Systems Engineer, Sentinel

About the Role

Auria is seeking an experienced System Engineer (SE) to support the Sentinel program. This position is located in Colorado Springs, CO and is 100% on-site. The role offers a unique opportunity to join a development team and contribute to the engineering design of the nation’s next-generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. Auria supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production, and deployment of hardware and system modifications for ICBM Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure. The standard work schedule is a 9/80. Relocation assistance is available.

Key Responsibilities

• Assigned to an Agile Scrum Team supporting the Command & Launch (C&L) segment of the Sentinel program and the Command and Control (C2) Software Team.
• Responsible for supporting C2 Software Team system engineering activities associated with capability buildup for the Sentinel Flight Test Campaign.
• Support a team of engineers to define, develop, decompose, analyze, verify, and validate architectures and requirements.
• Support program leadership and the customer to define and maintain the C&L technical baseline.
• Support the program through SE artifact maturity and milestones.
• Utilize Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles to model processes, tools, and activities across the program.
• Technical Contributions: Support the C2 technical software requirements baseline, ensuring alignment with program goals and objectives.
• Teaming and Collaboration: Support fellow C2 Software Team members in agile software requirements development.
• Execution: Support technical execution for major program events, collaborating within and across the program portfolio.
• Systems Challenges: Focus on resolving high-level systems challenges and ensuring the execution of the overall technical plan within the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Strategic Initiatives: Support strategic initiatives on tools, processes, and cross-segment technical reviews, driving technical rigor.
• Perform requirements analysis, review and document source data for requirements, generate requirements verification, and work with suppliers and internal teams to ensure products meet requirements.
• Interface with subject matter experts, analysts, architects, designers, system engineers, and specialty engineers to capture Sentinel Node structure and behavior across SysML/UML frameworks.
• Apply engineering principles to design components and systems using applicable standards and specifications.
• Help develop technical content for presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain design documentation and follow configuration management requirements.
• Support development of MBSE strategy and implementation.
• Support requirement decomposition, derivation, and traceability.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering, Science, Information Systems, or related STEM discipline.
• Position can be filled at Junior, Mid or Senior levels.
• Minimum 1 year of experience on a project of similar scope or complexity (0 years of experience required with a Master’s or Doctoral degree).
• Must be a US citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance, with an investigation date within scope (6 years).
• TS/SCI is preferred.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret and Special Access Program (SAP) security clearance within a reasonable timeframe.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting software development in a C++, Python, Bash, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), type environment.
• Experience with MBSE, DOORS, and Cameo.
• Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and a structured process driven software development environment.
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools and processes, such as GitLab, GitHub, Azure, Jenkins, or Nexus.
• Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA/Confluence).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $70,000 - $175,000
• Generous & Growing PTO
• Flex Time
• 11 Paid Days Off (6 fixed company holidays plus 5 Floating Holidays)
• 401(k) Match—Yours to Keep Instantly: Up to 4% company match with no vesting wait-period.
• Industry-Leading Education Support: Up to $12,000 annually for tuition and certifications.
• Premium Healthcare, Lower Costs
• Company-Sponsored HSA
• Fully Covered Life Insurance: Up to $50K provided.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial coaching, and more.
• Relocation assistance is available.