{"id":3990688,"url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-communications-and-tracking-engineer","title":"Communications and Tracking Engineer","company":{"id":58788,"name":"SAIC","domain":"saic.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/saic","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":77,"open_postings":75,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.92,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":24,"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Houston, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"FMEA","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T21:03:11Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-09","last_verified_at":"2026-11-09T23:18:53Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"SAIC has an opening for a Communications and Tracking (C&T) engineer supporting NASA’s human spaceflight programs at the NASA Johnson Space Center. The C&T engineer will be responsible for assisting with the development of system design, Test and Verification (T&V) requirements, evaluation of T&V results, review / disposition of non-conformances, development of Safety & Mission Assurance analysis (Hazard Analysis, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRA), and provide real time mission support for NASA Artemis and Moon Base missions.\nSpecific Tasks Include:\n· Assist with the development and implementation of Safety & Mission Assurance requirements for C&T systems, both ground and space-based.\n· Evaluate proposed C&T system designs and planned operations for compliance with established NASA requirements\n· Evaluate C&T system test and verification results for acceptability and compliance with established requirements\n· Participate in the investigation, review and disposition of system anomalies and hardware non-compliances, including participation in failure review boards and anomaly investigation teams\n· Assist with the development of hazard analysis to identify all potential hazards, hazard causes, and required controls and verifications to mitigate hazards during flight operations\n· Review system/hardware provider safety and reliability analysis for completeness and acceptability of residual risk (Hazard Analysis, FMEA, PRA)\n· Participate in design reviews, hardware / system acceptance reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings, engineering review boards and other forums\n· Identify risks to crew safety and mission success and provide recommendations to NASA management regarding risk mitigations\nDESIRED SKILLS:\n· 10-15 years of related experience, including Design, Development, Test and Evaluation of RF communications systems\n· Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills\n· High degree of technical excellence, integrity, and self-initiative\n· Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations / stakeholders and within a teaming environment to get results\n· Proficient in use of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Power Point, Excel)\nREQUIRED 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","description_format":"text","description_chars":2392,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Digital Government","Systems Integrators","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-09T23:18:53Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T01:05:21Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-communications-and-tracking-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-communications-and-tracking-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T01:05:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2381,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58788},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58788"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsaic-communications-and-tracking-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsaic-communications-and-tracking-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsaic-communications-and-tracking-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/saic-communications-and-tracking-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsaic-communications-and-tracking-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3990688}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"saic.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3990688},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}