Systems Engineer III

Bay Systems Consulting, Inc. (BSC); Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bay Systems Consulting, Inc. (BSC) is seeking a Systems Engineer (Sustainment) to support the SSC/PNT Enterprise. The role is located at Peterson SFB, with a SECRET clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in requirements integration across space, ground, hardware, and software, and will work closely with the prime contractor and government leads. The position emphasizes developing technical documentation, risk analyses, and briefings across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Active SECRET security clearance.
• Experience with Air Force/Space Force/DoD customers in operations & sustainment.

Responsibilities

• Directly supporting the SE&I Operations and Sustainment Lead.
• Ensure requirements integration across space, ground, hardware and software for control segment capabilities.
• Interface with prime contractor and government leads to validate system requirements and interfaces.
• Develop visualization products identifying capability insertion activities for baselines.
• Define, capture, and maintain technical, schedule, cost, and risk data across the lifecycle; propose risk mitigations.
• Translate government specifications into tasks for hardware/software sustainment and development.
• Evolve and implement SE processes to enable SSC/PNT Enterprise systems engineering and integration.
• Assess impacts of proposed enterprise baseline changes on requirements and capabilities.
• Support lifecycle activities across pre-contractual, requirements development, operations, and sustainment.
• Develop briefings, plans, papers, and documentation for SSC/PNT enterprise decision making.
• Collaborate with prime contractors, government civilians, and USAF/USSF personnel.
• Participate in IPTs, Product Support Manager meetings, and other sustainment activities.

Skills

Self-starter

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Role

Systems Engineer (Sustainment)

Target level

3 or 4

Positions available

1

Location

Peterson SFB

Clearance required

Secret, able to obtain TS/SCI

Duties

• Directly supporting the SE&I Operations and Sustainment Lead
• Ensuring effective requirements integration across operational space and ground, hardware and software, and all other aspects of systems and organizations for control segment capabilities
• Interacting with the prime contractor and government leads to ensure that all system requirements and interfaces are consistent and valid across operations and the enterprise
• Understanding multiple system requirements and capability baselines, and producing visualization products identifying the capability insertion activities for individual system baselines
• Supporting the customer in defining, capturing, and maintaining the technical, schedule, cost, and risk data throughout the system lifecycle, as well as developing risk mitigation courses of action and assessing impacts of risks and proposed changes
• Identifying derived requirements from government specifications and interface control documents, and assisting with translating requirements into tasks for hardware and software sustainment and development
• Developing, documenting, executing, integrating, and evolving systems engineering processes as required to enable effective SSC/PNT Enterprise systems engineering and integration efforts
• Assessing proposed Enterprise baseline changes for impacts to operational system requirements and capabilities, and future sustainability
• Support integrating activities over the lifecycle of systems within the Enterprise including pre-contractual, requirements development, as well as operations and sustainment capabilities
• Developing operations and sustainment related briefings, plans, papers, and other documentation in support of SSC/PNT Enterprise decision making
• Collaborating with prime contractors, other support contractors, government civilians, and members of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force
• Participating in Integrated Product Teams, Product Support Manager meetings, and other programmatic and sustainment activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of relevant experience
• Extremely motivated individual who is a self-starter and works well in a diverse team environment
• Demonstrated experience working with Air Force/Space Force/DoW customers in an operations and sustainment environment, with Space Systems (especially at SSC)
• Experience writing and delivering technical documents, analysis, and briefings
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills as well as being highly organized and able to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and communicating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams
• Active SECRET security clearance

Desired

• GPS and/or USSF experience
• Active Top Secret security clearance

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