Senior Systems Engineer - Velocity Satellite Ground Systems

sierraspace; Centennial (CO); On-site; USD 119,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Sierra Space is seeking a Systems Engineer III to guide complex system solutions across the product lifecycle. You will align stakeholders, decompose requirements, and ensure traceability through development artifacts while maintaining a cohesive system architecture.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to document concepts of operation, manage risks, and drive verification and validation activities to ensure performance targets are met.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in a related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree or Masters +3 yrs experience).
• Typically 5+ years of related experience (or Masters + 3 years of experience).
• Emerging expertise in Systems Engineering principles and practices, including a thorough understanding of the systems development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Specify, architect, and integrate complex system solutions while collaborating with cross‑functional teams and subject matter experts.
• Derive, decompose, allocate, trace, and manage system requirements and architectures, and define system concepts of operation.
• Support milestone reviews by creating artifacts and deliverables and oversee system integration and verification activities.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

V&V practices

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

DOORS

CAMEO EA

Rhapsody

MATLAB

SysML

Job description

Sierra Space is seeking a Systems Engineer III to guide complex system solutions across the product lifecycle. You will align stakeholders, decompose requirements, and ensure traceability through development artifacts while maintaining a cohesive system architecture.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to document concepts of operation, manage risks, and drive verification and validation activities to ensure performance targets are met.