{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"07fd620204db841ef150cd2c","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/07fd620204db841ef150cd2c","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/07fd620204db841ef150cd2c","title":"SETA Systems Engineer","description":"Job ID: 2614735\nLocation: Sterling, VA, US\nDate Posted: 2026-07-21\nCategory: Engineering and Sciences\nSubcategory: Systems Engineer\nSchedule: Full-Time\nShift: Day Job\nTravel: No\nMinimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly\nClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None\nPotential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE\n\nDescription\nAre you a highly motivated Systems Engineer looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact? SAIC has an immediate opening for an innovative Systems Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) to provide direct customer support on a critical development effort. This opportunity is part of a dynamic team where your engineering expertise and solution-oriented mindset will drive key system development projects from inception through delivery. Join SAIC and lead the charge in a pivotal role that rewards initiative, innovation, and mission drive. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about driving projects to success, we want to hear from you!\nKey Responsibilities:\nTranslate system-level requirements into government authored ICDs, retain full control over content, versioning, and distribution, verify that every ICD conforms to the approved architecture and requirements baseline\nServes as the program point of contact for all industry partner technical inquiries, schedule-change requests, and interface clarifications\nWork closely with other SETA to confirm that each ICD, change request, and integration activity aligns with the system architecture and the established requirements baseline before release\nBuild, maintain and update the integrated master schedule (IMS) in MS Project to reflect all vendor contract milestones and cross-vendor dependencies; refresh the schedule weekly with vendor inputs and highlight any open integration issues or milestone shifts\nMaintain the project Confluence space that houses all program documents; enforce version control, access permissions, and ensure the repository remains updated\nMaintain the official program calendar; schedule all required program meetings, circulate agendas, ensure appropriate participants are invited, record minutes, and distribute action items promptly\nCapture every action item generated in meetings or change control discussions in a centralized tracker; assign owners, set due dates, monitor status weekly, and report outstanding items in the integration-status briefing to the Program Manager\nChair the project Interface Working Group with responsibilities including setting the agenda, capturing actions/minutes, and controlling vendor participation to protect competitive equity\nFacilitate stakeholder contribution by distributing draft deliverables early enough to allow substantive feedback; capture, track, and document all stakeholder inputs, dispositions, and rationales; maintain transparent communications so that stakeholder concerns are addressed promptly and incorporated into deliverables\nDevelop system requirements in collaboration with SMEs and stakeholders\nAnalyze mission-level objectives and translate into clear, stakeholder-oriented operational plans (CONOPS)\nDerive stakeholder CONOPS into technical system requirements for delivery to system development vendors\nStrategically review developer's systems designs throughout all phases, including conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs\nCollaborate on verification and validation test plans and reviews to ensure systems meet customer objectives\nProvide insightful status reports, risk assessments, and identification of opportunities for multiple customer stakeholders\n\nQualifications\nMust currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly in order to be considered\n\nBachelor's Degree in an engineering field (Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, other)\nMinimum of 10 years of relevant experience, and 5 or more years of technical experience on large, multi-vendor government development programs; proven record of leading vendor coordination, interface control, and integration-schedule management\nDemonstrated experience establishing and enforcing government-owned baseline controls (ICDs, IMS, issue logs) and a formal change control process\nExperience supporting $100 million or larger government acquisitions with knowledge of OCI mitigation requirements, government data-rights, and IP considerations\nProficiency with MS Project (schedule development/maintenance), strong ICD development capabilities, strong competence in action item tracking; MBSE tool experience preferred\nProven ability to chair multi-vendor technical working groups, produce clear briefings and reports for senior decision makers, exercise independent technical judgement, and proactively surface and resolve issues\nExperience on system development projects of autonomous vehicles is preferred\nDemonstrated experience serving as a Systems Engineer on complex development projects involving hardware and software\nDemonstrated ability translating customer needs into technical requirements for delivery to vendors and system developers\nExperience gathering, implementing, tracking, verifying, and validating system requirements\nAbility to multitask and produce high-quality products under tight deadlines\nDemonstrated initiative and flexibility to work both individually and in a team environment with limited oversight\nEffective organizational, written, and oral communication skills\nStrong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with other components to communicate processes and procedures, and facilitate program requirements\nOutstanding customer service skills to meet high demand requirements\n\nTarget salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. 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If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about driving projects to success, we want to hear from you!\nKey Responsibilities:\nTranslate system-level requirements into government authored ICDs, retain full control over content, versioning, and distribution, verify that every ICD conforms to the approved architecture and requirements baseline\nServes as the program point of contact for all industry partner technical inquiries, schedule-change requests, and interface clarifications\nWork closely with other SETA to confirm that each ICD, change request, and integration activity aligns with the system architecture and the established requirements baseline before release\nBuild, maintain and update the integrated master schedule (IMS) in MS Project to reflect all vendor contract milestones and cross-vendor dependencies; refresh the schedule weekly with vendor inputs and highlight any open integration issues or milestone shifts\nMaintain the project Confluence space that houses all program documents; enforce version control, access permissions, and ensure the repository remains updated\nMaintain the official program calendar; schedule all required program meetings, circulate agendas, ensure appropriate participants are invited, record minutes, and distribute action items promptly\nCapture every action item generated in meetings or change control discussions in a centralized tracker; assign owners, set due dates, monitor status weekly, and report outstanding items in the integration-status briefing to the Program Manager\nChair the project Interface Working Group with responsibilities including setting the agenda, capturing actions/minutes, and controlling vendor participation to protect competitive equity\nFacilitate stakeholder contribution by distributing draft deliverables early enough to allow substantive feedback; capture, track, and document all stakeholder inputs, dispositions, and rationales; maintain transparent communications so that stakeholder concerns are addressed promptly and incorporated into deliverables\nDevelop system requirements in collaboration with SMEs and stakeholders\nAnalyze mission-level objectives and translate into clear, stakeholder-oriented operational plans (CONOPS)\nDerive stakeholder CONOPS into technical system requirements for delivery to system development vendors\nStrategically review developer's systems designs throughout all phases, including conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs\nCollaborate on verification and validation test plans and reviews to ensure systems meet customer objectives\nProvide insightful status reports, risk assessments, and identification of opportunities for multiple customer stakeholders\n\nQualifications\nMust currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly in order to be considered\n\nBachelor's Degree in an engineering field (Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, other)\nMinimum of 10 years of relevant experience, and 5 or more years of technical experience on large, multi-vendor government development programs; proven record of leading vendor coordination, interface control, and integration-schedule management\nDemonstrated experience establishing and enforcing government-owned baseline controls (ICDs, IMS, issue logs) and a formal change control process\nExperience supporting $100 million or larger government acquisitions with knowledge of OCI mitigation requirements, government data-rights, and IP considerations\nProficiency with MS Project (schedule development/maintenance), strong ICD development capabilities, strong competence in action item tracking; MBSE tool experience preferred\nProven ability to chair multi-vendor technical working groups, produce clear briefings and reports for senior decision makers, exercise independent technical judgement, and proactively surface and resolve issues\nExperience on system development projects of autonomous vehicles is preferred\nDemonstrated experience serving as a Systems Engineer on complex development projects involving hardware and software\nDemonstrated ability translating customer needs into technical requirements for delivery to vendors and system developers\nExperience gathering, implementing, tracking, verifying, and validating system requirements\nAbility to multitask and produce high-quality products under tight deadlines\nDemonstrated initiative and flexibility to work both individually and in a team environment with limited oversight\nEffective organizational, written, and oral communication skills\nStrong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with other components to communicate processes and procedures, and facilitate program requirements\nOutstanding customer service skills to meet high demand requirements\n\nTarget salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. 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