Senior Systems Engineer
Maxar Technologies22 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$180k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead and contribute to the design, integration, deployment, and sustainment of mission-focused systems.
- Translate mission, operational, and stakeholder needs into technical requirements, system designs, acceptance criteria, interface definitions, and implementation plans.
- Partner with software engineers and data scientists to integrate applications, data pipelines, infrastructure components, and external integrations.
- Support system integration, test planning, verification and validation, troubleshooting, operational readiness, and production reliability activities.
- Develop or support architectures, interface control documents, CONOPS, requirements traceability matrices, test plans, deployment plans, and operational documentation.
- Coordinate across software engineering, data science, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, customer, and mission-user communities.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- An active Top Secret security clearance or DHS/CBP suitability is required.
- Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related technical field; four additional years of experience may substitute for the degree.
- At least 8 years of professional experience in systems engineering, software systems integration, technical architecture, requirements development, or mission system sustainment.
- Experience translating mission and stakeholder needs into technical requirements, system designs, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
- Working knowledge of software, data, and infrastructure concepts including APIs, databases, cloud environments, containerization, and CI/CD workflows.
- Experience with systems integration, test planning, verification and validation, troubleshooting, and operational readiness.
- Working knowledge of agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, and GitLab.
- Strong communication, documentation, organizational, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
- Preferred qualifications include 10 or more years supporting mission, defense, homeland security, intelligence, or operational technology programs.
- Preferred experience includes cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools, observability, streaming data technologies, SQL databases, data stores, and data lake or table formats.
Benefits
- Remote work is available within the continental United States, with the option to work from a nearby Vantor facility.
- Competitive total rewards package including a 401(k) with company match.
- Mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance are offered.
Tech Stack
Apache FlinkApache KafkaAWSAzureDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoogle CloudHarnessJenkinsKubernetesOpenStackPostgreSQLSQL
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About Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies builds and operates commercial Earth‑observation satellites and sells high‑resolution imagery, 3D products, and geospatial analytics to government, defense, and enterprise customers. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, the company was formed in 2017 from the merger of DigitalGlobe and MDA and was acquired by Advent International in 2023; it supplies data for national security, mapping, and disaster response, and licenses imagery through subscription and platform APIs.