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# Senior Systems Engineer

- **Company:** KBR Inc
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $190,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, SAP (Applications), Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, Information Technology
- **Published:** June 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8915984/senior-systems-engineer

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI is required to be considered for this position
 * BS in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience
 * Mission Engineering experience is a plus
 * 10+ years of relevant technical experience in aerospace
 * 5+ years in space system requirements analysis and allocation
 * Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering methods and tools
 * Independent problem solving with a variety of mission architecture systems engineering abilities, including knowledge and experience in requirements development, analysis, verification, and test.
 * Ability to work effectively with customers and program stakeholders and have robust written and verbal communication skills., * Candidate must have excellent oral/written communication skills and customer relationship skills
 * Candidate must be an independent problem solver, comfortable in a fast paced environment and be able to quickly adapt to emerging requirements and changing priorities
 * Master's degree in engineering
 * Experience with classified programs
 * Mission Engineering experience is a plus
 * Space system design, development, production, integration & test, and/or certification experience

## Description

KBR is seeking a Senior level Systems Engineer in El Segundo, CA to support end-to-end kill chain analysis for Space Control programs in El Segundo, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining requirements, interfaces, test and verification plans and system integration plans based upon space defense kill chains to enable capability gap analysis and evaluation of future system performance. This work will be conducted at the SCI and SAP levels., The Senior Systems Engineer will support the Special Programs Directorate for the Space Systems Center (SSC) in El Segundo, CA. This position requires a current TS/SCI eligibility. The successful candidate must also be clearable to SAP., Interface with the customer and provide end-to-end mission architecture system capability/requirements to achieve a desired mission effect, physics-based System of Systems performance assessment, digital engineering and modeling support that includes technical and programmatic analysis/assessment related to requirements for current and future Space Control programs.

 * Conduct and develop products in IPTs and Working Groups that address the design/development, production, and integration of Space Control systems
 * Build an understand of the adversarial threats-based kill chains facing US space assets
 * Facilitate/develop/present resolution of issues related to system-of-systems integration
 * Develop and maintain mission architecture interface requirements for Space Control programs
 * Develop system-of-systems verification plans and trace verification plans to test events
 * Develop system integration plans for end-to-end system capability
 * Collect, analyze, and report on data collected during system-of-systems integration events


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