Apply on Employer Site

SAIC · 2 hours ago

SIGINT Mission Engineer

Chantilly, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

SAIC is seeking a SIGINT Mission Engineer to support assessments and studies for the SIGINT Directorate. In this role you will coordinate assessments for HIVE architecture impacts and manage development, test, and validation of systems assessment methodologies and tools.

Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide expert mission analysis and technical support to define technical spacecraft and ground requirements, support concept development for new capabilities, create models to analyze mission data, understand "end to end" mission performance of a system, and work with mission users, stakeholders, and development contractors

Perform various mission analyses to include RF, signal processing, orbital, geolocation, pointing, antenna, SOI collection, frequency management, and/or communications performance

Evaluate expected performance against mission needs

Track, monitor, analyze and provide recommendations for future mission enhancements

Assist in requirements definition, analysis and engineering, system architecting, system and design, interface and data architectures, validation and verification, systems integration, and system & operational performance analysis

Perform assessments of requirements and capabilities to include, but not limited to, geolocation potential, area search/update intervals, signal collection analysis, and coverage

Support end-to-end performance evaluation activities of systems, such as identifying performance differences among baseline, enhanced baseline, and alternate architectures

Perform research and validation of enterprise level requirements as applicable to specific satellite architectures

Support system architecting and planning studies, requirements development and verification, and compliance analyses against enterprise level requirements

Perform mission analysis of satellite architectures to determine coverage and other performance metrics

Provide advice and information on physical science aspects of satellite support to multiple mission domains and battle space awareness planning and mission assessments

Provide support to launch and satellite on-orbit test

Plan and execute internal and external interface testing to support final system verification, validation, and delivery

Develop productive relationships with prime contractor counterparts, functional counterparts, and other payload and ground system subject matter experts

Review complex technical design documentation and provide formal and informal feedback

Liaise with mission analysis and acquisition teams to ensure completeness across the acquisition

Collaborate with armed services and agencies on engineering standards, space frequency utilization, modulation techniques, multiplexing schemes, and mission requirements

Prepare reports, white papers, and briefings for senior management and external organizations

Develop and maintain tools and databases used for related satellite mission assessment activities

Qualification

Signals Intelligence systemsMatlabPythonNRO satellite programsICDoD programsMission analysis supportEngineering degreePhysics degreeMath degree

Required

Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering, Physics, or Math with 9 years or more experience; Master's degree with 7 year's or more experience; PhD with 4 year's or more experience

Solid understanding of Signals Intelligence satellite systems and architectures

Experience in Matlab, Python or similar

Experience in NRO, IC, and DoD satellite programs, acquisition and program management processes

Familiarity with translation of multiple mission domain awareness operational requirements into satellite specifications and provide mission analysis support to legacy, current and future satellite programs

Availability to travel domestically