Staff Systems Engineer

IDR, Inc.; Louisville (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Job summary

IDR, Inc. in Louisville, CO, seeks a Staff Systems Engineer to drive system requirements, interface management, and verification planning for a cutting-edge quantum gravity sensing program in aerospace and navigation.

You will own requirements from customer intent through decomposition and verification, develop ICDs across subsystems, and lead technical reviews to deliver reliable, customer-ready solutions with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, physics, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of systems engineering experience with complex hardware/software.
• Own requirements from customer intent through verification planning.
• Experience developing ICDs across electrical, mechanical, optical, software, command/telemetry, and interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex hardware and software systems in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Own requirements from customer-level intent through internal decomposition and verification planning.
• Develop and maintain interface control drawings and system documentation for integration.
• Facilitate technical reviews, risk management, and verification activities.
• Collaborate with engineers, physicists, program managers, and customers to deliver technical solutions.

Job description

IDR is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to join one of our top clients in Louisville, CO. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge quantum gravity sensing technology that is shaping the future of aerospace and precision navigation. The ideal candidate will serve as the technical glue across multidisciplinary engineering teams, owning system requirements, interface management, verification planning, and technical documentation while helping transform advanced R&D into customer-ready products.

Position Overview for the Staff Systems Engineer

• Responsible for managing complex hardware and software systems in a multidisciplinary environment focused on quantum gravity sensors.
• Owner of requirements from customer-level intent through internal decomposition, traceability, and verification planning.
• Develop and maintain interface control drawings and system documentation to ensure seamless integration across subsystems.
• Facilitate technical reviews, risk management, and verification activities to ensure system performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with engineers, physicists, program managers, and customers to deliver high-quality technical solutions.

Requirements for the Staff Systems Engineer

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, physics, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of progressive systems engineering experience with complex hardware/software systems, ideally including quantum systems, precision sensors, aerospace systems, spacecraft payloads, or other multidisciplinary R&D systems.
• Demonstrated ability to own requirements from customer-level intent through internal decomposition, traceability, change control, and verification planning.
• Experience developing or maintaining ICDs across electrical, mechanical, optical, software, command/telemetry, and customer interfaces.
• Experience creating V&V plans, test plans, verification matrices, and customer-ready evidence packages for complex technical systems.