Space Systems Engineer – Space Protection

Stratos Solutions; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stratos Solutions is seeking a Space Systems Engineer to provide SETA support in Colorado Springs, focusing on space protection, mission resilience, and integration of critical space capabilities.

The role requires TS/SCI with poly, a STEM degree, and hands-on experience in systems engineering, risk management, and mission operations. You will coordinate across Government, SETA, and contractor teams to resolve complex challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or a related field with 3+ years of experience or a Master’s degree with 1+ year of experience.
• Experience with systems engineering processes, requirements, risk management, and configuration/change management.
• Strong written and verbal communication, collaboration, and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Govt systems engineering and space protection activities across the system lifecycle.
• Assess space mission architectures for threats, vulnerabilities, risks, resilience, and mission assurance.
• Evaluate protection considerations across spacecraft, ground systems, comms, and mission operations.

Skills

Systems engineering

Threat assessment

Technical advisory

Stakeholder comms

Mission assurance

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related field

Master’s degree in STEM or related field

Tools

MBSE/Digital Engineering

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Space Systems Engineer – Space Protection

Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Position Description

Stratos Solutions is seeking a Space Systems Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) support to a government customer in Colorado Springs, CO. This position will focus on space protection, mission resilience, systems engineering, and integration of critical space capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support Government systems engineering and space protection activities across the system lifecycle.
• Assess space mission architectures for threats, vulnerabilities, risks, resilience, survivability, and mission assurance.
• Evaluate protection considerations across spacecraft, ground systems, communications, command and control, and mission operations.
• Support development and evaluation of space protection strategies, requirements, architectures, and courses of action.
• Apply threat-informed systems engineering to identify vulnerabilities, mission impacts, and potential mitigation approaches.
• Review technical documentation and provide clear analysis and recommendations to Government leadership.
• Represent Government interests in engineering reviews, working groups, and technical forums.
• Coordinate across Government, SETA, FFRDC, intelligence, operations, and contractor organizations to resolve technical and mission challenges.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or relevant field with 3+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 1+ year of experience.
• Experience with systems engineering processes, including requirements, integration, risk management, and configuration/change management.
• Understanding of space mission architectures and the interaction between space, ground, communications, and mission operations segments.
• Ability to assess complex technical and operational risks and develop actionable recommendations.
• Strong written/verbal communication, collaboration, and customer-facing skills.
• Self-starter capable of managing multiple priorities with minimal supervision.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with space protection, space control, mission assurance, resilience, survivability, or space domain awareness.
• Experience with threat, vulnerability, mission risk, or resiliency assessments for space systems.
• Knowledge of satellite constellations, orbital operations, spacecraft and ground systems, communications, and command and control.
• Understanding of protection concepts including redundancy, disaggregation, proliferation, reconstitution, maneuver, and operational continuity.
• Spacecraft or ground systems operations experience, particularly in degraded or contested environments.
• Familiarity with MBSE/Digital Engineering, Agile, cloud technologies, Jira, and Confluence.