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Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Associates Systems LLC
Aurora, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 11/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/25/2026
All Qualified candidates will be responded to in 24 hours or less
Active TS/SCI is a must,  this effort is on-Site -
Will sponsor /Ability to obtain a CI Poly after start
Employment type: Full Time w-2 or Contract
Rate: open to Negotiation
Benefits: including Health, Dental Vision, PTO, Holiday etc...

Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Responsible for ensuring the system has clearly defined requirements at all levels, with proper verification and validation methods of the system with documentation available to show system design and functionality prior to its release into operations.
• Provide technical analyses and define how the system works creating use cases
• Decompose requirements, define system interfaces and help determine how requirements will be validated and verified by the test team
• Support Architecture, Design, Integration and Test of the System to ensure the system is verified and validated prior to release into Operations
• Lead a team in support of all phases of Systems Engineering software development.

• Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience as a lead Systems Engineer in a software development environment.

TS/SCI required with the ability to obtain a Polygraph after start.
Pluses
 Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite (Confluence, JIRA)
• Experience with Systems Architecture
• Experience with development Linux Operation system
• Experience with Agile development methodology
• Experience in Cyber Security
• Experience with Containerization usage in DevOps
• Cloud data storage environment
• Experience with automated Space Payload Mission Management and Planning
• Experience with Python scripting
• Experience in a large software lifecycle development
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