Systems Engineer

Opportunity Details

Employee Systems Engineer 102271


Aurora, CO


Systems Engineer
Location: Aurora, CO.
Required Clearance: Top Secret/SCI


Since 1999, ITEC has been a powerhouse in supporting mission-critical programs for the DoD and Intelligence community, building a solid reputation along the way. At ITEC, we don't just care for our employees-we champion them with competitive salaries, an outstanding employee care program, and a benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, and a 401k match.

U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation.

Job Description:

ITEC is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer supporting one of our premier programs in the Space Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (SISR) business unit, where your knowledge with regards to requirements, architecture and design elaboration, system engineering analyses, script development, interface definition and control, will be put to good use.


Job Responsibilities:

• Elaborate capabilities and features, define system interfaces and help determine how system functional capability and performance will be validated and verified by the test team.
• Analyze and define how the system works creating use cases.
• Support the execution of the integration and test program by automating test procedures and subsequent analyses.
• Identify technical issues during software and hardware integration and collaborate with engineers to drive solutions to closure.
• Manage the team's backlog and capacity during each program increment.
• Support Earned Value Management System (EVMS) implementation and execution.
• Collaborate with program management and engineering teams to ensure alignment of scope, schedule, and budget.
• Conduct investigation into system anomalies to identify root cause.
• Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program.

Required Skills:

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) in a related field and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with systems engineering lifecycle, roles and functions, with specific experience in one or more of the following areas: Concept of Operations (ConOps) development, capability and feature elaboration and management, program increment support, functional analysis or interface definition and control.
• Development experience on a government contract.
• Experience with Agile principles, to include Agile systems engineering practices and/or Agile roles such as Scrum Master / Product Owner.

Desired Skills:

• Development experience in project domain (e.g., mission management large-scale ground systems, space-based ISR platforms).
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and with Agile development tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.).
• Experience with MBSE tools (e.g., Cameo Systems Modeler).
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, Perl, Groovy, or Ruby.
• Experience building automation, developer tooling, and lifecycle reporting for large, distributed software programs.
• Experience with test automation tools (Cucumber, Gherkin, Behave).
• Experience with requirements management in DOORS or other requirements databases.
• Good oral and written communication skills as well as good collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team environment.