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# SYS Engineer I

- **Company:** Vantage Systems
- **Location:** Albuquerque, NM, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $82,526.0 - $102,237.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=09430b629a9f5c00

## About the Role

* Education/ Years of Relevant Experience: 0+ years of experience with BS degree
 * Clearance: TS with eligibility for SCI Poly

## Description

The Systems Engineer I supports, at an entry level, designing, implementing, and maintaining complex systems to support program and organizational goals. Sample duties may include:

 * Support technical and systems engineering tasks for RVE Program Managers, Deputy PMs, Chief Engineers, Systems Engineers, or other designated leads.
 * Support development of government flight experiment and space technology requirements, mission scope, design tradeoffs, CONOPS, conceptual designs, and mission analyses.
 * Perform analyses and evaluations through experimental testing, modeling/simulation, and engineering analysis.
 * Prepare documentation for systems engineering activities, including input into Government Reference Designs.
 * Support MBSE: model development, evaluation, and testing throughout program life cycle.
 * Support modeling and simulation tasks across the program life cycle.
 * Support specialized systems engineering (mechanical, thermal, electrical, structural) for spacecraft and balloon designs.
 * Support development of space technology and flight experiment requirements, design, and ICDs.
 * Support program management tasks: technical meetings, reviews, off-sites, and conferences.
 * Provide analytical, systems engineering, and administrative support to the University Nanosatellite Program (UNP).
 * Travel to other Government agencies and contractor locations for design and test reviews, briefings, conferences, and meetings.
 * Prepare and present monthly status reports on activity and document lessons learned.
 * Provide direct analytical, technician, and systems engineering support to the RVE AI&T Infrastructure Lead(s).
 * Draft, prepare, revise, and review design documentation; participate in reviews; conduct reliability and performance assessments.
 * Provide direct analytical, systems engineering, and technical support to the RVE Operations Cadre lead.
 * Support flight experiment mission and operations planning: procedures, CONOPS, LEOps, simulator/ground testing, ops center planning, training, IPT participation, scripting, antenna network onboarding, and crew logistics.
 * Provide surge capability within unexpected or tightened program constraints.


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