3 years of experience.

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph within the last 2 years

  • 5-7 years of experience in large group education, classroom leadership and Systems engineering for space programs

  • Familiarity with DoW/IC programs and SOW compliance

  • Strong organizational and communication skills within high pressure environments

  • Experience in reviewing installation/test procedures, monitoring execution, identifying risks, discrepancy resolution and on-site support

Desired:

  • INCOSE ESEP or CSEP

  • Bachelors degree and 9 years of experience

  • Experience using systems engineering processes, methods, tools, and program roles to develop, implement, and deploy solutions for Satellite Systems.

  • Experience as an intelligence analyst with demonstrated skills in communicating with analytical communities

  • Thorough understanding of space systems design, integration and test requirements and test execution, including test equipment support.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618212

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 10,774 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$120–160K/yr
  • Virginia median$121–188K/yr768 salary ranges
  • US median$115–188K/yr7,946 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $140K, is 8% below the Virginia median midpoint ($153K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 980 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 10,774 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,934 postings).
Education
4,717 of the 10,774 open Systems Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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