Sr Staff Software Systems Engineer - Core Mission Systems
Maxar Technologies1 hour ago
Westminster, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$128k - $187k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior technical authority across one or more mission-system domains throughout the system lifecycle.
- Partner with U.S. Government customers and internal stakeholders to validate requirements and translate operational objectives into technical direction.
- Lead system architecture, technical trade studies, and engineering decisions addressing performance, interoperability, cybersecurity, resiliency, schedule, and sustainability.
- Integrate software, cloud infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, and operational capabilities into cohesive mission-ready systems.
- Identify technical risks, resolve cross-domain integration challenges, and support delivery of complex system capabilities.
- Advise customers, program leadership, architects, engineers, operations, and security stakeholders.
- Mentor engineers and establish systems engineering practices across multiple teams.
- Apply and evaluate AI-assisted engineering techniques for systems analysis, architecture, requirements, interface analysis, risk identification, documentation, and engineering workflows.
- Ensure AI-assisted engineering practices align with security, data protection, and customer requirements.
- Travel approximately once per quarter as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geographic Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
- At least eight years of progressively responsible experience designing, integrating, or operating complex software-intensive systems.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance.
- Demonstrated experience applying systems engineering principles to complex software-intensive systems.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, cloud computing, data flows, integration patterns, resiliency, and cybersecurity principles.
- Experience developing or evaluating system architectures, conducting technical trade studies, and integrating systems across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and cross-organizational technical influence skills.
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or similar.
- Working knowledge of AWS cloud environments.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with National Security Space, Intelligence Community, or Department of Defense programs; spacecraft subsystems or satellite operations; MBSE and SysML tools; service-oriented, microservices, or event-driven architectures; multiple security domains or Cross Domain Solutions; cloud-native and containerized environments; technical modernization; and mentoring senior engineers across multiple teams.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package including a 401(k) with company match.
- Mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
- The position is incentive eligible, with the target determined by role scope and contribution.
- This position involves regular interaction with classified and unclassified government programs and may require limited travel.
- The application window is three days from posting or reposting and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified.
- U.S. Person status is required, defined as U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee, and certain work may be subject to U.S. export control laws.