SAIC is seeking a Mission Architect , in El Segundo, CA , to provide systems engineering, mission architecting and analysis support to the Space Systems Command within the Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SZ) and Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communication (SSC/BC) directorates. These directorates oversee the planning, development, testing, deployment, integration, and sustainment of a portfolio that consists of Space Control capabilities. The position supports the architecting of the Space Control enterprise that consists of counter space operations such as Orbital, Electromagnetic & Cyber space Warfare.
Key Duties/Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
- Responsible for providing leadership advice on mission engineering strategies for SoS architectures and strategic messaging to key operational and government stakeholders.
- Provide systems engineering and mission architecting support.
- Responsible for technical requirements generation/review/compliance, space systems technical review and assessment, and risk assessment.
- Identify activities and functions critical to mission thread development, deriving and modeling the as-is and to-be functional and physical architectures.
Qualifications
Basic Qualification:
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a relevant discipline with 9+ years of experience with:
- Military Space Operations with an emphasis in Space Control.
- SSC FIELDCOM, HQ USSF, and other USSF, DoD, and IC organizations.
- Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable).
- Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examination.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree, 7+ years of experience is preferred.
- Experience working in development environment and/or U.S. Government weapons system program office.
- Professional certification (e.g., Professional Engineer, INCOSE CSEP, etc.).
- Knowledge of digital engineering and operational analysis processes and tools, as well as their application in producing data-driven analysis results.