System Engineer

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• 5+ years engineering experience rn
• BS in SE, CS, EE, ME, or other engineering equivalent rn
• Experience/background with proposing software solutions rn
• Support programs through SRR, PDR, CDR or equivalent design reviews rn
• Familiarity with modern IT infrastructure capabilities to include virtualization, cloud deployment and containerization (CNFs) rn
• Candidate must be self-motivated and comfortable with supporting multiple groups of developers, engineers, and testers. rn
• Candidate must be able to articulate technical concepts orally and in written forms both internally to the team as well as externally to the customer and users. rn
• Excellent written and oral communications skills. rn
• Working knowledge of space systems, including ground systems, satellite command and control, and system development processes is a plus. rn
• Attend and support highly technical engineering team meetings rn

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Preferred Skills and Experience

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• Space to Ground ICDs rn
• SCN (formally AFSCN) rn
• MBSE rn
• Experience as a Product Owner or other relevant roles rn
• Knowledge of Agile methodology rn
• Security+ certification is not required but is beneficial to the position rn

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#LI-Onsite

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The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

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Competitive salary based on experience and education

Salary Range: $100,000-$130,000

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Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offerings-from commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And we always deliver.

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This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage
• Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Paid Time-Off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Education Reimbursement

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Readiness Delivered. Kratos provides leading-edge capabilities for communication with satellites, spacecraft, missiles, and airborne platforms. From factory test to flight, from ground data networking to RF Links - commercial, intelligence, and defense users trust Kratos to solve their most difficult RF problems. For a more complete overview of our capabilities see http://www.kratosdefense.com/. At Kratos, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with fiscal and operational discipline. We work hard, we solve hard problems, and we look out for and take care of our customers, each other and our families. Protecting and enabling our nation and global customers through innovative aerospace solutions is what motivates us. We continually build trusted relationships with our peers, our partners and customers, and we take ownership for our actions-always striving to do the right thing.

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This System Engineering position is an exciting opportunity responsible for Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) task order execution in support of the highly successful Command and Control Consolidated System supporting the C-SAR program based in Colorado Springs, CO. The successful candidate, as part of our engineering team, will work with our management, product, and IR&D teams to help create strategic technical visions. Additionally, they will support requirements analysis, system design, reliability analysis, system hardware/software integration, risk management, and system documentation generation/updates. The candidate will work closely with system developers, test, and on-site user support personnel to support system updates, and ensure project objectives are met.

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Responsibilities include but are not limited to

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• Supporting the C-SAR System Engineering team to ensure all engineering contractual requirements and deliverables are met. rn
• Perform studies and capture technical analysis in support future design reviews rn
• Support Interface Control Document generation and recurring ICWGs with internal/external stakeholders rn
• Participate in CDRLs generation and deliveries based on customer prescribed schedule rn
• Support SecDevOps processes and related Agile practices (Atlassian suite) rn
• Requirement's decomposition and analysis rn
• System design and architecture rn
• Support Reliability analysis rn
• System documentation generation and updates rn
• Provide technical advice to our customers on architectures and potential solutions rn
• Develop and deliver effective customer presentations (support design reviews, status reports, kickoff meetings, test plans) demonstrating an ability to communicate comfortably at a system level rn
• Attend and support highly technical engineering team meetings rn
• Travel as necessary to attend conferences and customer meetings rn

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