Senior Space-Ground Systems Architect

GRVTY; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 160,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Retirement planning

Paid time off

Continued education

Job summary

GRVTY is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to serve as a technical anchor across a large-scale, multi-team space ground initiative. You will bridge mission operations, stakeholders, and distributed software pods in an agile setting.

Lead MBSE modeling, define data contracts, and ensure traceability from software backlogs to system requirements while guiding verification and customer demonstrations.

Qualifications

• Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI access and polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 15+ years of engineering experience (or Master's with 13+ years).
• Proven track record delivering space-ground architectures and C2 systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in MBSE modeling and SysML.
• Experience defining interface protocols for distributed software (RESTful APIs, event streams).
• Heavy use of Jira/Confluence for backlog and traceability.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex mission needs into robust digital engineering artifacts and baselines.
• Govern and maintain ground segment SysML models with bidirectional traceability.
• Collaborate with agile teams to decompose capabilities into technical criteria and backlogs.
• Define ground-to-space and ground-to-ground messaging schemas and protocols.
• Develop verification strategies, review tests, and lead formal sell-off with customers.
• Lead TEMs, ICWGs, and ERBs; represent engineering in milestone reviews.

Skills

MBSE modeling

SysML

REST APIs

Protobuf/JSON

Jira/Confluence

Event streaming

Pub/Sub

Kubernetes

Docker

Education

B.S. in STEM fields

M.S. in STEM fields

Tools

MBSE tools

Atlassian suite

Job description

GRVTY is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to serve as a technical anchor across a large-scale, multi-team space ground initiative. You will bridge mission operations, stakeholders, and distributed software pods in an agile setting.

Lead MBSE modeling, define data contracts, and ensure traceability from software backlogs to system requirements while guiding verification and customer demonstrations.