CareerPlan

Systems Engineer - Operations / Systems Analyst (Associate and Expert)

USA - Colorado Springs, COFull-time$92k–$124k2026-10-26 → 2026-11-10
On-siteNo visa sponsorshipCitizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Systems Engineer supporting the Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) Ground Satellite Configuration & Control Element modernization, managing system design, integration, sustainment, and test procedures for mission-critical satellite ground infrastructure.

Role type

Senior IC systems engineer (satellite ground systems)

Builds

Ground satellite configuration and control elements for WGS satellites

Domain

Aerospace / Defense / Satellite Communications

Required skills

Systems engineering, requirements management, system design analysis, simulation and modeling, test procedure development, risk management, user story decomposition, web services integration

Preferred skills

Software integration and validation, end-to-end testing methodologies, REST/SOAP API integrations, advanced technical documentation, trade studies

Technologies

Simulation tools, modeling environments, Microsoft tools, REST/SOAP APIs

Responsibilities

Perform system design analysis of ground infrastructure hardware baselines, develop and execute simulation and modeling to assess system performance, document system design analyses and test procedures, manage requirements and system mission threads, design and document test campaigns spanning simulation and hardware-in-the-loop environments, identify and evaluate design decisions and trade studies

Seniority

Associate (Level 2) to Expert (Level 3), hands-on IC