Systems Engineering Lead

SciTec; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 156,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match

100% company paid Health insurance

100% company paid Vision insurance

Profit-Sharing Plan

Discretionary Performance Bonus

Paid Parental Leave

Generous PTO and holidays

Flexible Work Hours

Job summary

SciTec in Boulder, CO is seeking a Senior/Principal Systems Engineering Lead to guide a MOSA-enabled data processing architecture and lead a multi-disciplinary team. You will elicit operational concepts, refine requirements, and design architectures in collaboration with customer reps and SciTec engineers.

The role requires a DoD clearance eligibility, a STEM degree, and 10+ years in software engineering, HPC, or remote sensing; you will mentor staff and drive MBSE practices across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline.
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience in software engineering, HPC, or remote sensing.
• Experience executing IEEE 15288 systems engineering processes.
• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and Cameo suite.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the program office and end-users to elicit, detail, and document operational concepts for a MOSA architecture hosting high-performance data processing apps.
• Develop and analyze system requirements addressing stakeholder needs.
• Support design of architectures that meet requirements and align with customer concepts of operations.
• Coordinate with integration, verification, and test teams to support requirements verification and validation.
• Document operational concepts, stakeholder needs, system requirements, and architectures using MBSE tools.
• Mentor and improve processes within the SciTec systems engineering team.
• Additional duties as required.

Skills

Team leadership

Systems engineering

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Tools

IEEE 15288

MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering)

Cameo suite

Kubernetes

NIST RMF

Job description

SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace Company, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.

Important Notice:SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. SciTec cannot sponsor or assume sponsorship of employee work visas of any type. Further, U.S. citizenship is a requirement to obtain and keep a security clearance. Applicants that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.

SciTec has an immediate opportunity in our Boulder, CO office for a Senior / Principal Systems Engineering Lead with experience in microservices architectures, data center designs, and modular open systems architecture. This engineer will be responsible for leading an integrated systems engineering and systems modeling team to elaborate operational concepts, refine requirements, and create architectural designs to support the delivery of a combined hardware/software data processing system. This work will be performed collaboratively with both customer representatives and with SciTec technical staff.

Responsibilities

• Coordination with the acquisition program office and operational end-users to elicit, detail, and document operational concepts and stakeholder needs for the operation of a MOSA architecture hosting high-performance data processing applications.

• Development and analysis of system requirements which address identified stakeholder needs.

• Support to SciTec development teams in the design of system architectures which meet established requirements and align with customer concepts of operations.

• Coordination with integration, verification, and test teams to support requirements verification and validation.

• Managing the documentation of operational concepts, stakeholder needs, system requirements, and system architectures using Model-Based Systems Engineering tools

• Staff mentoring and process improvement within the SciTec systems engineering team

• Additional duties as required and assigned

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline

• At least 10 years of relevant work experience in software engineering, high-performance computing, or remote sensing data processing

• Demonstrated work experience in executing IEEE 15288 systems engineering processes

• Demonstrated familiarity with the use of Model Based Systems Engineering within a systems engineering organization

• Demonstrated work experience as a technical team leader

Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred

• A current security clearance, ideally a current TOP SECRET clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information

• Academic credentials or industry certification (e.g. INCOSE) in systems engineering.

• Experience with the design or operation of data center environments

• Experience with the design or operation of Kubernetes-based environments

• Experience with the design or operation of Overhead Persistent Infrared sensor systems, ground segments, or exploitation tooling

• Experience with system security architecture and NIST 800-53 / RMF compliance

• Experience with conducting data-driven trade studies, including the development and use of simulation tools.

• Direct familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering tools and techniques. Familiarity with the Cameo suite of tools is particularly desired.

SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
• 100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
• 80% company paid Dental insurance
• 100% company paid Vision insurance
• 100% company paid Life insurance
• 100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
• Short-term Disability insurance
• Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
• Discretionary Performance Bonus
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
• Flexible Work Hours

The pay range for this position is $156,000- $235,000 / year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.

SciTec is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. VET/Disabled.