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**Description** SAIC is seeking a highly experienced **Space Systems Chief Systems Engineer** to support Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SZ) portfolio. Position is available in **El Segundo, California** . **Fun stuff you will do on the job:** + Engages with developers to evaluate software simulators, engineering units, and hardware simulators through integration activities. + Leads technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversees development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate and test space systems. + Oversees payload integration and interface control management. + Performs system integration of multiple efforts to integrate complex space systems, ground segment integration, and deployment into operations. + Manage and negotiate interface control documents with external stakeholders. + Performs systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, interface definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, systems integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and development and refinement of communications concepts of operation. + Oversees requirements verification and validation. + Makes program risks assessments and provides actionable recommendations to the chief engineer and program manager. + Independently collaborates with Government program office representatives, FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel. **Qualifications** **This is you:** + Bachelor of Science and eighteen (18) years or more experience; Master's and sixteen (16) years or more experience or an additional 4 years of experience may be used in lieu of degree. + Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI and be willing to consent to a polygraph examination. + Experience with space systems development, integration, and/or operations of DoD or other Agency (NRO, NSA, NASA, etc.). + Experience leading systems engineering teams focused on integration of complex space and/or ground systems. Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline. Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2505240 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 saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

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