Systems Engineer - Level 2/3 (AHT)

Description

The company's space systems team is hiring a Systems Engineer at Level 2 or Level 3, based in Aurora, CO. The grade will be set by how well your qualifications match the criteria below, so the role may be filled at either level.

You will act as the main technical contact for systems engineering on the program, and you will work across its full lifecycle phases.

Responsibilities

• Own the system technical baseline and keep the CONOPS, requirements, design and test aligned with each other.
• Work across systems, software, hardware, test and operations teams to resolve issues and drive decisions.
• Capture mission threads, user workflows and operational constraints, then turn them into requirements and design.
• Lead requirements development with customers and stakeholders, and clarify and negotiate their technical needs and constraints.
• Write integration strategies, V&V plans, and detailed system and subsystem test plans and procedures.
• Use modeling and simulation, analytical tools and MBSE artifacts to inform design choices and trade studies.
• Find technical risks and opportunities, then build and track mitigation plans.
• Present technical approaches, status and results to internal leadership and external customers.
• Contribute to proposals, basis-of-estimate work and technical volumes for new business or contract modifications.

Requirements

• Level 2: a Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 2 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 1 year of relevant experience.
• Level 3: a Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of relevant experience, a Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with 1 year of relevant experience.
• An active Top Secret/SCI clearance at the time you apply.
• Experience with system requirements and interface control documents (ICDs).
• Ability to analyze, allocate and trace requirements from high-level needs down to components and services.
• Ability to specify and validate requirements for build, deployment and rollback processes in a cloud environment.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation, including requirements, interface specifications, sequence diagrams and data flow diagrams.
• Familiarity with reading, creating and interpreting CAMEO, DOORS or MBSE models.
• Preferred: experience in systems engineering for distributed systems 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 experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS, Jama, or JIRA and Confluence workflows.
• 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: strong 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 certification, is a plus.

Conditions

Relocation assistance may be available.

A Top Secret/SCI clearance is required to start.

Travel is 25% of the time.

Primary Level salary range is $91,800.00 to $137,600.00.

Secondary Level salary range is $114,000.00 to $171,000.00.

The ranges are a general guideline. Base pay depends on the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, and current market conditions.

The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, but it 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 in addition to 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.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.