Acquisitions Systems Engineer

SAIC · Chantilly

SAIC has an opening for top talent to join our team supporting a joint program office customer at the NRO as a full-time Acquisitions Systems Engineer. The position is in a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) functional role. Qualified candidates must have a current TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.

The successful applicant must provide technical expertise, continuity of effort and value-added judgment to advise customers on the acquisition of a satellite program. Daily activities include:

Managing multiple program mechanisms to ensure program success
Identify opportunities for resolving program/project issues, and recommend technical approach and management controls that need to be employed to meet the technical performance and schedule requirements for the life cycle management of the program/project
Participate in requirements change processes to mitigate possible technical, schedule, and cost impacts
Provide knowledge and expertise on the readiness process to include an understanding of entry and exit criteria
Build plans, schedules, and conduct integration of projects/programs
Identify programmatic risks and formulate mitigation strategies to help minimize program’s impact
Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques, and approaches to address future needs

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