Senior Ground Segment Systems Engineer

Job
Location: EL SEGUNDO, CA, United States
Date Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum

Clearance Required:

Top Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
Benefits:

SAIC is seeking our latest experienced Senior Ground Segment Systems Engineer to support the U.S. Space Force (USSF) in developing, deploying, and sustaining a National Security Space system within the Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SZ) system program office. You will work in our sunny office in El Segundo, CA where the system is developed and managed.

• Help shape various systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, verification and validation, integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and physical configuration assessments.
• Support the customer team to execute and manage acquisition strategies, integration, and sustainment of cloud‑based software systems with several unique mission partner systems.
• Develop, assess, and manage ground segment technical and interface requirements. Manage interface negotiation with external stakeholders and oversee requirements and interface verification.
• Oversee, assess, and manage the software product backlog to meet baseline and emerging requirements. Develop and provide recommendations to prioritize development, augment solutions, and improve developer implementations.
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Support development of system engineering items such as CONOPs, requirements definitions (or features, themes, epics), system testing, algorithm document review, and interfaces to other application development efforts.
• Support the development and refinement of acquisition strategies, identify program execution issues and provide recommendations.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or relevant discipline and 14 years or more of experience (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree).
• Requires an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Programs and to consent to a polygraph examination.
• Experience in technical program management, systems engineering, and government acquisitions of Space Systems within the Space Control mission area.
• Experience working with modern software development processes, such as containerization, orchestration, Dev Sec Ops , and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with integration of key ground segment systems, such as a cloud‑based Infrastructure, Platform as a Service (PaaS) baselines, and antennas.
• Experience with "Zero‑Trust" cybersecurity policies and implementation on software and hardware systems.
• Experience with Software Systems Engineering, Design, and Architecture Development.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

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

SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.