User Outreach Engineer at SAIC in Chantilly, VA

Description

SAIC is seeking User Outreach Engineer to support SAIC’s Prime Program, Aretuza in Chantilly, VA. Aretuza SAIC's large SETA program, supporting the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle.

Note: Qualified candidates must have a current and active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph to be considered for this role.

In this highly visible role, as the User Outreach Engineer, you will serve as the bridge between mission users, operational commands, technical organizations, and Government leadership, helping ensure emerging capabilities are understood, adopted, and aligned with real-world mission needs.

This is an ideal opportunity for professionals with experience supporting the NRO, Combatant Commands, operational users, or Intelligence Community mission partners who enjoy combining technical knowledge, customer engagement, and strategic communication.

Overview of role responsibilities:

• Engage mission users across the NRO, Intelligence Community, and DoD to gather operational needs and inform future capability development.
• Develop and deliver training, briefings, and educational materials focused on emerging space and intelligence capabilities.
• Partner with operational commands, mission stakeholders, and technology organizations to support experimentation, use case development, and capability assessments.
• Drive user readiness activities supporting tasking, data discovery, exploitation, and mission integration efforts.
• Represent user perspectives to engineering and program teams to help shape future requirements and priorities.
• Prepare executive-level briefings, responses, and decision support materials for Government leadership.
• Coordinate across multiple organizations to ensure outreach efforts, dependencies, and mission objectives remain aligned.
• Travel domestically and internationally to engage mission partners and support operational integration activities.

Qualifications

Required Experience and Education

• Bachelors 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. Relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Experience supporting NRO satellite systems, mission operations, or related intelligence capabilities.
• Experience engaging with operational users, customers, or mission stakeholders.
• Strong briefing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of the NRO mission, organizational structure, acquisition processes, and satellite systems.
• Ability to build relationships across Government, military, contractor, and Intelligence Community organizations.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence(AI)/ Super Intelligence(SI) a PLUS!
• Willingness to travel up to 10-20% CONUS and OCONUS

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.