Systems Engineer, Ground & Space Systems (On‑Site)

Auria; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Match

Tuition reimbursement

Health insurance

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Auria is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the HADES program with full-time, on-site presence at Kirtland AFB, NM. This role requires U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Top Secret clearance, and focuses on system design, integration, and sustainment of ground systems for experimental missions.

You will lead technical integration, requirements analysis, and lifecycle sustainment across space-domain assets, collaborating with the team and external partners to ensure performance and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science, Information Systems, or related STEM discipline.
• 4+ years of experience on a project of similar scope or complexity (2+ years with a Master’s).
• Must be a US citizen with an active DoD Top Secret clearance, with an investigation date within scope (6 years).

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering, development, integration, and sustainment of hardware and antenna service integration systems within the architecture.
• Deliver systems engineering, development, integration, and sustainment of test support infrastructure for space vehicle factory and launch-based testing activities.
• Support ongoing mission integration and technical activities across all Ground Control systems, ensuring seamless functionality, interoperability, and interface compliance.
• Maintain lifecycle sustainment support for current missions through end-of-life and for new missions as established.
• Conduct planning, requirements analysis, procurement, development, installation, integration, testing, and operational readiness activities.
• Lead/participate in Tech & Ops Review, discussing metrics, incidents/resolution, maintenance coordination, sustainment, configuration management, cybersecurity status, risks and mitigation, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Systems engineering expertise

DoD TS clearance (active)

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Information Systems, or related STEM

Tools

MBSE

DOORS

Cameo

GitLab/GitHub/Azure/Jenkins/Nexus

JIRA/Confluence

Agile methodologies

Job description

Auria is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the HADES program with full-time, on-site presence at Kirtland AFB, NM. This role requires U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Top Secret clearance, and focuses on system design, integration, and sustainment of ground systems for experimental missions.

You will lead technical integration, requirements analysis, and lifecycle sustainment across space-domain assets, collaborating with the team and external partners to ensure performance and security.