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Systems Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton
Colorado Springs, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Aug 2026
💰 $225,000/yr($99,000/yr$225,000/yr)

About the role

Systems Engineer, Lead

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security space missions? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications and development requirements makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution. If this sounds like you, come join Booz Allen’s new Remote Sensing Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) team to work on the military’s space programs.

As a Ground Systems Engineer on our team, you will work with Booz Allen colleagues and the military to develop and deploy the next generation of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) ground systems capabilities to deliver critical information to our warfighters to quickly win or even prevent future wars. Your client will trust you to develop technical requirements, Concepts of Operations, Future Acquisition Plans, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), technical assessments, integration plans, verification plans, and digital mission and system models for satellite ground systems. You will grow your skills by researching new requirements, technologies, and threats and using innovative engineering methodologies and tools to create tomorrow’s solutions.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

  • 3+ years of experience performing systems engineering analysis and developing systems engineering products for satellite systems or ground systems for command and control and data processing

  • Experience with the development of technical specifications, ICDs, ground architectures and designs, integration plans and schedules, and test plans

  • Experience integrating software systems for weapon systems, including multi-performer teams with different development schedules, lifecycles, and priorities

  • Experience planning and executing program reviews throughout the lifecycle of the system

  • Knowledge of satellite ground system design, cloud architectures, DevOps and DevSecOps, software frameworks, communication and networking, data processing, exploitation, and dissemination, space system operations and tasking, mission planning, space-ground integration, or space system factory support

  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies

  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

  • Top Secret clearance

  • HS diploma or GED and 15+ years of experience with large-scale ground systems engineering and integration on space programs, or Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience with large-scale ground systems engineering and integration on space programs

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience managing traceability of requirements and developing testable criteria, system validation and verification, and analysis

  • Experience performing systems engineering, integration, and testing on space-based remote sensing systems, including SBIRS, Next Generation OPIR, FORGE, STSS, HBTSS, DMSP, WSF-M, and EWS

  • Experience using a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach to manage system definitions and technical baselines

  • Knowledge of DoD 5000.01 and 5000.02

  • Knowledge of systems engineering standards, including IEEE 15288.1 and IEEE 15288.2

  • Knowledge of network architecture

  • Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or CS field

  • INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification such as ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges e

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