Systems Engineer - Level 2/3 (AHT)

Description

The company's space systems group is hiring a Systems Engineer at Level 2 or 3, based in Aurora, CO.

The role acts as the technical lead for systems engineering on the program and covers cross-discipline work from concept through test.

Top Secret clearance is required before start, and relocation assistance may be available.

The role involves 25% travel.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• Level 2: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 2 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 0 years of relevant experience.
• Level 3: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at the time you apply.
• Hands-on work with ICDs and system-level requirements.
• Skill in analysing requirements, allocating them, and keeping traceability from top-level needs through to components and services.
• Skill in specifying and validating requirements for build, deployment and rollback in a cloud environment.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation, including requirements, interface specs, and sequence and data flow diagrams.
• Familiarity reading, creating and interpreting CAMEO, DOORS or MBSE models.
• Preferred: systems engineering experience with distributed systems or cloud-native applications.
• Preferred: familiarity with network security for container and cloud deployments, such as TLS, certificates and secrets management.
• Preferred: familiarity with service meshes such as Istio or Linkerd in Kubernetes environments.
• Preferred: hands-on experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS, Jama, or JIRA and Confluence-based flows.
• Preferred: hands-on experience with modeling, simulation or MBSE tools such as SysML, Cameo, Rhapsody, or MATLAB/Simulink.
• Preferred: hands-on experience with 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: a systems engineering certification such as INCOSE ASEP, CSEP or ESEP, or a PMP, is a plus.

Conditions

Based in Aurora, CO, with 25% travel.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Top Secret clearance is required before start.

The position depends on capturing program awards and obtaining and keeping the associated business and/or customer funding.

The position also depends on obtaining final clearances and program access within a reasonable period set by the company, and continued employment requires keeping the clearance level and program access the role needs in future.

The level will be set by evaluating your qualifications, and the role may be filled at Level 2 or Level 3.

Primary level base salary range: $91,800.00 to $137,600.00.

Secondary level base salary range: $114,000.00 to $171,000.00.

The ranges are a general guide. Final base pay depends on the scope and responsibilities of the role, your experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

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

• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let you share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.