Systems Engineer SETA

Job ID: 2615562

Location: Las Cruces, NM, US

Date Posted: 2026-08-13

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC has an opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join an elite team providing Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services in Las Cruces, NM. The selected candidate will work multiple mission system projects and tasks-from broad, strategic issues (e.g. policies, concept of operations, etc.) to tactical concerns (e.g., near-term schedules, testing, system integration and transition, etc.) to support vital operational missions.

Responsibilities

Support Chief Engineer and government staff to execute systems engineering and integration (SE&I) activities across customer-site and work collaboratively with other customer organizations across the mission enterprise.

Work with SE&I teams to execute site system engineering process; oversee site processes used to document and manage site baseline to accommodate evolving mission needs.

Collaborate with System Program Offices (SPO), local operations teams, and other Government Agencies to integrate various GEOINT space missions into a ground-based architecture.

Ensure the delivering organization understands site integration needs and processes.

Assist in developing standards, processes and procedures, and operations & maintenance plans.

Review and evaluate technical documentation (e.g. RFCs, CONOPS, requirements; issues and risks, etc.).

Represent government interests at various forums.

Provide analysis and recommendations to multiple government customers.

Serve as liaison between GPOC and internal/external organizational project managers to guide and monitor progress.

Occasional CONUS travel.

Qualifications

Required

Active TS/SCI with current polygraph.

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

Expertise in full system engineering life cycle from concept, requirements, design & development, to deployment and operational maintenance.

Experience with project management supporting the delivery, integration, and transition of mission systems and/or mission applications.

Ability to work independently to support multiple government customers and large, complex projects to address organization's needs throughout system development lifecycle.

Must be a self-starter able to proactively address customer requirements without supervision and to readily define solutions for broad, abstract topics.

Must be a polished communicator (written/verbal) with impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment.

Must be able to demonstrate comfort briefing or communicating with senior government managers.

Strength in collaborating and coordinating with multiple stakeholders -- consensus builder.

Desired

Real-time operations experience as a GEOINT spacecraft operator, spacecraft engineer, or ground systems operator familiar with space operations and policies, ground operations, and system requirements/governance policies.

Experience supporting Enterprise test activities, including representing stakeholder interests, ensuring operational requirements are integrated into test planning and execution, and identifying and deconflicting resource constraints.

Familiar with application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Engineering/Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Agile development, cloud technologies.