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# Systems Engineer, Sr III

- **Company:** COLUMBUS TECHNOLOGIES
- **Location:** Greenbelt, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $182,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Network Interface Controllers, Software Requirements Analysis, Information Technology
- **Published:** June 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=746fc287a241d38b

## About the Role

Education: A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering from an accredited institution.
Experience: A Senior System Engineer III shall have 20 years of spacecraft design and development experience including at least 15 years of experience analyzing system requirements, developing functional performance requirements, and allocating those requirements to the system elements.

## Description

A Senior Systems Engineer (SSE) III is responsible for ensuring that systems requirements are achieved. The SSE is responsible for interface control during development and maintenance activities and for the integration and test planning necessary to verify that system requirements have been realized. Other duties include: a) Perform engineering for a system or subsystems using methodologies and techniques appropriate to the engineering discipline. Provide expert advice and support during the entire life cycle from the specification and analysis of requirements, through the design of the hardware or software, procurement, fabrication, assembly, to integration and test, and launch and operation of the spacecraft. Identify and solve technical problems during all phases. Develop technical reports and documentation. Support technical meetings and reviews. b) If functioning as a lead engineer, provide technical direction for the definition and development of a system or subsystem and
coordinate all appropriate engineering activities. If functioning as a senior subject matter expert, perform engineering analysis, design, development, test or troubleshooting.


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