System Design/Architect Engineer

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This System Engineeringiposition is an exciting opportunity responsible for Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) task order execution in support of the highly successful Command and Control Consolidated System supporting the C-SAR program based in Colorado Springs, CO.iThe successful candidate, as part of our engineering team, will work with our management, product, and IR&D teams to help create strategic technical visions. Additionally, they will support requirements analysis, system design, reliability analysis, system hardware/software integration, risk management, and system documentation generation/updates. The candidate will work closely with system developers, test, and on-site user support personnel to support system updates, and ensure project objectives are met.

• Supporting the C-SAR System Engineering team to ensure all engineering contractual requirements and deliverables are met.
• Perform studies and capture technical analysis in support future design reviews
• Support Interface Control Document generation and recurring ICWGs with internal/external stakeholders
• Participate in CDRLs generation and deliveries based on customer prescribed schedule
• SecDevOps processes and related Agile practices (Atlassian suite)
• Perform the role of Product Owner
• Requirementis decomposition and analysis
• System design and architecture
• Support Reliability analysis
• System documentation generation and updates
• Provide technical advice to our customers on architectures and potential solutions
• Developiand deliver effective customer presentations (support design reviews, statusireports, kickoff meetings, test plans) demonstrating an ability to communicate comfortably at a system level
• Attend and supportihighly technical engineering team meetings
• Travel as necessary to attend conferences and customer meetings

• 6+ years engineering experience
• BS in SE, CS, EE, ME, or other engineering equivalent
• Proven experience as a Product Owner or other relevant roles
• Complete knowledge of Agile methodology
• Support programs through SRR, PDR, CDR or equivalent design reviews
• Familiarity with modern IT infrastructure capabilities to include virtualization, cloud deployment and containerization (CNFs)
• Candidate must be self-motivated and comfortable with supporting multiple groups of developers, engineers, and testers.
• Candidate must be able to articulate technical concepts orally and in written forms both internally to the team as well as externally to the customer and users.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Working knowledge of space systems, including ground systems, satellite command and control, and system development processes is a plus.
• Attend and supportihighly technical engineering team meetings

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Space to ground ICDs
• SCN (formally AFSCN)
• SATCOM mission planning
• Risk management
• MBSE
• SecDevOps processes and related Agile practices
• Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Security+ certification is not required but is beneficial to the position

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The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Competitive salary based on experience and education
Salary Range: $110,000-$147,000

Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offeringsifrom commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And, we always deliver.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. i