Senior Staff Systems Engineer

Auria Space; Warrenton (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BCubed Engineering, an Auria company, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to join the Warrenton, VA team in a hybrid role. You will architect and deliver systems and systems-of-systems solutions across the development lifecycle.

You will drive engineering rigor, lead with traceable requirements, coordinate with external partners, and mentor peers while keeping end-user mission needs at the forefront. The role emphasizes interfaces, ICDs/CDDs, and lifecycle planning, with an expectation to

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of proven systems engineering experience.
• Experience delivering high-consequence technical solutions.
• Ability to lead with engineering rigor and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced problem-solving methodologies to architect and deliver solutions for systems and systems of systems.
• Lead rigorous engineering processes with testing, documentation, and reliable delivery across the lifecycle.
• Engage with external partners and customers as a technical point of contact.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements tracing

Job description

BCubed Engineering, an Auria company, is looking to hire Senior Systems Engineer to join the team in Warrenton, VA. This will be a hybrid position.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO DO:

• Systems Engineering Excellence: Apply advanced problem-solving methodologies to the most complex problem sets, architecting and delivering solutions for entire systems and systems of systems.
• Technical Rigor & Acumen: Lead with engineering rigor, ensuring a strict commitment to testing, repeatable processes, comprehensive documentation, and reliable delivery across the entire development lifecycle.
• Customer & Partner Engagement: Act as a key technical point of contact to communicate and negotiate directly with external partners (sub-contractors, vendors, prime contractors) and external customers.
• Establish and maintain trusted partnerships with customer bases, negotiating through conflicts with transparency and integrity.
• Effective Technical Leadership: Lead the technical execution of projects and initiatives, ensuring engineering processes are upheld. Serve as a prominent, respected mentor across the organization to develop talent and elevate the contributions of your team members.
• End-User Focus: Design architectures and solutions that explicitly reflect the mission needs of the end-user, actively seeking out and embracing feedback with a growth mindset.
• Requirements & Verification: Author, trace, manage, and validate comprehensive system-level program requirements.
• Technical Milestones: Support the development and executive presentation of major engineering milestone reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR).
• Technical Artifacts: Generate and maintain critical engineering artifacts, including Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Engineering Drawings, system Bill of Materials (BOMs), etc.
• Configuration Management: Maintain configuration management across artifacts created by the program
• Create and maintain a list of SW Configuration Items (CI) and Bills of Material (BOMs).
• SW Lifecycle Planning: Collaborate with the design team from requirements through design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Enforce Engineering Process and Rigor: Define and implement engineering processes throughout the entire Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

WHAT THE TEAM REQUIRES:

• Mission-Driven Professional: Collaborative contributor motivated by the opportunity to develop cutting-edge solutions that protect and serve both the nation and the world.
• Experience: 5-10+ years of proven systems engineering experience delivering high-consequence technical solutions.