Model Based Systems Engineer

Description
SAIC is seeking an Model Based Systems Engineer in Chantilly, VA to support SAIC's large SETA program, supporting the NRO's Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), Advanced Ground Office.
This role puts you at the heart of efforts to strengthen the NRO's space resiliency posture - ensuring our nation's most critical space assets remain ready, reliable, and effective. Your work will help shape the technical direction of systems that support national security every single day. If you're energized by solving tough technical problems and want your work to have real operational impact, this is where you can make it happen. You will have the opportunity to shape the implementation of Digital Engineering and support the transformation of GED's development as a leader in Digital Engineering and Agile principles. you'll be part of a mission driven team pushing the boundaries of Model-Based Systems Engineering and SETA support for critical NRO programs.
Key duties of this position include (but are not limited to):

• Applies systems engineering, systems modeling, product lifecycle management, and related techniques, tools, and methodologies to construct, steward, curate, and leverage end-to-end digital content for client programs.
• Support the capture of customer needs and development and refinement of requirements, architecture and concept of operations for future systems that will satisfy those needs within a model.
• Support the development of models of future system that will represent the architecture, concept of operations and requirements.
• Exercise thought leadership and practical systems engineering application that enables the evolution of repeatable systems engineering approach that uses MBSE principles and practice.
• Assist in the development of systems engineering requirements and artifacts requires for acquisition documents (Statement of Work, Request for Proposal) and support assessment of proposals.
• Work across multiple organizations supporting the identification and definition of future space capability needs and the capabilities that will support those need.
• Coordinate cross-organizational discussions with subject matter experts and stakeholders concerning the development of technical aspects of the system.
• Identify, understand, track and manage technical and acquisition dependencies. - Frequent interactions with government, SETA, FFRDC, external Stakeholders, and development contractors.

Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.
• 10+ years of experience with system engineering processes and demonstrable expertise developing ground architectures for mission-critical systems.
• Background supporting or leveraging GEOINT or SIGINT intelligence discipline.
• In-depth experience with Digital Engineering principles, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools.
• Practical understanding of Agile practices within system acquisition environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in government acquisition strategies, documentation development, and full lifecycle program management.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to brief government stakeholders at all levels

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.