Systems Engineer - Mission Integration & Capability Delivery

Qualifications Required • Bachelor's or advanced degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, software engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, physics, mathematics, data science, engineering management, or a closely related technical discipline, plus a minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience. • Broad engineering experience across several of the following areas: logistics, mission analysis, architecture, hardware, software, networks, communications, data, cybersecurity, integration, testing, modeling, infrastructure, operations, or sustainment. • Demonstrated ability to understand complex technical problems, identify root causes and dependencies, develop practical solution options, and explain the results of analyses and trade studies to technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience developing or assessing architectures, logistics plans, operational threads, functional boundaries, interfaces, data flows, technical baselines, performance measures, integration criteria, or test evidence for a complex capability. • Experience integrating multiple products, subsystems, programs, or organizations with different technical assumptions, schedules, ownership boundaries, and levels of maturity. • Ability to convert operational or technical needs into clear outcomes, constraints, decision points, knowledge points, integration actions, and measurable evidence without over-prescribing a solution too early. • Experience supporting technical reviews, demonstrations, integration events, test activities, anomaly resolution, user evaluations, or transition to operations. • Demonstrated ability to build trust across organizational boundaries, influence without formal authority, resolve technical disagreement constructively, and secure clear commitments to shared outcomes. • Ability to produce concise technical documentation and executive briefings, including architecture options, trade-space analyses, risk views, interface and dependency summaries, integration plans, and decision recommendations. • Strong organization, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to independently lead defined technical efforts in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. • Ability to work in a hybrid environment in Albuquerque, New Mexico and support periodic coordination or travel to Colorado Springs, CO and sites, as required. • Active DoD secret security clearance for which you must be a U.S. citizen

Qualifications Desired • Master's degree in a relevant technical, operational, data, cybersecurity, acquisition, or management discipline. • Experience with space mission capabilities such as Satellite Control, telemetry, tracking and control, command and control, mission management, communications, ground systems, or space-ground integration. • Experience with modular open architectures, interface standards, application programming interfaces, data models, interoperability, configuration boundaries, and replaceable capability increments. • Experience using mission modeling, simulation, digital integration environments, data analytics, automation, dashboards, or other tools to accelerate technical learning and decision quality. • Experience with competitive prototyping, commercial products, rapid capability maturation, focused demonstrations, or other acquisition approaches that preserve options and shorten time-to-field. • Experience connecting technical delivery to operational acceptance, training, infrastructure, cybersecurity, continuity, sustainment, production, or fielding considerations. • Experience assessing cross-program schedules, integration windows, technical maturity, industrial capacity, production scalability, or transition risk at the portfolio level. • Credentials in architecture, integration, software, networks, cybersecurity, testing, data analytics, acquisition, program leadership, or product delivery. • Current Top Secret or TS/SCI eligibility.

Required Certifications: None U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes Security Clearance Required: Secret Employment Type: Regular Full-time Background Check Type: 7 Year Pre-Employment Drug Screen Required: None Position Contingent Upon Contract Award: Yes

REAL ID Requirement

This position may require the ability to access to U.S. federal facilities. In accordance with the Department of Homeland Security’s enforcement of the REAL ID Act, as of May 7, 2025, individuals must present a REAL ID-compliant form of identification or an acceptable alternative to gain entry. For a list of acceptable forms of identification, please click here.