Space Enterprise Systems Engineer
Chantilly, VAJob$200–240K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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SAIC seeks a Space Enterprise Systems Engineer to provide systems engineering and technical advisory services to a senior government Director supporting an Intelligence Community customer. The role plans, coordinates, and executes complex space programs across organizations. The customer is developing next-generation space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions. The ideal candidate has experience in NRO enterprise organizations, including main line Directorates and Offices and the Systems Engineering Directorate.
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Description
SAIC is seeking a Space Enterprise System Engineer to join the Air Force, Space, and Intelligence Business Group providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The customer is developing the next generation of space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions.
The Space Enterprise Systems Engineer will provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services to a senior government Director to plan, coordinate and execute complex multi-organizational space programs. The ideal candidate has demonstrated experiences within NRO enterprise organizations including main line Directorates and Offices and the Systems Engineering Directorate.
The Space Enterprise Systems Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Establishes common, baseline protection requirements for the physical layer, to include leveraging acquisition and risk management processes for implementation.
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Develops Data Management Strategy with plans to make mission data more discoverable and accessible.
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Organizes and coordinates across multiple organizations for planning and executing complex space system acquisition at the Office level.
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Leads, facilitates, and actively participates in technical interchange meetings between multiple organizations.
Qualifications
Required:
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Bachelor’s and 14 or more years of experience; master’s and 12 or more years of experience; PhD and 9 or more years of experience with degree specialty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
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Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
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Experience with NRO Enterprise Protection Requirement Document (EPRD).
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Experience with Cislunar programs.
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Effective communication, coordination and customer engagement skills.
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Strong written and interpersonal skills.
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Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment.
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Highly organized with the ability to operate independently.
Desired:
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Thorough understanding of NRO enterprise from acquisition through launch and operations.
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Experience with space and ground systems architectures.
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Experience with NR contract processes.
Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
REQNUMBER: 2618611
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 11,311 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$200–240K/yr
- Virginia median$120–182K/yr826 salary ranges
- US median$118–190K/yr8,319 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $220K, is 45% above the Virginia median midpoint ($152K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,044 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,311 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,558 postings).
- Education
- 4,566 of the 11,311 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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