SAIC is seeking a Communications Systems Engineer and Technical Advisor (SETA) to join our team. SAIC SETA provide specialized analysis, engineering, design, and operations support to a variety of Intelligence Community (IC) customers and support development of next-generation national security systems based on land, at sea, in air, and in space.

This SETA supports an IC Research and Development (R&D) customer developing next generation hardware, software, and architectural solutions for the IC.

Responsibilities:

Conduct technical reviews and assessments of space communication technology development efforts to include:
Studies and hardware/firmware/software development at the component, subsystem, system, and architecture level
Electronics, antennas, waveform development, space data architectures, optical terminals, quantum computing, networking, and device security monitoring (experience in all areas is not required)
Identify technology gaps, craft technology development and transition plans, and define requirements and specifications
Conduct technical outreach with potential users of new communications technology
Develop documents and briefings on program status and strategic planning
Support programmatic, acquisition, and source selection processes

Required Education:

Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience

Desired Education:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or related discipline

Qualifications:

14+ years of related work experience, with 4 years of space communications experience
Experience with USG program management, acquisition lifecycle, processes, and documentation
Strong interpersonal skills with effective verbal and writing skills

Desired Qualifications:

Master’s degree in engineering, physics, or related discipline
1 year of experience with USG R&D acquisition lifecycle, processes, and documentation

Clearance:

Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI Clearance with an active Polygraph

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