UAS Software Integration Engineer

Job ID: 2617075

Location: Huntsville, AL, US

Date Posted: 2026-09-22

Category: Software

Subcategory: SW Systems Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a motivated, creative, and ambitious UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Software Integration Engineer to join the Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate (S3I) Joint Technology Center – Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) Tech Center. The candidate will be part of a dynamic and multidisciplinary team developing advanced system and software integration solutions for the U.S. Army and Air Force Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)/Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Ground Control Stations.

The candidate will sit at our customer site in Huntsville, AL.

Job Duties:

• Contribute to system hardware and software architecture decisions based on customer performance, schedule, and cost requirements.
• Design electrical architecture and integrated systems for real-time, mission-critical systems including flight systems, sensors, and ground control stations.
• Perform hardware and software design/review/build cycles for prototype construction and implement plans for prototype testing at customer location.
• Configure virtual and physical switches and troubleshoot network issues on virtual/physical switches and firewalls.
• Use scripting languages to develop automated network installation and configuration using Bash, PowerShell, Java, and Python. Develop engineering technical material including but not limited to System Description Documents, System requirements, Data Flow Documents, and Network Diagrams.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Intermediate Level: Bachelors degree and five (5) years of work experience; four (4) additional years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Senior Level: Bachelors degree and nine (9) years of work experience; four (4) additional years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience developing systems using Linux and Windows computing environments.
• Experience with operating system virtualization utilizing Type I and II hypervisors (vSphere, KVM, VMWare Workstation)
• Experience with containerization (i.e. Docker and/or Podman)
• Experience with Cisco Systems, configuration, network administration and firewalls.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Experience with C, C++, and C# development.

Required Clearance:

• Must possess an active Secret security clearance with the ability to maintain; US Citizenship required.

Desired Experience:

• Strong understanding of general computing system architectures and virtual machines.
• Experience performing remote network configuration.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Security+ SE and a Network+ SE is a plus.