# Spacecraft Operations Engineer

SAIC is seeking a Spacecraft Operations Engineer to join the Air Force, Space, and Intelligence Business Group providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The customer is developing the next generation of space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions. The Spacecraft Operations Engineer will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in support of an Intelligence Community Space Demonstration program focusing on the enablement of on-orbit experimentation activities in collaboration with program partners. The Spacecraft Operations Engineer will support the System Program Office (SPO) in the planning, executing, monitoring, and oversight of developmental industry partners as they field the demonstration system and train Government end-users on daily management of the system, to include the evaluation of mission CONOPs, Use Cases, and experimentation activities in relation to the Space Vehicle capabilities. The Spacecraft Operations Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Ensures mature operations procedures are developed, system limitations and constraints are factored

- **Id**: 3570382
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/saic-spacecraft-operations-engineer>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chantilly, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-26T18:06:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-26
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T06:09:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 11
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2854
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, Systems Integrators, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 58788
- **Name**: SAIC
- **Domain**: saic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/saic>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 93
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.892
- **Repost share**: 0.011
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 159000
- **Max usd**: 289000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 89

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **STK** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 11

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-31T16:02:22Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 57
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.63
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 11
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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