Pr025-021 Software Systems Engineer

QTEC Aerospace is seeking a SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ENGINEER to join our team of professionals in Colorado Springs CO. The successful candidate will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government in support of a Missile Defense System (MDS) with a mission of protecting the United States and our allies. The successful candidate will be detail oriented have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.

Job Summary

QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals. The successful candidate will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program engineering and technical support to Missile Defense programs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include but may not be limited to the following:

• Responsible for software systems engineering products for their assigned Scrum Team including the development of software products
• Perform in-depth analysis and technical support of systems software products including complex problem resolution design development testing operational integration and user support
• Provide systems engineering support for the team that maintains debugs and configures related software products
• Works from specifications to develop or modify operating system applications
• Assists with design coding benchmark testing debugging and documentation of programs
• Collaborate with other product teams to break down system requirements into manageable software-level requirements
• Work with other product teams to drive system use cases conops and sequences
• Work with other product teams to develop / update system external interfaces
• Author or assist with proposals
• Perform software design software product level use cases sequences
• Create and maintain software design documents including Algorithm Design Documents and Functional Design Documents

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree with at least 5 years of experience or equivalent. Masters degree with at least 3 years of experience is desired
• IAT - level II within 60 days of hire

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• In-depth understanding of systems engineering process and principles
• Proven track record of successfully applying system engineering principles to develop product solutions
• Experience working in an integrated team environment with other systems software and specialty engineers to develop solutions
• Experience developing system engineering artifacts (e.g. specifications Interface Control Documents Use Cases System Architecture Descriptions Trade Studies etc.)
• Experience with developing large complex systems
• Software development experience developing applications
• Working knowledge of system engineering artifacts (e.g. specifications Interface Control Documents Use Cases System Architecture Descriptions Trade Studies etc.)
• Experience working in an integrated team environment with other systems software and specialty engineers to develop solutions
• Experience with developing large complex systems
• Use of common software development and management tools such as git Nexus JIRA Confluence Maven or Gradle and Eclipse
• Understanding of standard system engineering design artifacts such as Use Cases and SysML diagrams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and prepare and brief presentations to the customer as needed
• Self-starter with ability to work both independently and in a team environment

Desired Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Flexibility and willingness to take on unanticipated tasking
• Command and control system application development
• Automated test and pipeline development experience
• Experience developing software for Unix/Linux and Windows platforms
• Experience with Software Integration testing including developing automated test scripts
• Experience with performance modeling
• Experience with build management tools and pipelines
• Prior program experience
• Experience working within an Agile development environment domain experience with both Space and Missile Defense experience with Systems Analysis Model-Based System Engineering Architecture development Virtualization Containerization and Cloud Computing principles
• Demonstrated experience working on large multi-site software development efforts including external interface development
• Demonstrated experience conducting or leading Analysis of Alternatives Trade Studies and/or Design Evaluations
• Experience designing large command and control and/or weapon systems
• Experience in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and MBSE tools
• Security certification

Security Clearance

Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.

Salary Range

The below salary range represents a general guideline; however QTEC considers a number of factors when determining base salary such as the scope and responsibilities of the position as well as the candidates experience education skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Salary Range: $135000 $176000

Benefits

QTEC Aerospace offers a variety of benefits including healthcare dental vision life and disability insurance 401(k) retirement plan Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. Employees may choose among the offered benefits to design the best benefits package to suit their individual or family needs.

Location

Colorado Springs CO

QTEC Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and advancement in employment without regard to any applicable local state or federally protected class characteristic or non-merit based factor.