Top Systems Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Maintains and improves large-scale production systems across bare-metal servers, virtual machines, and container platforms. Responsibilities include Linux administration, architecture recommendations, hardware troubleshooting, production deployments, scripting and automation, monitoring, CI/CD, configuration management, technical documentation, and on-call support. The role collaborates with distributed cross-functional teams, uses AI to improve workflows, and requires periodic business travel and government-related background and fingerprint checks.

Design, develop, and test complex software systems for space and ground systems. Write maintainable code, use version control, participate in code reviews, troubleshoot issues, document configurations, and provide technical leadership and mentorship. Make high-level design decisions impacting cost, schedule, and performance while staying current with industry trends.

Lead Salesforce and billing platform engineering with an emphasis on AI-driven automation. Build scalable Salesforce solutions (Apex, Flow, LWC), pilot LLM/agent workflows, modernize CI/CD and test automation, support Quote-to-Cash and billing processes, collaborate across product and finance, drive technical debt reduction, and mentor junior engineers.

Own and engineer Arcadia's go-to-market technology stack (Salesforce, Planhat, RocketLane), building integrations, automations, and AI agents. Lead platform overhaul, data quality, reporting, deployments, documentation, user enablement, and cross-team partnership to scale Sales, Marketing, and Customer Operations.

Supports aerospace propulsion system development through requirements definition, verification and qualification planning, risk management, traceability, and MBSE modeling. The role develops system-level plans for solid rocket motors, tracks compliance, reviews test and analysis documentation, integrates engineering models, manages systems engineering tools and processes, and communicates with internal teams, management, and customers. Secret clearance eligibility and U.S. person status are required.

Develops and integrates complex spacecraft and mission systems throughout the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include deriving and managing requirements, developing system architectures and concepts of operation, supporting milestone reviews, overseeing integration and verification, tracking technical performance, managing risks, and coordinating cross-functional engineering teams. The role may lead small systems engineering teams and requires compliance with established engineering processes and standards.

Provides program-level systems engineering leadership for space and mission systems across architecture, requirements, integration, verification, and validation. Leads multidisciplinary systems engineering teams, manages technical baselines and budgets, coordinates trade studies and gate reviews, and interfaces with customers, program management, suppliers, and engineering organizations. The role owns requirements traceability, MBSE architecture, technical risk processes, and verification activities while mentoring engineers and supporting mission development through operations.

Lead systems engineering for advanced space and mission systems across architecture, requirements, integration, verification, and validation. Own technical baselines, system-level budgets, trade studies, interface and requirements verification, and major design reviews. Lead multidisciplinary teams, coordinate with customers, program management, suppliers, and engineering stakeholders, mentor systems engineers, and apply MBSE for architecture and requirements traceability. The role is fully on-site and requires an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with polygraph.

Leads element-level systems engineering for space-based missions, owning requirements baselines, system architecture, technical budgets, trade studies, integration, verification, validation, and major design reviews. Supervises and mentors systems engineers, coordinates multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders, supports risk management, and interfaces with customers, suppliers, program management, and engineering leadership. Uses MBSE and architecture modeling to maintain requirements and interface traceability throughout the program lifecycle.

Provides program-level systems engineering leadership for advanced space and mission systems. Owns system architecture, requirements baselines, technical budgets, trade studies, interface verification, and major design reviews across the program lifecycle. Leads multidisciplinary systems engineering teams, coordinates with customers, suppliers, program management, and engineering groups, applies MBSE, supports risk management, and mentors engineers through integration and validation.

Leads element-level systems engineering for space and mission systems across architecture, requirements, integration, verification, validation, and operations. Supervises multidisciplinary systems engineers, owns technical baselines, budgets, trade studies, requirements traceability, interface verification, and major design reviews. Coordinates with customers, program management, engineering teams, suppliers, and partners while mentoring staff and supporting risk management. The role requires on-site work five days per week and an active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI with polygraph.

Provides program-level systems engineering leadership for advanced space and mission systems. Owns mission architecture, technical requirements baselines, requirements allocation and verification, technical budgets, trade studies, interface development, and major design reviews across the program lifecycle. Leads multidisciplinary systems engineering teams, coordinates with customers, suppliers, program management, and engineering groups, applies MBSE, supports integration and validation, manages technical risks and opportunities, and mentors systems engineers.

Design and harden roadside embedded hardware and firmware for highly reliable, weatherproof IoT devices: PCB/schematic development, CAD for manufacturability, edge software for sensors and connectivity, and iterative manufacturing improvements to ensure 99.9% uptime.

Provide real-time on-orbit support and investigate/resolve GPS satellite anomalies. Train as a subsystem SME for satellite bus subsystems, interface with operations customers, perform telemetry trending and data analysis, write technical reports, and support spacecraft command processor and mission planning while improving processes and documentation.

Own and automate end-to-end employee lifecycle and shared IT infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code and SRE practices. Manage ITSM platform and AI-driven virtual agents, build integrations (Okta, Workday, JAMF, Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, GitLab), instrument metrics, ensure reliability and compliance, and mentor support engineers.

The job involves shaping system-level concepts, architecture, requirements, and assessments for the Missile Defense System. Responsibilities include systems architecture, integration, testing, and modeling/simulation across various stakeholder collaborations.

The Associate Systems Engineer will engage in systems architecture, integration, verification, validation, and modeling with government and industry partners to enhance missile defense systems.

Lead engineering efforts for missile defense systems, focusing on architecture, integration, and simulation. Collaborate with stakeholders to shape system requirements and verify performance.

The Mission Planning Systems Engineer will participate in Agile development activities, collaborate with teams to define system designs, create artifacts, and manage design documentation. They will lead design sessions and ensure system design details are met for mission planning software.

Lead systems engineering activities across missions, segments, elements, and subsystems. Manage requirements allocation, traceability, verification, and interface development using MBSE. Support chief engineer and customer engagements, prepare for SRR/PDR/CDR/PSR reviews, coordinate verification with I&T, mentor engineers, and support program risk, ERB, and delivery activities while maintaining cross-functional relationships.

Lead systems engineering activities across missions, segments, elements, and subsystems. Ensure requirements allocation, traceability, verification, and interface development using MBSE. Support gate reviews, coordinate verification with I&T, manage risk/opportunity processes, mentor engineers, and interact with chief engineers and customers to deliver mission systems.

Lead systems engineering activities across mission, segment, element, and subsystem lifecycles. Manage requirements allocation, traceability, verification, MBSE-based architecture and interfaces, support major reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR/PSR), coordinate verification with I&T, mentor engineers, manage risks and ERB processes, and interface with chief engineers and customers.

Build, scale, and maintain a high-performance analytical database platform (ClickHouse) for real-time analytics. Develop platform components, add clusters, optimize query performance and ingestion, troubleshoot reliability issues, collaborate across teams and with the ClickHouse open-source community, and research next-generation database engine improvements.

Build and scale customer-facing Analytics and Alerts APIs and near real-time alerting platform. Optimize analytical queries, collaborate with frontend/product teams, ensure reliability and run on-call for operational health.

Design, build, and operate a scalable logging and audit-log delivery platform. Develop high-performance connectors and integrations, ensure secure, compliant delivery to customer destinations, optimize pipeline throughput and latency, maintain operational health and monitoring, participate in on-call rotation, and collaborate on architecture and product requirements across teams.