SETA Systems Engineer

Job ID: 2615775

Location: Chantilly, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-08-18

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a SETA Systems Engineer to fill a critical position on the Aretuza program in Chantilly, VA. Aretuza is SAIC's Prime SETA program, supporting the customer's Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle.

As the SETA Systems Engineer you will provide specialized engineering expertise supporting system-level architecture analysis for advance ground innovative software services. SAIC's client is tasked with leading the integration of mission focused tools to foster increased efficiency, automation, and information sharing. You will also assist and advise Government managers in evaluating and transitioning innovative technologies for the customer's Ground Enterprise.

Job Responsibilities to include:

• Interact with Government project management and functional managers to define scope of work for projects, and develop and update detailed schedules.
• Use Microsoft Project to organize, implement and maintain multiple schedules for the various program technical branches.
• Integrate developer schedules to generate and maintain an accurate Organization-level master schedule.
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance, identify any variances, and highlight developing problem areas.
• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around.
• Use Government CM tools to store, track, and manage configuration items.
• Coordinate project level impact analyses of proposed engineering changes.
• Support agile process evolution across Government teams, development contractors, user engagement teams, and stakeholders.
• Derive enterprise, system, functional, performance, and interface level requirements and work with the team to develop the corresponding documentation.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active and current Top Secret/SCI clearance with a Polygraph.
• Demonstrated experience in managing technical, cost and schedule performance of software development programs.
• Experience/Knowledge with the IC acquisition cycle, requirements processes, budgetary practices, and acquisition documentation.
• Demonstrated capability and success working in team environments.
• Strong oral and written communications ability on significant technical matters often requires coordination within a high-tempo environment.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications and Atlassian collaboration tools.
• Experience supporting the IC.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .