**Description** As a Launch and Initialization (L&I) engineer, provide systems engineering and technical assistance within the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Electro-Optical System Program Office (ESPO). Responsibilities involve leading activities associated with the launch and initialization of an Electro-Optical spacecraft. L&I engineer develops launch procedure CONOPS, defines initialization tasks and success criteria, performs engineering and analysis of on-orbit check-out results, etc. **Requirements:** + With a spacecraft launch team (Government and Prime Contractor), develop interface requirements impacting launch procedures; CONOPs, user roles & responsibilities, communication plans, etc. + Develop procedures and update reference/compliance documents for day-of-launch Government decision making and instructions for spacecraft operations team. + Interface with operators and spacecraft product customer to develop spacecraft handover success criteria (Initial and Final Operational Capability). + Develop processes for evaluating spacecraft/payload initialization data. + Lead recurring meetings to track development of test plans, procedures, and engineering/analysis tools to evaluate Government initialization task criteria. + Coordinate post-launch activities to monitor and evaluate initialization tasks, evaluate results, and develop recommendations for the Government to accept task results or continue initialization activities. + Review and assess Prime Contractor on-orbit spacecraft engineering analysis results to provide the Government recommendations for anomaly resolution, operational decisions, and mission performance enhancements. **Qualifications** + 5+ years of experience with the NRO in spacecraft initialization. + BS in Engineering. + Excellent written/oral communications and presentation skills. + TS/SCI with Polygraph. + 5+ years of experience with on-orbit anomaly resolution processes. + 5+ years of experience in spacecraft operations, engineering, and analysis or product quality analysis. SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline. Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2412076 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability