Senior Principal Systems Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance)

Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Aurora, CO (On-site)
Job Type: Contractor or Contract-to-Hire (W-2)
Clearance: Active TS/SCI (with ability to obtain Polygraph)
Pay: $175,000 - $200,000

About the Program

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to provide leadership and direction to Agile software development teams supporting a large-scale satellite ground system pursuit within a premier defense space program.

This role is part of a newly awarded preliminary design effort to develop next-generation satellite mission management and command-and-control systems. The engineer will ensure the system is fully defined, documented, verified, and validated prior to operational deployment.

This position is 100% onsite in Aurora, CO.

What You Will Do

• Provide technical analyses and define system behavior, including creating operational use cases
• Decompose requirements, define system interfaces, and establish verification & validation (V&V) methods
• Support system architecture, design, integration, and test activities to ensure successful V&V prior to operational release
• Lead a mixed team consisting of employees, subcontractors, and leased labor across all phases of Systems Engineering
• Contribute to Agile software development processes and ensure engineering alignment across teams

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• 10+ years of relevant Systems Engineering experience
• Prior experience serving as a lead Systems Engineer in a software development environment
• Experience with requirements decomposition, interface definition, and system-level V&V
• Active and transferable TS/SCI security clearance (required prior to start)
• Ability to obtain a polygraph post-hire