Systems Engineer - Level 3/4 (AHT)

Description

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

You would be the technical lead for systems engineering on a program, keeping the system baseline consistent across the concept of operations, requirements, design and test.

A SCI clearance is needed to start, and the role involves travel for 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• Level 3: a STEM bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience, a master's with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year.
• Level 4: a STEM bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience, a master's with 6 years, or a PhD with 4 years.
• For both levels: an active TS/SCI clearance when you apply.
• For both levels: experience with system requirements and interface control documents (ICDs).
• For both levels: ability to analyze, allocate and trace requirements from high-level needs down to components and services.
• For both levels: ability to specify and validate build, deployment and rollback requirements in a cloud environment.
• For both levels: ability to write clear technical documents, including requirements, interface specs, sequence diagrams and data flow diagrams.
• For both levels: familiarity reading, creating and interpreting CAMEO, DOORS or MBSE models.
• Preferred: experience in systems engineering for distributed or cloud-native systems.
• Preferred: understanding of network security for container and cloud deployments, such as TLS, certificates and secrets management.
• Preferred: experience 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 or MBSE tools such as SysML, Cameo, Rhapsody or MATLAB/Simulink.
• Preferred: hands-on use of test automation, test management or lab integration environments.
• Preferred: strong customer interaction and presentation skills.
• Preferred: experience with government or prime customers, including design and test reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR and TRR.
• Preferred: an INCOSE ASEP, CSEP or ESEP certification, or a PMP, is a plus.

Conditions

Based in Aurora, CO.

Travel is 25% of the time.

Relocation help may be on offer.

A SCI clearance is required to start.

The grade is set by evaluating your qualifications, and the requisition may be filled at Level 3 or 4.

Primary level salary range: $114,000.00 to $171,000.00. Secondary level salary range: $142,200.00 to $213,400.00.

These ranges are general guidelines. Base pay depends on scope and responsibilities, experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

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

Requisition tags: COSpace, SPEnhancedERAP.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, eligibility for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus.
• Annual bonuses that reward individual contributions and shared 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 paid time off for vacation and personal business.