Senior Systems Engineer, Clearance Required

Sierra Space

Orbital Analyst monitoring artificial objects in Earth's orbit to ensure safety and perform trajectory design. Collaborating with teams for spacecraft maneuver planning and utilizing specialized software tools for orbit determination.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeCentennial • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $143,700 - $197,608 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaScriptKubernetesOpenShiftPythonRuby

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for continuously monitoring the position and velocity of artificial objects in Earth orbit or deep space
Apply mathematical models and observational data to precisely calculate orbital parameters
Predict potential close approaches between objects and recommend necessary avoidance maneuvers
Design optimal trajectories for spacecraft launches, orbital transfers, and reentries
Track and catalog space debris to help prevent dangerous collisions
Assess the risk of collision between various space objects
Develop and use tools to perform precise orbit determination using specialized software tools
Collaborate with flight operations mission teams to support spacecraft maneuver planning and ensure mission success

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requires bachelor's degree in a related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree or master's +8 yrs experience)
Typically, 10+ years of related experience (or Masters + 8 years of experience)
Demonstrated expertise in Systems Engineering principles and practices
Progressive experience across the system development lifecycle
Progressive experience developing systems architecture and performing systems integration, verification, and validation (V&V) activities
An active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required.
Extensive experience or education in RPOD
Experience with C2 and TT&C Software Development
Cloudera, OpenShift, Kubernetes experience; either on or working with software, DevSecOps, etc teams
Knowledge of spacecraft mission planning, scheduling, and orbit analysis
Ability to script, C, C++, Python, JavaScript, Ruby or related programming experience, full stack developer.
Experience with Government Cloud Architectures (GovCloud or others)

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision plans
401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
life insurance
3 weeks paid time off
generous benefit package

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Hard Skills & Tools

orbital parameters calculationtrajectory designspacecraft maneuver planningsystems engineeringsystems architecturesystems integrationverification and validationscriptingCPython

Certifications

Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance