Mission Engineering Lead

Make a difference for national security by joining a team of dedicated professionals who assist the Space Development Agency in developing and deploying the next generation of satellites and ground systems for missile warning (MW), missile tracking (MT) and missile defense (MD).  

SAIC is seeking an experienced Mission Engineering Lead to support the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 3 Program Integration (T3PI) program. This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance. Desired physical location is onsite in the Chantilly, VA area. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Lead T3PI’s mission engineering team by providing clear direction, defining priorities, and establishing a comprehensive plan(s) to ensure delivery of high-quality, timely outputs that meet customer expectations

• Provide the strategic vision and roadmap for evaluating system level performance, which includes developing scenarios (GRM/DRMs, threads, and use cases) and simulations to support capability assessments (MVC), risk assessments, and other mission-level assessments

• Coordinate the execution of complex analyses performed by multiple stakeholder organizations; identifying risks to delivery and proposing mitigation approaches as required

• Oversee execution of design compliance and verification processes to ensure technical solutions meet enterprise-level requirements, standards, and performance objectives while identifying and mitigating potential risks.

• Develop and brief data packages that provide assessment & analysis results to inform the government decision-makers.

• Collaborate with prime contractors, other team contractors, government civilians, FFRDC, SETA and members of the SDA.