Senior Systems Engineer-TS/SCI Clearance

This position requires TS/SCI Clearance. Candidates who do not hold this clearance are not eligible for hire.

Solidus is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer – Product Owner . In this role, you will work with a cross-disciplinary team of engineers who are leading the industry in ground systems solutions.

This is an on-site role based in Aurora, CO.

Day in the Life:

• Plans and performs Systems, Integration & Test assignments involving complex software and hardware subsystems and resolves identified conflicting issues
• Responsible for owning the team backlog, sprint/PI execution, and supporting the selloff of teamwork
• Participate in an SI&T program which includes establishing methods and techniques, planning tests, developing test requirements, writing SI&T procedures and reports, performing software integration, and conducting tests utilizing comprehensive knowledge of these complex subsystem
• Lead readiness reviews, design reviews, and presentations to the customer as well as senior program management
• Provide engineering support for the execution of a portion of the programs test program including test processes and baseline definition, test architecture design, verification, and validation
• Support regression testing across deliverable releases to the program baseline.
• Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program
• Oversee and provide daily direction to an Integration and Test team
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on a daily basis, which includes preparing and presenting technical briefs
• Oversee development and execution of test procedures
• Identify technical issues during software integration and collaborate with fellow engineers to drive solutions to closure
• Work in an Agile program environment

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• US Citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance
• Undergo a comprehensive background investigation
• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Development experience on a government contract
• Experience with Agile and/or DevSecOps development methods
• Experience with Integration and Test, executing Integration and/or Test procedures
• Technical team leadership experience
• Experience troubleshooting software systems
• Experience with systems engineering principles and activities

Preferred Qualifications & Experience:

• Working in a Satellite Ground System development or operations environment
• Experience with ground station and satellite domains (such as terrestrial data networking, command and telemetry, launch operations, flight dynamics, mission planning, on-orbit operations) Good oral and written communication skills as well as good collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of tools (e.g. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence)
• Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps as well as CI/CD in an Agile development environment
• Test Automation experience (Cucumber, Gherkin, Zypher)
• Experience with Java, C++, or Python
• Linux operating system
• Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or similar
• Jenkins or other deployment automation tools
• Gitlab, Artifactory, or other software configuration management tools
• SAFe Agile Product Owner experience and certification

Benefit selection, customer contractual specifications, relevant work experience, skills, competencies, certifications, and clearance status will influence the final salary.

Full benefits: $124,000 to $155,000 annually

Reduced benefits (no medical, dental, vision): Up to $168,000 annually

What we will bring:

Solidus offers you an exciting opportunity to tackle the nation's greatest challenges applying innovation and expertise to produce cutting-edge results that have a long-lasting impact. We offer outstanding benefits, generous PTO and much more Apply today to learn why Solidus has a 4.9/5 Star rating on Glassdoor

Req ID: 5196

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