Space Systems Engineer

SAIC

📍 EL SEGUNDO, CA, United States

Full-time other-general Posted March 03, 2026

Job Description

**Description**

SAIC is seeking a highly experienced **Sr. Principal** **S** **pace Systems Engineer** to support Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SSC/SZ) portfolio. Position is available in **El Segundo, California** .

**Fun stuff you will do on the job:**

+ Lead technical requirements development, systems engineering, and oversee development contractor to develop, design, produce, integrate and test space systems.
+ Oversee payload integration and interface control management.
+ Perform system integration of multiple efforts to integrate complex space systems, ground segment integration, and deployment into operation.
+ Manage and negotiate interface control documents with external stakeholders.
+ Perform systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, interface definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, systems integration, performance anal...