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Job ID: 2511860. Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US. Date Posted: 2025-11-25. Category: Engineering and Sciences. Subcategory: Systems Engineer. Schedule: Full-time. Shift: Day Job. Travel: No. Minimum Clearance Required: Secret. Potential for Remote Work: Yes.
Description SAIC seeks a highly experienced and energetic Principal Systems Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer, the Systems Engineer is responsible for responsive and coherent planning, development and delivery of PARCS and UEWR radar hardware and software modifications in response to change requests and deficiency reports. This position is located on-site in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Job Duties
Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Develops requirements and standardizes BOE, SRR, PDR processes.
Responsible for developing processes, aids in process mapping to ensure standardized and repeatable best practices.
Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications.
Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree with 9+ years' related experience.
Active Secret Clearance.
Ability to design and architect complex, scalable, and resilient enterprise-level systems from concept through deployment.
The ability to see the \"big picture\" & understand how all system components interact & how changes in one area impact the entire system.
Familiarity with SysML and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler or similar.
Desired
Experience sustaining ground-based radar systems (GBRs), or other Strategic Warning and Surveillance radar systems such as UEWR or PAVE PAWS.
Knowledge of the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) mission and associated enterprise.
Exceptional ability to diagnose complex technical issues and develop effective, data-driven solutions.
Experience maintaining national security mission networks.
Experience with containerization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes) & knowledge of DevOps methodologies/CI/CD pipelines.
Target Salary Range $120,001 - $160,000.
About SAIC SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .
Seniority Level Mid-Senior level.
Employment Type Full-time.
Job Function Information Technology.
Industry Software Development.
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Description SAIC seeks a highly experienced and energetic Principal Systems Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer, the Systems Engineer is responsible for responsive and coherent planning, development and delivery of PARCS and UEWR radar hardware and software modifications in response to change requests and deficiency reports. This position is located on-site in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Job Duties
Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Develops requirements and standardizes BOE, SRR, PDR processes.
Responsible for developing processes, aids in process mapping to ensure standardized and repeatable best practices.
Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications.
Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree with 9+ years' related experience.
Active Secret Clearance.
Ability to design and architect complex, scalable, and resilient enterprise-level systems from concept through deployment.
The ability to see the \"big picture\" & understand how all system components interact & how changes in one area impact the entire system.
Familiarity with SysML and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler or similar.
Desired
Experience sustaining ground-based radar systems (GBRs), or other Strategic Warning and Surveillance radar systems such as UEWR or PAVE PAWS.
Knowledge of the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) mission and associated enterprise.
Exceptional ability to diagnose complex technical issues and develop effective, data-driven solutions.
Experience maintaining national security mission networks.
Experience with containerization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes) & knowledge of DevOps methodologies/CI/CD pipelines.
Target Salary Range $120,001 - $160,000.
About SAIC SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .
Seniority Level Mid-Senior level.
Employment Type Full-time.
Job Function Information Technology.
Industry Software Development.
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