Software Systems Engineer
About The Position
The Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to apply your technical leadership and software engineering expertise to shape the future of national security SATCOM? Do you understand complex mission environments, evolving requirements, and how software must integrate across ground, space, and cyber domains? Your ability to translate user needs into technical requirements, interface definitions, and DevSecOps aligned solutions makes you an essential part of delivering resilient SATCOM capabilities. As a Software Systems Engineer on our Strategic SATCOM team, you’ll help the U.S. Space Force build and modernize critical systems that enable global communications and decision superiority. You’ll manage software requirements, evaluate software and associated deliverables, drive modernization strategies, and guide development teams toward secure and scalable solutions. You’ll lead working groups, evaluate technology options, and deliver recommendations to government decision-makers. You’ll collaborate with software developers, cyber engineers, SATCOM operators, systems engineers, and acquisition leads to ensure the software remains aligned with mission needs and integrates effectively with the broader SATCOM enterprise. Join us. The world can’t wait.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering
- 5+ years of experience with SATCOM, space systems, ground systems, or C2 software
- Experience developing Interface Control Documents (ICDs), service decompositions, and API definitions
- Experience designing cloud-native architectures, microservices, containers, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience developing and defining software technical baseline artifacts, including code, documentation, and automated build and test assets
- Experience working in Agile environments or SAFe
- Experience performing requirements development and decomposition
- Knowledge of zero trust principles and cybersecurity frameworks such as RMF
- Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in CS or Engineering
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing system or software architectures using UML, SysML, DoDAF, UPDM, or UAF
- Experience with the Software Acquisition Pathway
- Experience supporting MILSATCOM programs, Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS), or DoD systems
- Experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, Rhapsody, or Sparx EA
- Experience integrating AI/ML or automation into enterprise software systems
- Knowledge of acquisition processes, technical baselines, configuration control, and systems integration
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to varied audiences
- TS/SCI clearance
- Master's degree
Responsibilities
- Manage software requirements
- Evaluate software and associated deliverables
- Drive modernization strategies
- Guide development teams toward secure and scalable solutions
- Lead working groups
- Evaluate technology options
- Deliver recommendations to government decision-makers
- Collaborate with software developers, cyber engineers, SATCOM operators, systems engineers, and acquisition leads
Benefits
- health
- life
- disability
- financial
- retirement benefits
- paid leave
- professional development
- tuition assistance
- work-life programs
- dependent care
- recognition awards program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
