Systems Engineer

Job ID: 2616332
Location: Crane, IN, US
Date Posted: 2026-08-31
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 25% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
Position Title: Systems Engineer (523)
SAIC is hiring a Systems Engineer to support the Electromagnetic Expeditionary Electronic Warfare Division at NSWC Crane. The position will support CUAS/CIED systems by providing comprehensive engineering, test and evaluation (T&E), technical analysis, and configuration-controlled technical documentation. This critical role directly supports the production, sustainment, and global deployment of advanced force-protection technologies.
Job Responsibilities

• Analyze system requirements, engineering data, technical manuals, drawings, specifications, and test data to support engineering and T&E activities.
• Develop and maintain test plans, test procedures, test reports, engineering assessments, and test-event closure documentation.
• Support the planning, preparation, execution, and documentation of laboratory and field test events.
• Translate system and project requirements into test objectives, evaluation criteria, data requirements, and verification methods.
• Review test data and technical evidence to assess system performance, reliability, suitability, and conformance with requirements.
• Document test configurations, procedures, observations, results, anomalies, limitations, assumptions, and findings.
• Support troubleshooting and root-cause investigations involving system failures, anomalies, and performance deficiencies.
• Document technical findings, investigative actions, corrective actions, unresolved issues, and associated risks.
• Collaborate with Government engineers, test personnel, logisticians, trainers, and other subject matter experts.
• Research and prepare technically accurate responses to Requests for Information (RFIs), including supporting JCREW Foreign Military Sales customers.
• Support test readiness reviews, technical reviews, pre-test briefings, post-test debriefings, and lessons-learned activities.
• Support the preparation of systems and equipment for customer delivery and assist in documenting sustainment requirements.
• Provide current technical information to training personnel for the development and revision of technical manuals and courseware.
• Collect, organize, review, and maintain technical and sustainment documentation supporting production and long-term system support.
• Review technical documentation prepared by others for accuracy, completeness, consistency, readability, and compliance.
• Ensure test records and program documentation are properly marked, controlled, and submitted for configuration management.
• Support multiple projects and priorities while maintaining accuracy and meeting established schedules.

Qualifications
Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, or a technical equivalent
• 2+ years of relevant experience is required
• The position requires your ability to obtain and hold a Secret security clearance.
• Preferred qualifications include experience with DoD, Navy, NSWC Crane, Electronic Warfare, countermeasure, or military acquisition programs.
• Desirable expertise includes familiarity with developmental T&E, verification and validation, qualification or acceptance testing, sustainment, discrepancy tracking, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with JCREW, Drake, AN/PLT-6, or comparable Electronic Warfare, RF, communications, or force-protection systems is also highly valued.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. 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 .