Systems Engineer III

Sierra Nevada Corporation • Englewood, CO

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you a bold thinker? We dream big at SNC—advocating the exploration of space, keeping service members safe and creating the systems that keep our world united and sustain our way of living. Join our team! As a Systems Engineer III, you will handle advanced tasks in requirements engineering, systems integration, Verification & Validation (V&V), and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). with a high level of competence. You will lead system and decision analysis, technical planning, and risk management efforts, providing guidance to junior engineers. You will take on significant project responsibilities, demonstrating expertise in architecture/design development, technical monitoring, and lifecycle management. Effective communication and collaboration are crucial as you drive project success and mentor less experienced team members. The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• 6+ years of experience in systems engineering or related field
• Experience with the development of system architectures and requirements in support of program design
• Hands-on experience with enterprise networking: TCP/IP, OSI model, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), VLANs, GRE tunnels, multicast
• Practical experience with LOS/BLOS communications systems, including terrestrial radio systems and ground BLOS circuits

Nice To Haves

• Experienced with land or surface based defense systems, preferably air defense systems
• Certifications such as CISSP, Network+, Security+
• Experience with DoD cybersecurity frameworks, STIGs, DoDAF, NIST
• Ability to work alone in the troubleshooting of system issues and with a team in the design and integration of a new platform
• Responsive to both rapid development environments with evolving goals and more dedicated program efforts with fixed requirements

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements and select system components in support of internal research and development and the design of new air and missile defense platforms
• Conduct benchtop system integration of components and ultimately on a final platform
• Work with the team to establish intra and inter platform network architectures to ensure low-latency, secure communications for man-in-the-loop and man-on-the-loop operations
• Implement and manage critical networking technologies such as VLANs, OSPF, BGP, GRE tunnels, multicast, and optical transport systems
• Select, integrate, and troubleshoot line‑of‑sight (LOS) and beyond‑line‑of‑sight (BLOS) communications systems, including terrestrial radio networks and BLOS circuits connecting ground systems
• Develop network test procedures ensuring performance requirements are met on internal platform networks and across terrestrial radio, SATCOM, LOS, and BLOS links

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision plans
• 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
• life insurance
• 3 weeks paid time off
• tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level