System Engineer II

VTG Defense; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG Defense in Aurora, Colorado is seeking a System Engineer II to translate mission needs into system requirements and engineering products, coordinating across stakeholders to ensure traceability and verifiability through design and test.

The role requires 5–9+ years of systems engineering experience, TS/SCI with Poly, a Bachelor's degree, and familiarity with MBSE/SysML or DoDAF preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, IT, business, or related field.
• 5–9+ years of systems engineering experience.
• TS/SCI with Poly required.
• Experience with requirements management and engineering documentation.
• Structured delivery experience (Agile, iterative, or traditional lifecycles).

Responsibilities

• 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).
• Support verification planning and test readiness activities; ensure requirements are measurable and testable.
• Identify risks and mitigations; support configuration and change control processes.

Skills

Requirements management

End-to-end traceability

Systems engineering

Agile/SDLC

Education

Bachelor's Degree (Engineering/IT/Business)

Tools

MBSE/SysML

DoDAF

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.