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Space Protection Operations Engineer

📍 Location
Chantilly
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 17, 2026

About the Role

**Description**

SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Operations Engineer to join the Air Force, Space, and Intelligence Business Group providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The customer is developing the next generation of space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions.

The Space Protection Operations Engineer will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) and System Program Office (SPO) representative coordinating with the development contractor and stakeholders (including end user operators) for deployment of new protection capabilities into space operations. The Space Protection Operations Engineer collaborates within a team of mission-related SMEs to support system testing, propel transition to operations planning, facilitate user/operator training, participate in Operations and Maintenance (O&M) planning and Deficiency Report (DR) management,...

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