Systems Engineer – Mid

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

. Perform detailed engineering for system sustainment and modifications .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeColorado Springs • Colorado • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $95,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in system sustainment and modifications, technical baseline updates, and requirements traceability. Proficient in managing complex projects through the project lifecycle while delivering technical documentation and presentations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

System Sustainment And ModificationsTechnical Baseline UpdatesRequirements TraceabilityProject Management ProcessesTechnical Report Preparation

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Hard Skills

ICD/ICS/Interface AnalysisData-Flow AnalysisDependency AnalysisRequirements Verification ProceduresCustomer Acceptance Test Procedures

Soft Skills

CollaborationPresentation SkillsProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

Engineering DocumentationProject Management Tools

Certifications & Qualifications

Active Top Secret Clearance

Industry Keywords

Configuration Data MaintenanceMultidisciplinary Engineering TeamsHardware And Software Design Reviews

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform detailed engineering for system sustainment and modifications
Update technical baselines and maintain configuration data
Conduct ICD/ICS/interface analysis, customer onboarding, requirements traceability, data-flow analysis, and dependency analysis
Support Bifrost and CDS-related change packages, engineering documentation, test execution, and implementation activities under Senior Systems Engineer direction
Support complex projects through design and project lifecycle management
Apply engineering principles and methods to solve difficult technical problems with automated solutions
Manage technical project risks using engineering, organizational studies, and project management processes and tools
Design and prepare technical reports and related documentation, including charts and graphs
Prepare and deliver presentations and briefings
Translate high-level product development strategies into system requirement specifications
Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop detailed lower-level requirements
Participate in hardware and software component design reviews to ensure applicability and requirements traceability through verification and validation
Generate system-level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures
Review test plans and procedures against contractual requirements and participate in testing to validate requirements

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree
5-7 years of related work experience
Active Top Secret Clearance
US Citizenship
Experience with system sustainment and modifications
Experience with technical baseline updates, ICD/ICS/interface analysis, requirements traceability, data-flow and dependency analysis, and configuration-data maintenance
Ability to support complex projects across the project life cycle
Experience applying engineering, organizational studies, and project management work processes and tools to manage technical project risks
Ability to prepare technical reports, documentation, charts, graphs, presentations, and briefings
Experience translating product development strategies into system requirements and developing detailed requirements with multidisciplinary engineering teams
Experience participating in hardware and software design reviews
Experience generating system-level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures
Experience reviewing test plans and procedures and participating in testing
Ability to work in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare benefits
Paid leave
Retirement plans
Insurance programs
Education and training assistance
Employee ownership