Systems Engineer - Space Ground Systems (TS/SCI)

Auria; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Education support

Health insurance

Flexible time

Paid time off

Job summary

Auria is seeking a Systems Engineer to support HADES on-site at Kirtland AFB, NM. This contingent, full-time role requires a TS clearance, US citizenship, and experience in MBSE, DOORS, and CI/CD tooling.

You’ll lead engineering, integration, and sustainment for ground systems and test facilities, coordinating with external partners and following rigorous DoD processes. The position emphasizes lifecycle support, system performance monitoring, and incident resolution, with opportunities for

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 degree).
• 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 performance metrics, incidents and resolution, maintenance coordination, sustainment activities, development and integration, configuration management, cybersecurity status, risks and mitigation, and continuous improvement

Skills

MBSE

DOORS

Cameo

CI/CD tools

JIRA/Confluence

Agile methodologies

US citizenship

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Science/IS

Tools

GitLab

GitHub

Azure

Jenkins

Nexus

Job description

Auria is seeking a Systems Engineer to support HADES on-site at Kirtland AFB, NM. This contingent, full-time role requires a TS clearance, US citizenship, and experience in MBSE, DOORS, and CI/CD tooling.

You’ll lead engineering, integration, and sustainment for ground systems and test facilities, coordinating with external partners and following rigorous DoD processes. The position emphasizes lifecycle support, system performance monitoring, and incident resolution, with opportunities for