Systems Engineer IV

Cornerstone Defense LLC; Aurora, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition and training assistance

Paid vacation/leave

Fitness reimbursement program

College savings plan

Commuter benefits

Financial advisory services

Flex spending accounts

Health savings accounts

STD/LTD insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Employee assistance programs

Life financial planning assistance

Legal resources

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense LLC in Aurora, CO is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with active TS/SCI clearance. The role focuses on system analysis, lifecycle engineering, and test-architecture support for government contracts.

You will define interfaces, decompose requirements, and support validation and regression testing across releases. Preferred candidates have Agile experience, MBSE tools familiarity (Cameo), and strong collaboration skills to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in STEM and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with system lifecycle, ConOps, requirements management and interfaces.
• Government contract development experience.
• Familiarity with Agile systems engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and define how the system works creating use cases.
• Decompose requirements, define system interfaces and help determine validation and verification by the test team.
• Provide engineering support for the program's test processes, baseline, and architecture design.
• Support regression testing across deliverable releases to the program baseline.
• Attend technical reviews and interchanges in support of the program.

Skills

Systems engineering lifecycle

ConOps development

Requirements definition

Functional analysis

Interface control

Agile methodologies

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

MBSE tools (Cameo Systems Modeler)

DOORS

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer

Aurora, CO

Active TS/SCI

Compensation Range: $120,000 - $150,000

Company Overview:

Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze and define how the system works creating use cases
• Decompose requirements, define system interfaces and help determine how requirements will be validated and verified by the test team
• Provide engineering support for the execution of a portion of the programs test program including test processes and baseline definition and test architecture design
• Support regression testing across deliverable releases to the program baseline
• Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) in a related field and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience with systems engineering lifecycle, roles and functions, with specific experience in one or more of the following areas: Concept of Operations (ConOps) development, requirements definition and management, functional analysis or interface definition and control
• Development experience on a government contract
• Experience with Agile principles, to include Agile systems engineering practices and/or Agile roles

Preferred Qualifications:

• Development experience in project domain (e.g., mission management ground systems, space-based ISR platforms)
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and with Agile development tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)
• Experience with MBSE tools (e.g., Cameo Systems Modeler)
• Experience with requirements management in DOORS or other requirements databases
• Good oral and written communication skills as well as good collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team environment

Company Benefits:

Cornerstone Defense offers a comprehensive list of benefits, designed to give employees and their families several options to choose from when selecting benefits that best fit their needs. These offerings include not only a full suite of the traditional Medical/Dental/Vision insurances, but also a number of other benefits and perks to include, but not limited to: A 401(K) plan with a company match, tuition and training assistances, paid vacation/leave, a fitness reimbursement program, college savings plan, commuter benefits, financial advisory services, flex spending accounts, health savings accounts, STD/LTD coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance programs, life financial planning assistance, and legal resources.