Systems Engineer - Sustainment

ADP, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

ADP, Inc. in Colorado Springs seeks a senior systems engineer to support SE&I operations and sustainment. The role focuses on integrating space and ground segments, coordinating with prime contractors and government leads, and translating requirements into actionable tasks for hardware and software sustainment.

The candidate will develop and maintain system engineering processes, produce briefings and risk assessments, and collaborate with U.S. Air Force/Space Force teams across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Extremely motivated self-starter with ability to work in a diverse team.
• Experience with Air Force/Space Force/DoD customers in operations and sustainment, Space Systems (SSC).
• Experience writing and delivering technical documents, analysis and briefings.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and strong organizational abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills for interfacing with diverse personnel and dynamic teams.

Responsibilities

• Directly supporting the SE&I Operations and Sustainment Lead.
• Ensure requirements integration across operational space/ground, hardware and software for control segment capabilities.
• Interact with prime contractor and government leads to align system requirements and interfaces.
• Develop, document, and evolve systems engineering processes for SSC/PNT Enterprise integration.
• Support lifecycle data collection, risk analyses, and action plans.
• Translate government requirements into tasks for hardware and software sustainment and development.
• Prepare operations and sustainment briefings, plans, and decision-support documents.
• Collaborate with prime contractors, government civilians, and Service branches.

Skills

Self-starter

Motivated

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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CORP Full Time Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, US

Salary Range: $125,000.00 To $135,000.00 Annually

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