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Enterprise SATCOM Systems Subject Matter Expert Training System Requirements Analysis

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El Segundo, CAJob$140–180K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$140–180K/yr
Location
El Segundo, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

SAIC seeks an experienced Enterprise SATCOM Systems Subject Matter Expert to support the Evolved Strategic SATCOM Training System Requirements Analysis effort in El Segundo, California. The SME will contribute operational, maintenance, and mission execution expertise to develop and validate training requirements, task analyses, and training system recommendations for ESS operators and maintainers. The work supports the Space Force’s Space Systems Command through SAIC’s MSEIT contract.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

MILSATCOM SystemsOperational ProceduresMaintenance ProceduresRequirements AnalysisSystems EngineeringTraining DevelopmentAcquisition ProgramsWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationDiscussion LeadershipESSAEHFWGSTSRAJob Task AnalysisOperational Task AnalysisInstructional Systems DesignLogisticsSustainment PlanningProduct Support PlanningSpace Systems Command Acquisition

Qualifications

Active Secret ClearanceBachelor's in Engineering or Related10+ Years DoD Space ExperienceMaster's in Related DisciplineActive Top Secret/SCI ClearanceINCOSE CertificationDAWIA/Back-to-Basics Certification

Full job description

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

SAIC is seeking an experienced Enterprise Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Systems Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) Training System Requirements Analysis (TSRA) effort in El Segundo, California.

SAIC is the sub-contractor on the Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Systems Engineering, Integration and Test (MSEIT) contract. The MSEIT effort provides leading edge Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) for the Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). We acquire state of the art Military and Commercial SATCOM systems, providing global secure, survivable, and protected communications for our nation’s warfighters. We seek technical individuals who will thrive in a highly collaborative work environment of small teams, using the most modern tools and methodologies to tackle the challenges of integrating complex space and ground communications systems.

The SME will provide operational, maintenance, and mission execution expertise to support the development and validation of training requirements, task analyses, and training system recommendations for ESS operators and maintainers.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide subject matter expertise in MILSATCOM, space operations, and enterprise ground systems

  • Support Operational Task Analysis (OTA), Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA), and Functional Analysis activities

  • Identify, document, and validate operator and maintainer training requirements

  • Assess mission execution processes, operational procedures, and maintenance workflows

  • Support development of Training System Requirements documentation and associated deliverables

  • Validate technical accuracy of training products, instructional methods, and curriculum recommendations

  • Coordinate with engineering, logistics, cybersecurity, operations, and sustainment stakeholders

  • Participate in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), working groups, technical interchange meetings, and customer briefings

  • Provide recommendations for operator and maintainer certification, qualification, and continuation training requirements

  • Support SSC customer engagements related to ESS training development and sustainment planning

Qualifications

Required:

  • Active Secret clearance

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Space Operations, Information Systems, Military Science, or related discipline

  • 10+ years of experience supporting DoD space, satellite communications, or ground segment systems

  • Experience operating, maintaining, sustaining, or supporting MILSATCOM systems

  • Demonstrated experience developing, executing, or supporting operational and maintenance procedures

  • Experience participating in requirements analysis, systems engineering, training development, or acquisition programs

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Ability to lead discussions with senior government and contractor personnel

Preferred Experience:

  • Master's degree in a related discipline

  • Prior experience supporting ESS, AEHF, WGS, MILSATCOM, or Space Force programs

  • Experience supporting TSRA, Job Task Analysis (JTA), OTA, or Instructional Systems Design (ISD)

  • Experience supporting logistics, sustainment, or product support planning activities

  • Experience with Space Systems Command acquisition programs

  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance

  • INCOSE, DAWIA/Back-to-Basics, or related professional certifications

Target salary range: $140,001 - $180,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618506

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 2,902 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$140–180K/yr
  • California median$161–233K/yr450 salary ranges
  • US median$134–209K/yr2,112 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $160K, is 20% below the California median midpoint ($199K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineering salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 543 open Systems Engineering jobs in California and 2,902 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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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 (2,289 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 970 of the 2,902 open Systems Engineering jobs (33%) 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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