Systems Engineer: Software-Defined Radar Data Pipelines

SciTec Incorporated; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 156,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match

Company-paid health insurance (HSA)

Paid parental leave

Generous PTO

Flexible work hours

Job summary

SciTec Incorporated, a defense contractor in Colorado, seeks a Systems Engineer with experience in software-defined sensor data processing and MBSE to support the Ground‑Based Radar Digitization modernization program. You will drive requirements, architecture, MBSE artifacts, and test strategies for a modern software-centric backend.

The role requires 5+ years in relevant systems engineering, DoD clearance eligibility, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure system performance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering for sensor systems, large-scale real-time systems, or mission-critical software-processing pipelines.
• Experience developing or maintaining system architectures, requirements, and interface specifications for data-processing systems.
• Familiarity with the design and architecture of high-throughput sensor data processing systems.
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering tools and techniques.
• Strong technical communications skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance.

Responsibilities

• Requirements Development & Traceability - Derive, refine, and manage system-level and subsystem-level requirements for software processing flows including data ingest, timing/synchronization, signal processing outputs, interfaces.
• Systems Architecture & Interface Definition - Develop a high-level software architecture for deploying signal processing services within a Kubernetes-based environment.
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) - Create and maintain MBSE artifacts (SysML diagrams, functional flows, ICDs represented as digital models).
• Integration & Verification Planning - Define integration strategies for software-processing components and support testbed planning.
• Cross-Team Coordination - Collaborate with radar-frontend teams, signal processing algorithm developers, cybersecurity, mission operations stakeholders, MBSE validators, and government technical directors.
• Risk Management & Configuration Control - Identify and track technical risks and support configuration management processes.
• Support Technical Communication - Develop artifacts for external program reviews and internal design meetings.

Skills

Systems engineering

Real-time systems

Technical communications

Cross-functional collaboration

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering

Tools

SysML

Kubernetes

Job description

SciTec Incorporated, a defense contractor in Colorado, seeks a Systems Engineer with experience in software-defined sensor data processing and MBSE to support the Ground‑Based Radar Digitization modernization program. You will drive requirements, architecture, MBSE artifacts, and test strategies for a modern software-centric backend.

The role requires 5+ years in relevant systems engineering, DoD clearance eligibility, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure system performance,