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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Engineer Senior Principal II Ground Systems - **Company:** BAE Systems - **Location:** Boulder, CO, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $149,603.0 - $254,317.0 - **Contract:** Contract - **Skills:** Activity Diagram, Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Cloud Engineering, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Modeling Language, UML, Jama (Software), Data Processing, Cisco Discovery Protocol, Atlassian Tools, Data Management, Devsecops - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/AC5AC7373E8246F98C635A6F69D79877/job/ ## About the Role * BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 10 or more years related experience. * Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master s Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education. * A current, active Secret security clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI. * Knowledge of related disciplines in software engineering, hardware engineering, integration, test engineering, quality engineering, configuration/data management. * Knowledge of systems engineering roles and functions, including operations concept development, requirements management, functional analysis, interface definition and control, synthesis, and/or verification and validation. * Experience in developing SEMP, specifications, ICDs, architecture, use case, and other ground CDRLs and artifacts. * Knowledge of and support various test milestone like Test Readiness Review (TRR), Factory or Site Acceptance Test (FAT/SAT); Security milestones like Interim Authority to Test (IATT), Authority to Operate (ATO); Ground sell-off milestones like Ground Completion Review (GCR). #LI-AP1 Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills * Any experience in mission management, command & control, mission data processing, ground terminal and infrastructure domains. * Any experience with any ground or mission integration including operations readiness activities, rehearsals and launch support activities. * Any experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Information Assurance (IA) in developing ground systems. * Knowledge of ground HW like FEPs, Cryptos along with various platforms or infrastructure to host ground system. * Experience with Agile EVM and Agile software development methodologies. * Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CICD) principles with security requirements as part of practicing DevSecOps on programs. * Experience in cloud development environment. * Experience with requirements management tool like Jama or DOORS. * Experience with Model Base Systems Engineering (MBSE) SysML diagrams (Block Diagrams, Inner Block Diagrams, Sate Machines, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams) and UML diagrams (Class Diagrams, Sequence of Events Diagrams, and Activity Diagrams). * Experience with Atlassian Tools such as Confluence and Jira. ## Description We are looking to expand our team with a talented and energetic ground system engineer in support of operation of space vehicles and ground systems for commercial, DoW, and NASA customers. This position consists of working on a tightly integrated team in a fast-paced Agile environment to deliver continuous innovation to our customers. The Ground Systems Engineer is in support of design, requirements, analysis, integration, and test of satellite ground systems for DoW customer. The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution. What You ll Do: * Support design, development, integration and testing of an enterprise ground system. * Apply technical expertise, and knowledge of ground systems. * Fully competent in core systems engineering skills, contribute to effective producibility of designs, and to cost, budget, and schedule constraints over program lifecycle. * Work is performed with limited direction. Completed work is reviewed from a relatively long-term perspective, for desired results. * Develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity. * Interface effectively with people at all levels and from different areas, seek out responsibilities and opportunities to contribute, regularly meet with customers, provide leadership to groups and teams and guidance to less experienced employees. * Support the development of ground segment system engineering architecture/design. * Perform requirements decomposition, use case development, and trace artifacts to architecture constructs. * Support requirements decomposition activities which includes the establishment of verification attributes (Verification Test method, level, approach, success criteria, and Test Requirements). * Oversee and guide the management of ground segment requirements allocation, verification, and validation. * Support Interface definition development and documentation in the form of ICD. * Analyze and implement key program interface documents by tracing to ground requirements and design. * Support trade studies, performance analyses, risk and opportunity assessments. * Prepare and give presentations to peers/management/customers. * Support program gates as defined by customer, such as the System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR). * Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule. * Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. 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