Systems Engineer
US$102,000 – US$157,000 / yr base salary
Posted 21 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Staff / Senior Staff Systems Engineer”
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The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 2+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Visa sponsorship
- Not offered
| Base salary | US$102,000 – US$157,000 / yr |
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Field of studyEngineering, Mathematics, Science, Technology
Study levelBachelor's
SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace Company, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.
Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. SciTec cannot sponsor or assume sponsorship of employee work visas of any type. Further, U.S. citizenship is a requirement to obtain and keep a security clearance. Applicants that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.
SciTec has an immediate opportunity in our Boulder, CO office for a [Staff – Senior] Systems Engineering with experience in microservices architectures, data center designs, and modular open systems architecture. This engineer will be responsible for elaborating operational concepts, refine requirements, and create architectural designs to support the delivery of a combined hardware/software data processing system. This work will be performed collaboratively with both customer representatives and with SciTec technical staff.
Responsibilities
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Elicit, detail, and document operational concepts and stakeholder needs for the operation of a MOSA architecture hosting high-performance data processing applications.
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Development and analysis of system requirements which address identified stakeholder needs.
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Support to SciTec development teams in the design of system architectures which meet established requirements and align with customer concepts of operations.
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Coordination with integration, verification, and test teams to support requirements verification and validation.
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Documenting operational concepts, stakeholder needs, system requirements, and system architectures using Model-Based Systems Engineering tools
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Additional duties as required and assigned
Requirements
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Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
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A Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline
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At least 2 years of relevant work experience in software engineering, high-performance computing, or remote sensing data processing