Senior Systems Engineer (5831) (Boulder, CO) (Secret)

SMX•Boulder, CO, CO

21h•$150,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

SMX has an immediate opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer supporting Space System Command’s Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Enterprise OPIR Solution (EOS) program. The program enhances the government-owned FORGE framework by delivering a scalable, cyber-secure ground processing capability for the Space Force’s missile warning and tracking mission. The successful candidate will work with system and software engineers in a collaborative, fast-paced environment supporting large National Defense Agile software development programs. The role develops and provides Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) products, views, reports, and documents in support of the statement of work and software development activities. The engineer supports technical reviews, ensures work products meet program requirements and align with the engineering baseline, and coordinates with engineering leadership, software engineers, test engineers, and other systems engineering team members. This position is on-site in Boulder, Colorado, five days per week, and requires an Interim DoD Secret clearance or higher and U.S. citizenship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or another relevant field.
8+ years of professional experience in a systems or software engineer position.
Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Cameo.
Excellent organization skills and exceptional attention to detail.
Strong and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Interim DoD Secret clearance or higher; U.S. citizenship is required.
Must agree to participate in a background screen.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on “badge-less” engineering teams on large National Security contracts.
Domain experience with remote sensing systems or ground architectures, especially OPIR sensor processing.
Experience with Agile software development methodology.
Experience with Jira and Confluence.
Experience with Excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint.
Interim or active DoD Secret security clearance or higher.

Responsibilities

Provide MBSE products, views, reports, and documents supporting the SOW and software development activities.
Develop system and subsystem requirements, use cases, and derived software requirements traceable to system and subsystem requirements.
Develop architecture and design structure and behavior, and document internal and external interfaces.
Develop test cases traceable to requirements for verification.
Conduct or support technical reviews with the prime integrator and customer, including Technical Interchange Meetings, Critical Design Reviews, and Test Readiness Reviews.
Identify and groom backlogs.
Ensure work products meet program requirements.
Ensure development work products are aligned with the engineering baseline.
Coordinate with engineering leadership, software engineers, test engineers, and other members of the systems engineering team.