SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER - SYSTEMS ENGINEER IV

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Full-time - Senior

Colorado Springs, CO

About the position

The Senior Systems Engineer - Systems Engineer IV at Sasaki Evolutionary Integration Services (SEIS) will play a crucial role in supporting the Systems Engineering & Integration activities for the Air Force's Military Satellite Communications systems. This position involves collaboration with various stakeholders, including contractors and government personnel, to ensure the successful integration of complex space and ground communication systems. The engineer will be responsible for leading technical discussions, identifying risks, and developing documentation to support program milestones.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with the team and customers to build scenarios for satellite usage.
• Identify areas for improvement in customers' current operations.
• Build MBSE models of future satellite systems using SysML standards and produce necessary diagrams.
• Create presentation slide decks utilizing pictorials and MBSE models.
• Contribute to the creation of Concept of Operations for future systems.
• Author Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and create presentation slides.
• Analyze data using Excel.
• Apply MBSE tools and techniques to capture system architectures, functions, services, interfaces, requirements, and concepts of operation.
• Support requirements allocations and functional decompositions to hardware, software, and lower-level components of the system(s).
• Integrate models from disparate stakeholders into a cohesive end-to-end environment.
• Produce model views to support program milestones and documentation.
• Apply simulation to the Mission Architecture via Cameo's Simulation Toolkit.
• Establish best modeling practices along with the Government to enforce SysML modeling standards.
• Enable systems engineering documentation for requirements, ICDs, systems design, CONOPS, verification, and testing.
• Collaborate with prime contractors, other team contractors, government stakeholders, and members of the U.S. Space Force.

Requirements

• STEM Bachelor's degree with ten (10) years or more of related experience, or STEM Master's degree with seven (7) years or more of related experience, or STEM PhD degree with three (3) years or more of related experience.
• 10 years of engineering experience.
• Knowledge in the space industry.
• Enterprise Architect experience.
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience.
• SysML experience.
• Current INCOSE CSEP certification or ability to achieve one.
• Great customer service and team player skills.
• Experience working across space and ground segment organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements and key performance parameters.
• Experience with DoDAF and architecture development.
• Experience with DS Catia Cameo, and familiarity with IBM Rhapsody, Sparx Enterprise Architect, or other comparable MBSE tools.
• Must be a US citizen.
• Must possess or be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Department of Defense (DOD) experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Organizational and interpersonal skills.
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience working with Space Force/DoD customers in an acquisition environment.
• Experience working in an Agile team/framework.