Ground Systems Test Engineer

Summary
Position Title: Ground Systems Test Engineer
Position ID: TA225
Location(s): Hybrid; Aurora, CO, Boulder, CO
Application Deadline: May 31, 2026
Security Clearance Requirement: Secret Security Clearance

Job Description
Trusted Space is seeking a Ground Systems Test Engineer with a Bachelor’s degree or higher and 5+ years’ experience to join our team.

Key Responsibilities
The selected candidate will:

• Work with the U.S. Space Force to develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of resilient Missile Warning (MW), Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (TISR), and Environmental Monitoring (EM) capabilities to deter attacks and provide critical information to our warfighters.
• Test, analyze, evaluate, verify and validate these systems, and identify areas requiring urgent mitigation early to develop this system with advanced technology solutions.
• Grow technical skills by merging innovative engineering methodologies and cross-disciplinary coordination to create tomorrow’s solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working in a collaborative team environment, developing test strategies, plans, reports and briefings, and participating in test execution, verification and/or analysis
• Experience supporting overall engineering integration of systems engineering and integration efforts for the DoD, government agencies and/or commercial programs
• Knowledge of systems engineering standards, including IEEE 15288.1 and IEEE 15288.2
• Ability to define, develop, maintain and execute large-scale system test plans and overarching test and evaluation strategy documents, including Test and Evaluation Strategy (TES), Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), System Integration Test Plans (SITP), Enterprise Verification Plans (EVP), Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRM) and Requirements Verification Files (RVFs)
• Ability to communicate and establish collaborative relationships with government clients, Federally Funded Research and Developmental Centers (FFRDC) and associate contractor teammates to achieve program goals
• Secret Security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related Technology field

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience performing systems engineering, integration and testing on ground-based remote sensing systems
• Experience with portfolio and program verification, interoperability, validation and certification, and operational acceptance
• Experience planning, executing and reporting testing on behalf of the Lead Developmental Test Organization or the Operational Test Agency.
• Experience planning and executing program reviews throughout the lifecycle of the system
• Experience using Model-Based Systems Engineering tools to manage system definitions and technical baselines
• Knowledge of DoD 5000.01, 5000.02, 5000.89, 5000.98 or 5000.100
• TS/SCI clearance
• Master’s degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related technology field
• CTEP or INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certifications such as ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP Certification

Compensation
The salary range for this role is $135,000 - $175,000. Please note that this range is a general guideline and can vary. Trusted Space, LLC considers several factors when extending an offer including, but not limited to: scope, location, position responsibilities, education/training, key skills and business considerations.

Benefits
Trusted Space seeks to create an environment where Employees are empowered and supported to achieve their full potential. We encourage life-long learning within our agile and innovative work environment. We offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans; life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; 401(k) plan; paid holidays and generous paid time off; short-term and long-term disability insurance; and other benefits to promote health, wellness, and a positive work-life balance.

About Trusted Space
Trusted Space is the premier provider of trusted autonomy and battlespace management software solutions enabling machine speed sensing, sense making, decision making, and acting for critical space and intelligence missions. Our portfolio includes trusted autonomy software products, real-time image processing capabilities, advanced space mission engineering services, and space operations & training solutions. We empower government and commercial customers to achieve mission superiority in space reconnaissance & surveillance, dynamic space operations, space-based ISR, and ground/command & control (C2) systems.

Rooted in our adherence to the Golden Rule – to treat others as we want to be treated – Trusted Space fosters a culture of innovation, mission-focus, agility, and technical excellence. We offer a collaborative and supportive work environment, world-class benefits, and work-life balance. We encourage life-long learning and continuous improvement in all we do. We consider it a privilege to work with our customers to provide solutions to their most difficult national security and intelligence challenges.

Trusted Space, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. All aspects of employment are decided based on qualifications, merit, competence, performance, and business need.

DISCLAIMER: Trusted Space, LLC only uses the respective domains of trustedspace.com and trustedspace.us for official contact and any other domains are likely a scam and do not originate from our company. Trusted Space will never ask a candidate for access or pass codes to personal accounts including e-mails, bank accounts, CashApp, Paypal, Venmo, etc.