Systems Engineer III

Sierra Space•Centennial, CO

6d•$119,064 - $163,713

About The Position

The Systems Engineer III contributes to developing and implementing advanced system solutions, providing alignment and direction to technical teams throughout the product development lifecycle. The role represents the integrated system perspective and connects segments and subsystems through top-down decomposition of stakeholder requirements, traceability across development artifacts, and bottom-up system validation and verification. The engineer helps guide teams through technical milestones, tracks performance measures, identifies technical risks, and supports compliant, cohesive system solutions. This is an emerging systems engineering leader role that may lead small teams. The position specifies, architects, and integrates complex system solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams and subject matter experts. Responsibilities include deriving, decomposing, allocating, tracing, and managing system requirements and architectures; defining and documenting concepts of operation; preparing artifacts and deliverables for development milestone reviews; and overseeing system integration and verification activities. The engineer identifies technical risks and mitigation strategies, contributes to continuous improvement, follows engineering processes and standards, and communicates with team members and stakeholders to support project alignment and execution.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree, or a master's degree plus 3 years of experience.
Typically 5 or more years of related experience, or a master's degree plus 3 years of experience.
Emerging expertise in systems engineering principles and practices, including a thorough understanding of the systems development lifecycle.
Knowledge of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation.
Knowledge of systems architecture, systems integration, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles.
Emerging ability to work and communicate with technical and specialty subject matter expert engineers to drive systems engineering products.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
Robust experience with Requirements Management and Model Based Systems Engineering tools and frameworks, such as DOORS, CAMEO EA, Rhapsody, Matlab, and SysML.
Solid understanding of spacecraft systems, including hardware and software subsystems and components.
Solid understanding of project management methodologies, including risk management and technical performance tracking.
Solid understanding of technical baseline and configuration management.
Experience leading projects and mentoring junior engineers.
Experience or certification in INCOSE standards.
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

Responsibilities

Specify, architect, and integrate complex system solutions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and subject matter experts to understand project requirements and objectives.
Derive, decompose, allocate, trace, and manage system requirements and architectures.
Define and document system concepts of operation.
Create artifacts and deliverables in support of development milestone reviews.
Oversee system integration and verification activities to ensure system functionality and performance.
Identify and manage technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.
Track performance measures and help guide teams through technical development milestones.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying areas for enhancement.
Adhere to established engineering processes and standards.
Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders to support project alignment and execution.
May lead small teams executing systems engineering scope.