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# Systems Engineer II

- **Company:** Cornerstone Defense
- **Location:** Aurora, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $85,000.0 - $115,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Databases, Regression Testing, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Bitbucket
- **Published:** August 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8676201/systems-engineer-ii

## About the Role

* Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Systems, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering, or a related field and minimum 2+ years of prior relevant experience
 * Experience with systems engineering lifecycle, roles and functions, with specific experience in one or more of the following areas: Concept of Operations (ConOps) development, requirements definition and management, functional analysis or interface definition and control
 * Development experience on a government contract with experience in systems engineering
 * Experience with Agile principles, to include Agile systems engineering practices and understanding of Agile roles
 * Development experience in project domain (e.g., mission management ground systems, space-based ISR platforms)
 * Experience working in an Agile development environment and with Agile development tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)
 * Active TS/SCI Security clearance
Preferred Quals:

 * Experience with MBSE tools (e.g., Cameo Systems Modeler)
 * Experience with requirements management in DOORS or other requirements databases
 * Good oral and written communication skills as well as good collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team environment

## Description

* Analyze and define how the system works creating use cases
 * Decompose requirements, define system interfaces and help determine how requirements will be validated and verified by the test team
 * Provide engineering support for the execution of a portion of the programs test program including test processes and baseline definition and test architecture design
 * Support regression testing across deliverable releases to the program baseline
 * Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program


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