Principal Field Engineer

Job Description

Job ID: 2613758

Location: Huntsville, AL, US

Date Posted: 2026-06-16

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Field Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 25% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE

Description

SAIC is seeking a highly skilled Principal Field Engineer to serve as a Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the Joint Range Extension (JRE) Team. In this critical role, you will support customer engagements, enable tactical mission success, and provide expert guidance across the full spectrum of Tactical Data Link (TDL) operations. The ideal candidate brings deep operational understanding of tactical data links, existing tactical data link capability gaps, and demonstrates the ability to drive innovation to mitigate those gaps, all while working independently in a hybrid environment. The ideal candidate brings deep operational understanding in Army Aviation, Link-16, ATAK/WINTAK, and VMF, along with the ability to work independently in a hybrid environment.

This position requires a dynamic, self-motivated professional with strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication abilities, and the capacity to manage travel, schedules, and coordination across a distributed team.

This REMOTE role requires residency in the Huntsville, Alabama area. Travel up to 25% may be required, typically in short durations of one to two weeks.

JOB DUTIES:

Partner with JRE team members to ensure timely, high-quality support to end users while contributing to future capability planning and development.
Act as a primary point of contact for customers and stakeholders, delivering expert support across Tactical Data Link operations.
Collaborate with end users to define and document JRE capability requirements.
Identify, define, and communicate new software capability needs to both technical and programming teams.
Support test and evaluation events, providing technical insight and operational expertise.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Equivalent operational experience in TDL may be considered.
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Must have an Active Secret Clearance to start
Must have background in Army Aviation, Link-16, ATAK/WINTAK, VMF operational experience.
Demonstrated experience in:
Tactical Data Link (TDL) Operations
Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) Operations
Army Capability Management
Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)
Link-16 operations
Joint Range Extension Application Protocol (JREAP)
ATAK and WINTAK programs (TAK)
Variable Message Format (VMF)
MIL-STDs and STANAGs
DESIRED SKILLS:

Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO) Certification
Program Management
Patriot Missile System