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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Intrinsic Minds, LLC
- **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Distributed Simulation, Real Time Simulation, Software Systems, Systems Integration, ZeroMQ (Concurrent Programming Libraries), High Performance Computing, Parallel Computation, Git, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Modeling and Simulation, Apache Kafka, Docker
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4c869b5ac5776244

## About the Role

* 5-14 years of engineering experience aligned to distributed systems or real-time simulation
 * Proficiency in Python and/or C++
 * Hands-on experience with messaging or event-driven architectures (DDS, ZeroMQ, Kafka, or similar)
 * Experience integrating large, complex software systems or simulation frameworks
 * Familiarity with configuration management, run-control systems, or time-driven applications
 * Experience working in classified development environments
 * Strong understanding of Linux-based systems
 * Experience with Git in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with one or more defense simulation environments (AFSIM, CSSE, JSE, GRID, NGTS, STK, OneSAF, Brawler, etc.)
 * Experience developing distributed orchestration workflows (headless execution, parallelization, HPC, cloud-based execution pipelines)
 * Experience with DevOps tools (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines)
 * Strong technical writing skills (interface documentation, ICD interpretation, test plans)
 * Experience supporting government test ranges or OT&E events
 * Experience with time-critical systems or real-time control loops
 * Systems Engineering certifications (INCOSE, Systems Modeling, MBSE) are a plus, * How many years of experience do you have with one or more of the following simulation frameworks: AFSIM, JSE, GRID, CSSE
 * How many years of work experience do you have with messaging or event-driven architectures (DDS, ZeroMQ, Kafka, or similar)?

Education:

 * Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

 * CI/CD: 1 year (Required)
 * Systems engineering: 5 years (Required)
 * modeling and simulation: 2 years (Preferred)

Security clearance:

 * Top Secret (Required)

## Description

* Integrate Simulation Control Executive (SCE) components into a digital range environment
 * Implement distributed time advancement, rate controls, and event-driven mechanisms
 * Develop run initialization logic and support parallel session execution
 * Monitor node health and status during distributed simulation runs
 * Support configuration distribution and session orchestration

Security Requirements

 * TS required; SCI eligibility required
 * U.S. Citizenship Required


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