Systems Engineer Principal

Job ID: 2614428
Location: Point Mugu NAWC, CA, US
Date Posted: 2026-07-09
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Part-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: Interim_Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a qualified Systems Engineer to support the Naval Air Warfare Station Weapons Division Branch at Point Mugu, CA. The candidate will perform systems engineering to support the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program for the Navy.

• Conducts Systems Engineering tasks related to the NGJ program, including formulating concepts of operations, defining and analyzing requirements, system architecture design, system analysis and development, interface and data architecture creation, system validation and verification, integration of systems, operational and performance analysis, lifecycle cost estimation, decision analysis, and Physical Configuration Analysis (PCA).
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications.
• Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives and establishes goals to meet outlined objectives.
• Provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and complexity where analysis of situations or data requires a review of the variety of factors

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering and a minimum of nine (9) years of experience as a System Engineer with technical or operational experience in the related field
• Experience developing and proofing technical documentation
• Specific experience with the Next Generation Jammer pod including system operation, software design, documentation, protocols, and data flow
• Specific experience in EA-18G and NGJ mission planning

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 .