Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Microelectronics Systems Engineer to support the Principal Director, Microelectronics in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E). The systems engineer s primary role is to support the Government Principal Director for Microelectronics in development of Microelectronics policy and guidance, standards, congressional reports, studies, interagency coordination, and strategy documents.

Job responsibilities, include, but are not limited to:

Lead content development for Microelectronics policy and guidance, standards, and issuance updates

Support Government Principal Director in development of strategy, issue papers, briefings, and funding options and alternatives

Lead development of reports, studies, and strategy documents mandated by Congress for the Department of Defense (DoD) Trusted and Assured Microelectronics (T&AM) program, the Microelectronics Commons program, and related Microelectronics activities

Review and coordinate on DoD Issuances for Hardware Assurance and Microelectronics considerations

Coordinate with T&AM Technical Execution Leads on technical and programmatic issues and opportunities

Assist with evaluation of technical approaches to solving assurance issues facing the DoD weapon system acquisition community

Engage stakeholder community across Services, industry, and academia to identify microelectronics technologies and applications that align with T&AM program objectives

Develop and/or provide input and recommendations to Microelectronics abstracts, briefs, information papers, and whitepapers

Develop content for responses to external inquiries (e.g., GAO, DoD Office of the Inspector General, NSC, Congressional)

Qualifications

Secret security clearance

Degree(s) in an engineering discipline or related field

BS and 15 years of experience; Master s and 12 years of experience; PhD and 9 years of experience

Experience in preparing, coordinating, and presenting briefings

Experience at OSD, the Joint Staff, or Service HQ staff

Demonstrated knowledge of the DoD organizational structure and budgeting process, OSD inter-office coordination, and communication protocols

Desired Qualifications

Degree(s) in electrical engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering, or related field

Experience in planning and coordination of technical reviews, panels, or similar meetings with diverse participants

Experience in quantitative methods for hardware assurance, supply chain risk management, or policy and standards development

At least 10 years of DoD acquisition experience

At least 5 years working in microelectronics design, semiconductor device fabrication and/or foundry operations, radiation-hardened electronics, radio frequency electronics, electro-optical electronics, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), defense electronics industrial base or related areas

Top Secret security clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI.