Senior Systems Engineer

Job : 2512023
Location: PASCAGOULA, MS, United States
Date Posted: Dec 6, 2025
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum

Clearance Required:

Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI
Potential for Remote Work: On‑Site

SAIC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to oversee and coordinate systems engineering activities, ensure comprehensive integrated C5

ISR systems design, and compliance with technical requirements for new ship construction.

Work will be performed on site in Pascagoula, MS.

• Oversee the development of shipboard C5
  
  ISR architecture, interface control documents, and systems engineering drawings
• Coordinate efforts between stakeholders, customer, and system engineering teams
• Conduct systems level requirements analysis and traceability
• Manage interface development between combat systems, sensors, communications networks, and related systems
• Support Technical Critical Design Review (TCDR), including reviewing overall system architecture, final network architecture design, cyber security design, and other critical elements of the ship’s C5
  
  ISR suite
• Communicate all key project plans, and engineering changes including requirements, systems configurations and status schedule, and scope changes
• Works with the multidisciplinary technical team

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering field and Ten (10) or more years of overall system engineering experience, or Fourteen (14) years experience can be considered in lieu of a degree
• Seven (7) years C3
  
  ISR, C4
  
  ISR, C5
  
  ISR, and/or C6
  
  ISR shipboard experience
• Familiar with shipboard C5
  
  ISR Interface Control Documents, Block diagrams, and Functional Interface Drawings
• Proficiency in systems engineering methodologies and tools
• Experience supporting projects in a Shipyard environment
• Must be willing to travel at least once a month to customer location(s)
• Strong organizational and project management abilities
• Excellent communication and coordination skills
• Cyber security, electromagnetic compatibility, and usability principles knowledge

Active Secret Clearance

Cybersecurity Workforce Level II cert (e.g., Security+ CE, CCNA‑Security, GICSP, GSEC, or SSCP) and a vendor operating system certification (e.g., Microsoft, Cisco, Red Hat, or Linux). Must be willing to obtain / pass certifications within 180 days of hire.

• Aegis Combat System
• Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)
• Ship Self‑Defense System (SSDS)
• Global Command and Control System – Maritime (GCCS‑M)
• Distributed Common Ground System‑Navy (DCGS‑N)
• Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules (LCS Mission Modules)
• AN/SPY‑6 Radar
• Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT)
• National Automated Identification System (NAIS)

• Integrated Bridge System
• Gyro compass (e.g., WSN‑7)
• Surface Search Radars (e.g., AN/SPY‑6, SPS‑series)
• UHF, HF, VHF Marine Radios
• Shipboard Communication Cabinets
• Shipboard Alarms and Interior Communications (Safety, Warning Systems)
• Fathometer and Depth Sounding Systems
• Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
• Sonar Mission System (SMS)
• Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Communications
• NIPRNET, SIPRNET, SI LAN
• Rescue 21
• National Security Cutter (NSC)
• Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC)
• Fast Response Cutter (FRC)
• Sea Watch Command Center

SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.