Space Innovation Engineer
Listed on 2026-02-28
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Engineering
Systems Engineer
Description
SAIC is seeking a Space Innovation Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services to a customer within the Intelligence Community (IC). This customer is responsible for designing, building, and operating national security-related systems based on space, in the air, and on the ground.
Key Responsibilities- Support the identification, investment, adoption, and delivery of innovative commercial technology solutions, understanding how to translate phenomenology into intelligence value
- Identify and match emerging and “ready-soon” technologies to customer mission area technology gaps
- Provide technical review and assessment of high-payoff technology development and readiness activities, craft technology transition plans
- Facilitate collaboration and systems engineering across a diverse industry and government team to include small commercial startup companies new to the space market
- Assist government end users with work program requirements development, facilitate meetings with vendors, and track deliverables
- Cultivate relationships with like organizations across the IC; sharing ideas, collaborating on work programs, solving “hard problems”
- Provide logistical and collaborative support to a Federal Lab as needed
- Develop documents and briefings to communicate program/project status and to brief government as require
- Bachelor’s 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 bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline with 10+ years' experience, or equivalent work experience; strong desire to learn new technologies and practical applications - 5 years of IC engineering, project management, or program office experience
- Familiarity with U.S. Government or commercial space domain
- Strong interpersonal skills with effective technical writing and briefing skills
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic and energetic environment
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office applications and SharePoint. Confluence and JIRA experience desired
- Current TS/SCI clearance with Poly
REQNUMBER: 2600823
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity.
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working AA M/F/Vet/Disability
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