GEOINT Ground Processing Systems Engineer

Job ID: 2614082
Location: Chantilly, VA, US
Date Posted: 2026-10-08
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
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 GEOINT Ground Processing Systems Engineer to join SAIC's Prime SETA program supporting the NRO in Chantilly, VA .
Key Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end engineering and analysis across GEOINT ground processing threads, ensuring technical and operational coherence from collection tasking through mission processing and product delivery.
• Support definition, decomposition, and baselining of GEOINT ground capabilities, including requirements, CONOPS, interfaces, sequencing, and dependency mapping.
• Provide technical oversight of contractor development, integration, and verification activities to ensure alignment with Government requirements and architectural direction.
• Analyze operational workflows, identify performance gaps, and recommend enhancements to improve mission throughput, resiliency, automation, and processing efficiency.
• Support technical reviews, test events, readiness milestones, and enterprise integration activities to validate capability delivery and operational suitability.
• Maintain cognizance of GEOINT mission projects, including baselines, schedules, interdependencies, risks, and cost drivers across the Ground Enterprise.
• Conduct trade studies, evaluate emerging technologies, and shape future GEOINT ground architectures, including cloud-native modernization and service-based designs.
• Evaluate impacts to cost, schedule, performance, and risk across mission threads and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Review contractor proposals, technical reports, design artifacts, and program plans for feasibility, compliance, and alignment with enterprise priorities.
• Coordinate across Government, SETA, FFRDC, and contractor teams to ensure alignment with strategic priorities, operational needs, and enterprise performance standards.

Qualifications
Required Education & Experience

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.
• Experience with GEOINT systems, including space/ground architectures, mission control, and mission processing.
• Knowledge of IC/DoD acquisition processes, roles, and program management.
• Experience with GEOINT ground processing capabilities and mission-thread workflows.
• Domain knowledge in ground software, space development programs, or mission operations.
• Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC) programs.
• Ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality engineering products with minimal guidance.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. 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 .