Systems Engineer
Location: Aurora, CO.
Required Clearance: Top Secret/SCI
Since 1999, ITEC has been a powerhouse in supporting mission-critical programs for the DoD and Intelligence community, building a solid reputation along the way. At ITEC, we don’t just care for our employees—we champion them with competitive salaries, an outstanding employee care program, and a benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, and a 401k.
U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation.
Job Description:
ITEC is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to work in a collaborative, iterative development environment. We develop world-class satellite ground systems and counters national security threats through cyber solutions.
Job Responsibilities:
- Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies to analyze, decompose, and implement customer objectives and needs into actionable system requirements and designs.
- Collaborate within an Agile product team to deliver tangible, value-added work products that meet program objectives.
- Define, analyze, and manage system interfaces, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with overall system architecture.
- Maintain a systems-level perspective, ensuring that operational end goals are kept in focus from the start through program execution.
- Actively participate in working groups, technical exchanges, and collaboration sessions with customers, industry partners, and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment of objectives an solutions.
- Support the development and delivery of systems engineering artifacts, including requirements, architecture, models, and design documentation.
- Work within a closed area lab in Aurora, Colorado.
Required Skills:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience working in a Satellite Ground System development or operations environment.
- Experience with ground station and satellite domains (such as terrestrial data networking, command and telemetry, launch operations, flight dynamics, mission planning, on-orbit operations).
- Experience working in Agile development environments, including participation in product teams.
- Experience maintaining a system-level perspective while driving detailed design and implementation activities.
Desired Skills:
- Experience to engage effectively with customers and external partners, fostering collaboration and alignment.
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies.
- Experience with industry-standard MBSE tools such as Cameo, or similar.
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
ITEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of ManpowerGroup Public Sector.
