**Description** SAIC seeks a highly experienced Principal Systems Engineer to support the US Space Force (USSF). In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer; the Principal Systems Engineer is responsible for design and implementation of IT systems that require the integration of diverse and complex components. Activities include creating a problem statement, defining operational requirements including integration with other systems or components, researching, and modeling the system architecture and configuration, investigation alternatives, cost analysis and estimation, and decision analysis. This team is responsible for the engineering, and deployment of USSF Cloud Initiatives, designed to streamline performance, reduce administrative overhead and workload, and deliver a seamless user experience with our customers. We are looking for talent primarily in Vandenberg, California, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and El Segundo, California for hybrid work situation. Each of the roles require differing levels of clearance, ranging from Secret to Top Secret/SCI. Depending on the skillsets in demand, remote availability may be acceptable with travel and applicable access to SCIFs. This work supports the USSF Operational C2 Mission under Kobayashi Maru. USSF has multiple cloud environments in an existing global, interconnected, disparate, virtualized, hybrid, and Enterprise IT infrastructure hosting mission systems, applications, services, and data that serves the U.S. Space Force (USSF) and other Government Customers. OSC2 LOE1 facilitates the Government's efforts to operate and maintain current environments, while assisting with the migration of applications to multiple cloud environments, allowing for increased efficiencies across the entire spectrum of the USSF operations. Key Duties: + Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. + 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. + Lead and oversee the engineering team in the design, development, and integration of complex systems for the USSF. + Develop and implement systems engineering strategies that align with project objectives and customer requirements. + Collaborate with stakeholders, including government representatives and contractors, to ensure system solutions meet mission goals. + Analyze and resolve engineering issues, ensuring system integrity and compliance with standards. + Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and staff. + Prepare and present technical documentation and reports to senior management and stakeholders. + Participate in risk management and ensure adherence to project schedules and budgets. **Qualifications** + Bachelor’s Degree with 9+ years’ related experience + Active Secret to TS/SCI clearance + Developing and/or sustaining national security, no-fail mission systems + Managing large-scale Agile or DevSecOps teams/projects, to include support to cost estimating, baseline and risk management, schedule development, performance monitoring and reporting + Experience leading waterfall-to-agile transformations, designed to deliver Minimum Viable Products in a consistent cadence + Experience with a broad range of system types: custom developed HW/SW, COTS/GOTS HW/SW, and specialty engineering of exotic material/limited supply items + Experience with configuration and data management, hardware and software test & evaluation of classified systems + Experience with implementing and sustaining distributed systems, virtual operating system environments, and multi-cloud networking solutions + Experience translating operational requirements into system requirements; and system requirements into technical requirements/performance standards Required Certifications: + INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) or equivalent. Desired Skills: + Experience with space systems, satellite operations, or other space-related technologies + Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools + Knowledge of relevant regulatory and industry standards + Experience working with cross-functional teams and large-scale projects + PMP (Project Management Professional) certification Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. 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: 2413892 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