Systems Engineer Manager
Springfield, VAJob$160–200K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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SAIC seeks a senior SETA manager to provide technical guidance and project oversight for advanced maritime capabilities supporting a national security program. The role manages project cost, schedule, and technical performance across the acquisition lifecycle, partners with government project officers, and interfaces with executive leadership. It also leads and mentors a specialized team across three locations and aligns team priorities with executive objectives.
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Description
SAIC seeks an experienced and talented Senior Systems Engineer in Springfield, VA to join a world-class Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) team supporting a fast-paced and innovative national security program.
As a senior SETA Manager on this program, you will be responsible for providing expert technical guidance and project oversight for a portfolio of advanced maritime capabilities. You will manage the cost, schedule, and technical performance of projects throughout the acquisition lifecycle, working in close partnership with government project officers and interfacing with executive leadership. This role requires exceptional communication skills to build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and Industry. You will perform key leadership and mentoring roles for a specialized SETA team spread across three geographic locations, advocating for their needs and aligning team priorities with executive-level objectives.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Drive strategic analysis - conduct technical and strategic assessments to integrate new insights and technologies into current and future capabilities, supporting long-range planning
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Lead and Mentor - guide a high-performing SETA team, providing systems engineering expertise across system acquisition, platform integration, testing, and deployment activities
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Communicate with Impact - Distill complex technical and programmatic information into clear, actionable recommendations for executive leadership. Prepare and manage the submission of key project deliverable, status reports, and briefings
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Oversee Project Performance - Monitor project cost, schedule, and technical performance to ensure successful execution. Track actions and identify risks from project meetings, including formal milestone reviews (e.g., requirements reviews, design reviews, test readiness reviews)
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Support Capability Development - Contribute to the development of new and enhanced concepts by supporting key acquisition, configuration management, and risk management activities
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
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Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience OR Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience.
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10+ years experience providing technical project management support for DOD and/or IC acquisitions
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Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility
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Ability to complete a counterintelligence scope polygraph post-hire.
Desired Qualifications:
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Defense Acquisition University (DAU) certification in Systems Engineering or Program Management
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Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
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: 2618847
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 3,067 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$160–200K/yr
- Virginia median$130–200K/yr189 salary ranges
- US median$136–209K/yr2,221 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $180K, is 5% above the Virginia median midpoint ($172K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineering salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 260 open Systems Engineering jobs in Virginia and 3,067 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Serco34 open
- SAIC (this employer)27 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (2,440 postings).
- Education
- 1,031 of the 3,067 open Systems Engineering jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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