Full-time

Photonics Engineer

Posted by SAIC • CHANTILLY, VA, United States

📍 CHANTILLY, VA 🕒 February 28, 2026

About the Role

**Description**

Join a winning team!! SAIC’s Space and Intelligence Business Group is currently hiring to advance capabilities supporting our Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence Community customers. Ten miles from the SAIC headquarters, our Chantilly, VA team supports systems development, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration and more.

This position is for a Photonics Engineer for a large contract supporting a cutting-edge and innovative DoD program. The Photonics Engineer oversees developer progress in designing, developing, and integrating complex photonics payloads into complete mission systems. This position provides support to the customer’s execution of the Program with responsibilities that may include, but are not limited to the following:

**Role Responsibilities:**

+ Serve as the Program Office technical lead for design, development and integration of state-of-the art photonics payloads.
+ Collabora...

Ready to Apply?

Submit your application today and take the next step in your career journey with SAIC.

Apply Now