OPED Field Evaluator

Job
Location: CHANTILLY, VA, United States
Date Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Minimum

Clearance Required:

TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
Benefits:

Join a winning team! Be part of a dynamic team that delivers excellence and quality for the NRO’s Mission Integration Directorate (MID). SAIC is seeking to fill an opening for a Operational Performance Evaluation Division (OPED) Field Evaluator. The candidate will provide systems engineering and operational support, as well as technical assistance, to the government Team Leads on assigned projects. Collaborate and coordinate with multiple DoD test ranges, and other domestic and foreign ranges to coordinate and conduct cooperative evaluations.

These cooperative evaluations are driven solely by IC or Military command requirements and submitted by organizations internal and external to our customer. The candidate must possess an in-depth knowledge of SIGINT compliance process.

• Edit/format technical reports, operational testing, and performance evaluation documents for language and technical content issues and prepare for publication.
• Address completeness and accuracy of technical information and ensure content reads logically at the proper level of complexity for intended audience.
• Work with multiple DoD test ranges and other domestic and foreign ranges to coordinate and conduct cooperative evaluations against a host of authentic real‑world air defense threat radars, communication radios and emitters.
• Support the planning, execution, and completion of all field operations performing evaluations, assisting the requirements definition, attending planning, meeting and coordinating the test activities of the various site mission areas.
• Conduct exercise evaluations and execution of tests against operation systems to include end‑to‑end assessment of national systems and deliver after‑action reports and final technical reports.
• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• Develop highly technical plans (Word) and scripts (Excel) for each test activity and coordinate with test customers and test range facilities to ensure test resources are available and test requirements are met.
• Engage with technical representatives within the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DOD) to formulate ideas on how OPED can support their needs through Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) testing, Customer system performance evaluations, hardware and software experiments, military and commercial technology demonstrations, and sensor capability assessments.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ year’s professional related experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly.
• Must be highly self‑motivated; strong technical and leadership background; professional and tactful under pressure; effective negotiation and diplomatic skills.
• Must have excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, for coordinated communications with organizations and representatives throughout the IC and DOD, including senior military and government civilian personnel and contractors.
• Subject matter expert in SIGINT, GEOINT, or MASINT.
• Ability to travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
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