Senior Satellite Ground Systems Engineer – Remote/Hybrid

Cimarron Software Services, Inc.; Colorado Springs, Schriever Space Force Base (CO, CO); On-site; USD 128,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) contributions

Educational reimbursement

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Cimarron is seeking a Satellite Ground Systems Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency on the IRES contract at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado. The role focuses on designing and optimizing ground system elements and enterprise services within the MDSEA framework.

The candidate will analyze requirements, develop architectures, and oversee system development, sustainment, and testing while coordinating with cross-functional teams under security constraints.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of general full-time work experience.
• 5+ years directly related experience in satellite ground systems.
• 6+ months in a management or leadership role.
• Fundamental understanding of Requirements Analysis and Management principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and design ground system solutions within the MDSEA framework.
• Engineer architectures for enterprise services, satellite ground systems and operations centers.
• Manage requirements, tasks and sustainment for ground systems projects.
• Document designs and implement test plans for sustainment teams.
• Collaborate with administrators, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, testers, PMs, software and network teams.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Agile development

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in related field

Tools

Cameo Systems Modeler

IBM Rhapsody

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Kubernetes

Job description

Cimarron is seeking a Satellite Ground Systems Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency on the IRES contract at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado. The role focuses on designing and optimizing ground system elements and enterprise services within the MDSEA framework.

The candidate will analyze requirements, develop architectures, and oversee system development, sustainment, and testing while coordinating with cross-functional teams under security constraints.