Systems Engineer - Level 3/4 (AHT)

Description

The company's space systems group is hiring a Systems Engineer at Level 3 or 4 in Aurora, CO.

You would be the main technical contact for systems engineering on the program, owning the system technical baseline and keeping CONOPS, requirements, design and test consistent with one another.

The role connects systems, software, hardware, test and integration, and operations teams, turning mission threads, user workflows and operating limits into requirements and design.

Responsibilities

• Act as the systems engineering focal point across the program lifecycle.
• Own the system technical baseline and keep CONOPS, requirements, design and test aligned.
• Work across systems, software, hardware, test and operations teams to resolve issues and make decisions.
• Turn mission threads, user workflows and operational constraints into requirements and design.
• Lead requirements work with customers and stakeholders, clarifying and negotiating technical needs and limits.
• Build integration strategies, V&V plans, and detailed test plans and procedures at system and subsystem level.
• Apply modeling and simulation, analysis tools and MBSE artifacts to design decisions and trade studies.
• Identify technical risks and opportunities, then write and track mitigation plans.
• Present technical approaches, status and results to internal leadership and external customers.
• Support proposals, basis-of-estimate work and technical volumes for new business or contract modifications.

Requirements

• Level 3: a Bachelor's in a STEM field with 5 years of relevant experience, a Master's with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year.
• Level 4: a Bachelor's in a STEM field with 8 years of relevant experience, a Master's with 6 years, or a PhD with 4 years.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at the time of application.
• Background in system requirements and ICD work.
• Ability to perform requirements analysis, allocation and traceability from high-level needs down to components and services.
• Ability to specify and validate build, deployment and rollback requirements for cloud environments.
• Ability to write clear technical documents such as requirements, interface specs, sequence diagrams and data flow diagrams.
• Ability to read, create and interpret CAMEO, DOORS or MBSE models.
• Preferred: systems engineering experience with distributed or cloud-native applications.
• Preferred: familiarity with network security for container and cloud deployments, including TLS, certificates and secrets management.
• Preferred: familiarity with service meshes such as Istio or Linkerd in Kubernetes environments.
• Preferred: hands-on use of requirements tools such as DOORS, Jama, or JIRA and Confluence workflows.
• Preferred: hands-on use of modeling, simulation or MBSE tools such as SysML, Cameo, Rhapsody, or MATLAB/Simulink.
• Preferred: hands-on use of test automation, test management tools or lab integration environments.
• Preferred: good customer interaction and presentation skills.
• Preferred: experience working with government or prime customers, including design and test reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR and TRR.
• Preferred: INCOSE ASEP, CSEP or ESEP, or PMP certification, which is a plus.

Conditions

Based in Aurora, CO.

Travel is 25% of the time.

Top Secret clearance is required to start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

The position depends on capturing program awards and securing the related business or customer funding.

The position also depends on obtaining final clearances and program access within a reasonable time set by the company, and continued employment requires keeping the required clearance level and access.

The job grade is set after reviewing qualifications, and the role may be filled at Level 3 or 4.

The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Primary level base salary range: $114,000.00 to $171,000.00.
• Secondary level base salary range: $142,200.00 to $213,400.00.
• The range is a general guideline; the company considers scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and market conditions when setting offers.
• Depending on the role, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and share company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and PTO for vacation or personal business.