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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. REQNUMBER: 2506563 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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