Spacecraft Systems Engineer

SAIC is seeking a Spacecraft Systems Engineer. This position is located in Chantilly, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph. 

The Spacecraft Systems Engineer will support a program office for a Major System Acquisition who requires a mid-career engineer with technical expertise in systems engineering who is anxious to grow their skills.  

The Spacecraft Systems Engineer may perform but not limited to the following duties:

•    Provide direct support for major program acquisitions. 
•    Provide a key role in the verification of system level requirements and selloff by the developer within a government program office.
•    Be part of a team working with both developers and operators after launch for the initialization of multiple satellites on orbit.
•    Provide operations planning and execution support.
•    Develop and coordinate operations transition plans for constellation of multiple satellites.
•    Provides support to anomaly resolution during initialization.
•    Author, review, and coordinate documents, briefings and data to aid the Government in communications and decision-making.
•    Maintain configuration control using tools such as Jira and Confluence to track changes, manage requirements, and monitor project progress.
•    Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, integration and test, and developers to ensure that configuration changes are effectively communicated and implemented.