System Engineer II

Vosper Thornycroft Group; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Vosper Thornycroft Group (VTG) in Aurora, Colorado, is seeking a System Engineer II to translate mission needs into system requirements and engineering products with limited supervision. The role coordinates across stakeholders to maintain technical alignment, supports design trade studies, and ensures verifiable requirements through implementation and test.

The candidate will lead requirements management, develop system artifacts, support cross-disciplinary integration, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with requirements development and end-to-end traceability from mission needs through verification.
• Experience creating and maintaining system specifications, interface docs, architecture views, and technical baselines.
• Familiarity with MBSE/SysML and architecture frameworks (DoDAF); knowledge of integration, verification, and configuration management practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support requirements development, decomposition, and management with end-to-end traceability.
• Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts (system specs, interface docs, architecture views, baselines).
• Support integration planning across software, network, cyber, cloud, and test disciplines.
• Contribute to SRR/PDR/CDR or equivalent reviews, including materials prep and action closure.
• Support verification planning and test readiness; ensure requirements are measurable and testable.
• Identify technical risks/issues and propose mitigations; support change control processes.

Skills

Requirements management

MBSE/SysML

DoDAF architecture

Configuration management

Agile/iterative lifecycles

Gov't programs experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/IT/Business or related field

Job description

Overview

VTG is looking for a System Engineer II in Aurora, Colorado. This role performs systems engineering tasks with limited supervision, translating mission needs into system requirements and engineering products. Coordinates across stakeholders to maintain technical alignment, supports design trade studies, and ensures requirements are verifiable and traceable through implementation and test.

What will you do?

• Lead/support requirements development, decomposition, and management; maintain end-to-end traceability from mission needs through verification.
• Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts (e.g., system specs, interface documentation, architecture views, technical baselines).
• Support integration planning and coordination across engineering disciplines (software, network, cyber, cloud, test).
• Contribute to technical reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR or equivalent), including preparing materials and closing review actions.
• Support verification planning and test readiness activities; ensure requirements are measurable and testable.
• Identify technical risks/issues and propose mitigations; support configuration and change control processes.

Do you have what it takes?

• TS/SCI with Poly Required
• 5-9+ years of relevant systems engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience with requirements management and development of engineering documentation.
• Experience working in a structured delivery environment (Agile, iterative, or traditional engineering lifecycles).
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, IT, Business, or related field
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with MBSE/SysML and/or architecture frameworks (DoDAF), Familiarity with integration, verification, and configuration management practices, Prior support to U.S. Government programs (DoD/Federal/Civil).

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Pay Range

VTG's estimated starting pay range is $100,000 - $165,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.