Top Systems Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads program-level systems engineering for advanced space and mission systems across architecture, requirements, integration, verification, and validation. Serves as technical authority, manages system-level budgets and technical baselines, leads multidisciplinary engineering teams, coordinates stakeholders and suppliers, and owns major technical gate reviews. Uses MBSE and requirements tools to ensure traceability and verification throughout the program lifecycle. Requires extensive customer engagement, technical leadership, presentations, and mentoring.

Lead program-level systems engineering for advanced space and mission systems. Define mission objectives, system architecture, requirements baselines, technical budgets, trade studies, interfaces, and verification activities. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, customers, suppliers, PMO, and engineering organizations through design, integration, validation, and operations. Lead major technical reviews, manage requirements traceability using MBSE, support risk processes, present to senior audiences, and mentor systems engineers.

Leads systems engineering for advanced space missions, owning technical requirements, architecture, budgets, trade studies, integration, verification, validation, and major design reviews. Supervises multidisciplinary systems engineers, coordinates with customers, program management, suppliers, and technical leadership, and applies MBSE for architecture and requirements traceability. The role also mentors engineers, supports risk management, manages technical baselines, and presents to senior stakeholders. It requires on-site work five days per week and an active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a polygraph.

Leads systems engineering for space-based missions across architecture, requirements, integration, verification, and validation. Supervises systems engineers, manages technical baselines and budgets, coordinates trade studies and gate reviews, and interfaces with customers, program management, suppliers, and engineering teams. Uses MBSE and requirements tools to ensure traceability and verification. The role also mentors engineers, supports risk management, and presents technical information to senior stakeholders. Requires on-site work five days per week and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Leads the architecture and delivery of complex software-intensive systems across cloud platforms, distributed systems, AI-enabled products, and mission environments. Defines system boundaries, interfaces, integration strategies, technical direction, and validation approaches across multiple engineering teams. Performs architecture trade studies, manages risks, partners with product and engineering leaders, influences through technical expertise, and improves engineering practices. The role also mentors senior technical leaders and advances AI-enabled systems engineering practices.

Lead technical development of advanced radar and sensor systems, establish technology roadmaps, guide IRAD efforts, and solve complex engineering challenges. Develop capture strategies, engage customers, build external partnerships, protect intellectual property, and represent capabilities through publications and presentations. Mentor engineering talent and provide technical leadership across programs, bids, and divisions. Significant travel of up to 30% is required.

Design and improve hardware systems for toll collection, including cameras, detectors, illuminators, circuit boards, sensors, and outdoor deployments. Develop on-device Python or C++ code, integrate hardware with software and servers, prototype new devices, and iterate CAD models for scalable assembly. The role requires hands-on ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and in-office work in Denver.

Leads safety, reliability, mission assurance, and risk management for aerospace propulsion systems. Develops safety requirements, performs failure and reliability assessments, manages risk registers, supports hazard classification and flight-test safety planning, leads failure investigations, and coordinates with DoD Weapon Safety Review Boards. Collaborates across systems engineering, design, manufacturing, testing, mission operations, and program teams to ensure safe product lifecycle execution and regulatory approval.

Develop and maintain requirements, architecture, APIs, interfaces, and algorithms for SATCOM mission planning software. Support full software lifecycle in Agile/DevSecOps environments, build backend services, implement CI/CD pipelines, perform code reviews, and translate designs into modern front-end interfaces emphasizing automation, testing, security, and performance.

Build and operate a distributed telemetry data platform for ingest, processing, indexing, compression, storage, and query. Design APIs, horizontal scaling, fault tolerance, multi-environment deployments, customer data isolation, and high-performance systems supporting petabytes of data and millions of series. Engineers own projects from design through release and operations while solving complex distributed-systems challenges on a small founding team.

Leads software systems engineering for SATCOM mission planning supporting military NC3 networks. Responsibilities include requirements, architecture, API and backend development, user interface implementation, integration, testing, deployment, code reviews, security, performance improvements, mentoring, and Agile DevSecOps delivery. The role requires onsite work in Colorado Springs, active U.S. Secret clearance, U.S. Person status, and up to 10% travel.

Leads systems engineering execution for satellite command-and-control ground systems supporting national defense missions. Owns requirements, verification and validation, system architecture, space-to-ground interfaces, integration, testing, operational readiness, risk mitigation, and sustainment. Coordinates cross-functional teams, mission operations, government stakeholders, and technical review boards while applying MBSE and requirements management processes. The role requires extensive lifecycle leadership of classified aerospace ground systems and eligibility for DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP clearance.

Designs, develops, integrates, tests, and sustains satellite ground and mission control systems throughout the program lifecycle. Leads requirements definition, system interfaces, integration plans, verification activities, customer collaboration, proposal support, and on-orbit operations. The role supports mission control hardware and software at factory and customer sites, including government-furnished infrastructure and cloud-based applications.

Support aerospace and defense propulsion programs by defining and maintaining requirements, developing system-level qualification plans, tracking verification status, reviewing test and analysis documentation, conducting failure and risk analyses, and building MBSE models. The role also manages systems engineering tools and processes, communicates compliance to customers and management, and mentors junior systems engineering staff.

Develops and integrates complex satellite ground systems for the AMDT3 missile defense program. Responsibilities include requirements decomposition and traceability, systems architecture, concept of operations, integration, verification and validation, milestone deliverables, technical risk management, and performance tracking. The role collaborates with government stakeholders and engineering teams, supports ground-to-space mission operations, and may lead small teams while working under compressed schedules.

Manages and troubleshoots IT infrastructure, including operating systems, software, networks, virtualization, user accounts, and distributed computing environments. Develops automation scripts, implements backup and recovery procedures, administers Windows and Active Directory environments, manages group policies and access controls, and supports system monitoring and resource allocation. Collaborates on IT projects while improving system reliability, efficiency, and security.

Leads systems engineering activities across spacecraft missions, segments, elements, and subsystems. Develops, allocates, traces, verifies, and manages requirements throughout the program lifecycle using MBSE and requirements database tools. Supports architecture and interface development, gate reviews, integration and test coordination, risk management, customer presentations, and multidisciplinary team leadership. Mentors engineers and maintains requirements and verification artifacts for complex, high-reliability aerospace and defense systems.

Provides systems engineering leadership for complex spacecraft and mission systems. Develops, allocates, traces, verifies, and manages requirements across mission segments, elements, and subsystems throughout the program lifecycle. Uses MBSE for architecture and interface traceability, supports technical reviews and integration and test activities, coordinates risk management, presents to customers and leadership, and mentors systems engineers.

Supports systems engineering throughout the space mission lifecycle, including requirements development, allocation, traceability, verification, validation, interfaces, technical documentation, MBSE modeling, integration and testing, and major design reviews. Collaborates with technical teams and subject matter experts to convert product requirements into integrated system solutions. The role is on-site five days per week and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with potential polygraph eligibility.

Supports systems engineering across the full space mission lifecycle, including requirements development, allocation, traceability, verification, validation, interface management, MBSE modeling, integration and test planning, and technical documentation. Coordinates with subject matter experts, prepares materials for major design reviews, supports SEMP execution, and presents technical information to stakeholders. The role is on-site five days per week and may involve work in laboratories, production areas, cleanrooms, and other facilities.

Designs and analyzes space missions, including rendezvous, proximity operations, and constellation performance. Builds simulation and modeling tools, conducts orbital mechanics and Monte Carlo analyses, optimizes spacecraft maneuvers, and supports system architecture decisions. Oversees mission-system integration, verification, testing, real-time mission support, and pre- and post-flight analyses. Collaborates with subsystem teams and stakeholders to assess performance, reliability, safety, risks, and mission success.

Provides systems engineering leadership for spacecraft and mission programs, managing requirements development, allocation, traceability, verification, validation, and change management across the program lifecycle. Uses MBSE and requirements database tools, supports major design reviews and integration activities, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages risks and opportunities, presents to customers and leadership, and mentors other systems engineers. The role is performed onsite five days per week and may involve laboratory, production, cleanroom, or outdoor environments.

Lead and support systems engineering activities across spacecraft missions, segments, elements, and subsystems. Develop, allocate, trace, verify, and manage requirements throughout the program lifecycle using MBSE and requirements database tools. Coordinate verification with integration and test teams, support technical gate reviews and risk processes, interface with customers and engineering leadership, present technical information, and mentor systems engineers. The role is on-site five days weekly and requires eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain applicable Top Secret/SCI access.

Supports spacecraft systems engineering across the product lifecycle, including requirements derivation and traceability, architecture development, concept of operations, system integration, verification and validation, milestone reviews, technical risk management, and performance tracking. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to develop compliant system solutions for the Dream Chaser program while documenting engineering artifacts and supporting continuous improvement.

Develops, integrates, tests, and sustains manufacturing execution system tools for aerospace production. Responsibilities include gathering requirements, building C#/.NET and Blazor applications, managing SQL data, analyzing complex datasets, supporting CI/CD and testing, troubleshooting anomalies, and improving manufacturing visibility and efficiency. The role works cross-functionally with engineering and production teams in a fully on-site environment and requires a DoW Interim Secret clearance.