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Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Analyst/Engineer

SAIC

Chantilly, VAJob$180–220K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$180–220K/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 a Modeling & Simulation Analyst/Engineer to support a U.S. Government customer through technical analyses, modeling and simulation, and engineering evaluation of systems and data for all-source analytic threat assessments. The role works alongside customer analysts to produce regular and ad-hoc reports, interpret datasets and correlations, and draw conclusions about the systems represented. The position requires an active TS/SCI with Poly and at least 10 years of relevant experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

RF SystemsRadar SystemsRF SensorsOptical SystemsSTKPythonMODSIMDataset ToolsSurveillance ConceptsSensor TypesObservation FormatsObservation ProcessingDerived ProductsIndependent WorkCustomer GuidanceTechnical AnalysisData AnalysisTechnical CommunicationMicrosoft Office

Qualifications

TS/SCI With Poly10 Years Relevant ExperienceBachelor's Degree or Relevant Experience

Full job description

Description

SAIC is looking for a Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Analyst/Engineer to support for a highly dynamic and growing program with one of our US Government customers. You will be a part of a large multi-year contract that supports our customer in systems engineering and integration across a broad portfolio of projects. You will come into a program that enjoys a close working relationship with the customer, bringing exquisite technical expertise to bear on real world problems, helping the customer execute real world missions that impact National Security on a daily basis. This close relationship, along with the program's longevity (20 years), ensures that as a new team member you will find a depth of support to grow and develop that is unmatched, all while making a difference - daily.

As an analytic support systems engineer you will perform technical analyses, engage in modeling and simulation and general engineering evaluation of various systems and data to support all-source analytic threat assessments. You will work side by side with the customer’s analysts to provide regular and ad-hoc reports within each of those areas. You will need to be comfortable working independently and as a team researching varying datasets and providing your interpretations and evaluation of these datasets correlations – to include any valuable conclusions about the systems these datasets are derived from.

SAIC is a premier Fortune 500 technology integrator driving our nation’s technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers’ missions.

Qualifications

  • Must currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly in order to be considered

  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience

  • Bachelor's Degree or relevant professional experience can be substituted

  • A high degree of familiarity with RF systems and engineering, to include radar, RF sensors and optical systems

  • A high degree of competency with various software tools and coding languages, to include STK, Python as well as various other MODSIM and dataset tools to support evaluation of target system characteristics, operations and system observations

  • A moderate degree of familiarity with relevant domain surveillance concepts, sensor types, observation formats/standards, observation processing and derived products

  • An ability to operate independently and provide guidance and feedback to the customer to enhance the analysis process

  • Familiarity with reviewing relevant reporting and the ability to identify opportunities where further technical analysis, data analysis or MODSIM efforts could lead to greater insight into capabilities or operations of the relevant system

  • Must be an excellent communicator with the ability to convey technical concepts and results to non-technical audiences

  • Must be highly capable with all Microsoft Office products

Target salary range: $180,001 - $220,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2617803

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 10,723 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$180–220K/yr
  • Virginia median$121–188K/yr766 salary ranges
  • US median$115–188K/yr7,922 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $200K, is 31% above the Virginia median midpoint ($152K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 976 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 10,723 across the US. 4% 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 8,903 postings).
Education
4,701 of the 10,723 open Systems Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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