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Communications Systems Engineer (Optical/Quantum)

Science Applications International Corporation

Chantilly, VA • On-site

Full-time

Posted 7 days ago


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Job description

SAIC is seeking a Communications Systems Engineer with strong optical and quantum communications engineering experience to support specialized analysis, engineering, design, and operations for Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of War (DoW) customers. We support development of nextgeneration and farfuture national security systems across land, sea, air, and space domains.

We are hiring a Communications Systems Engineer to provide systems engineering and technical advisory (SETA) support to an IC Research & Development (R&D) customer developing advanced hardware, software, and architectural solutions for missioncritical optical and quantum communication systems.
Responsibilities
Perform technical reviews, assessments, and risk evaluations of optical and quantum communication system development efforts at the component, subsystem, system, and architecture levels.
Evaluate designs and technologies including optical terminals, freespace optical links, photonic components, entanglementbased communication architectures, and quantumenhanced optical subsystems.
Assess emerging technologies and identify gaps related to highbandwidth space links, advanced modulation formats, pointing/tracking systems, link budgets, networking performance, and secure quantumenabled transport architectures.
Support development of technology roadmaps, requirements, specifications, verification approaches, and transition strategies for optical and quantum system modernization.
Conduct technical outreach with mission users to capture needs and evaluate applicability of emerging optical and quantum capabilities.
Prepare system engineering documentation, technical analyses, and programlevel briefings to communicate findings and strategic recommendations.
Provide support to programmatic and acquisition activities, including source selections, lifecycle documentation, and system integration planning.
SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
Required Qualifications 
Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or related discipline 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
Experience with USG program management and acquisition lifecycle processes and documentation.
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and technical writing communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.
Desired Qualifications 
Master's degree in engineering, physics, or related discipline.
12+ years of relevant experience, including at least 4 years in optical or quantum communication systems.
1+ year of experience supporting USG R&D acquisition processes and documentation.
Experience with spacebased optical terminals, quantum optical payloads, photonic systems, or advanced quantumenhanced communication architectures

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