Software Systems Engineer

York Spaces Systems•Greenwood Village, CO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

York is hiring multiple Software Systems Engineers at various experience levels to manage program-focused requirements, technical design, planning, and coordination for software solutions on York programs. The role represents software-focused systems engineering and supports the Program Manager and Mission Lead System Engineer in determining the tasks and activities needed to deliver simulations, ground software, flight software, and site reliability and engineering services for customer programs. The engineer helps ensure the quality and completeness of delivered software by organizing and coordinating space systems engineering teams. Candidates should be detail-oriented, skilled in software component and interface design, able to communicate technical designs to technical and non-technical audiences, and experienced in managing software projects. The position is based full-time in York’s Greenwood Village, Colorado office and requires working at least four days in the office.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
At least 2 years as a software engineer or systems engineer contributing to design and development, ideally across multiple parts of a system or mission stack.
Self-starter and autonomous executor, willing to stretch beyond current knowledge areas.
Understanding of software architecture principles, including separation of concerns, loose coupling, high cohesion, scalability, security by design, and interoperability.
Ability to explain complex software and system designs to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership and customers.
Experience using UML to create use cases, component diagrams, interface diagrams, and sequence diagrams to clarify system architecture and software design.
Proven ability to engage and motivate multidisciplinary teams.
Ability to work at least 4 days in the office and full-time in the Greenwood Village, Colorado office.
Skill in schedule definition, cost estimation, and personnel forecasting.
Active Secret or higher security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Active TS/SCI clearance.
Experience delivering software for space systems, satellites, and/or ground systems to Government and/or Commercial customers.
Experience with Jira, RTM, Draw.io, GitLab, Atlassian tools (Confluence and Jira), and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

Build an understanding of mission objectives, scope, milestones, risks, schedules, and system needs to guide delivery of mission-critical software products and services.
Coordinate with program managers and lead systems engineers to align software efforts with flight software, payloads, GEPs, and external mission partners.
Identify, track, and manage software-related program risks.
Represent software in customer meetings as the technical voice for software products and mission needs.
Lead mission software through architecture, design, integration, testing, deployment, and on-orbit operations support.
Perform requirements gap analyses, define derived requirements, and lead verification and validation efforts.
Create UML artifacts, including use cases, component diagrams, sequence diagrams, interfaces, and architecture views, to drive technical design.
Collaborate with product development teams by shaping epic designs, serving as a technical subject-matter expert, and overseeing mission-related feature development and testing.
Present software design decisions, development approaches, test plans, and progress updates to internal and external stakeholders.
Drive execution of mission milestones, software tests, demonstrations, and mission readiness events.
Support mission operations by ensuring ground software, tools, and simulations perform reliably during rehearsals, training, and throughout the mission lifecycle.