System Engineer II-TS/SCI

Job Title: Systems Engineer II

Location:📍 Aurora, CO

Salary:💰 $140k-$151K

Clearance: 🔒 Active TS/SCI required

This position has a full Benefits Package including: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits with 6 weeks of paid PTO, Short Term Disability, 401k with 5% match and up to 8k in relocation assistance.

About the Role

This role is being managed by Talent Stack LLC, a woman-owned recruiting firm specializing in cleared and technical placements. We are proud to represent a confidential, defense-focused client committed to solving meaningful, mission-critical challenges that support national security. the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling, to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

At our core, we’re driven by purpose — to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. Our team applies more than a century of engineering excellence to solve the toughest challenges shaping a safer, more secure world.

We’re seeking a Systems Engineer II to join one of the premier programs within our Air & Space Defense Systems business unit. In this role, you’ll expand your expertise across requirements analysis, systems integration, and test validation — directly contributing to national defense missions.

🔧 What You’ll Do:

• Conduct systems analysis and define operational use cases
• Decompose and manage requirements, interfaces, and verification methods
• Support test program execution, regression testing, and technical reviews
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure mission success

🎯 What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM and a minimum of 2+ years of relevant professional experience
• Active and Transferable DOD TS (Top Secret)/SCI clearance
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: operations concept development;

requirements management; functional analysis/synthesis; interface definition and

• control; verification and validation
• Background in Satellite Command/Control, Mission Management, or Planning
• Familiarity with Agile tools (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, etc.)

🌟 Preferred Skills:

• Development experience on a government contract
• Knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle, roles and functions
• Good oral and written communication skills and collaboration skills with the ability to work in a team environment
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of tools (e.g. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Experience working with requirements in DOORS or other requirements databases
• Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps in an Agile development

environment

• Scripting knowledge (e.g.: Python)