Systems Engineer

• Responsible for optimizing performance through technology and maximizing Capacity Management goals.
• Responsible for analyzing trends and volumes or issues, patterns, as well as developing models, forecasts and recommendations to anticipate future demand.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders, end users and project team members to identify and resolve issues regarding all phases of assigned projects including assessment, design build, testing, training and implementation.
• Provides reports, assessments and information to Capacity Management Leadership to aid in the optimal functioning of team.
• As required, provide leadership on project tasks and mentor other project analysts as appropriate.
• Provide ongoing support of Capacity Management systems as needed in support of production operations to ensure functionality and effectiveness.

Senior Business Systems Analyst – Capacity Management

• Implement product definition, design, procurement, and production of environmental control and vent fluid subsystems and components
• Conduct fluid and structural analyses to characterize component and system behavior
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure your systems work together and meet requirements, resolving issues with calculated risk
• Drive design for manufacturability. Implement upgrades for flight hardware identified through root cause analysis, manufacturing, testing, flight, and cost reduction opportunities
• Build and manage project plans including cost, schedule and risk management to ensure timely delivery
• Oversee component and system level testing, verification, and data analysis as part of development, qualification and hardware acceptance

Fluid System Engineer II

• Train and fine-tune edge-capable LLMs for tactical defense applications
• Optimize model performance for various edge hardware (GPU, CPU, and specialized accelerator) platforms
• Design and implement multi-agent systems for various mission scenarios
• Interface LLM agents with sensors, effectors, and drone systems
• Benchmark and evaluate agent capabilities, performance, and reliability
• Engineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe systems capable of functioning in high-stakes environments

Software Engineer – Edge AI Systems

• Provide strategic mindset in HR technology implementations, ensuring seamless system integration and functionality
• Collaborate cross-functionally with HR, HR Technology, and business stakeholders to align on initiatives and drive successful outcomes
• Evaluate new technology requests against the strategic roadmap, offering informed recommendations on scope, timing, and scalability
• Translate complex business requirements into actionable system configurations and detailed user stories
• Lead system upgrades, enhancements, testing, and validations to support continuous optimization
• Act as a subject matter expert with hands-on configuration across HR applications, including Workday (Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking)
• Ensure data integrity and governance by performing audits, troubleshooting issues, and implementing sustainable solutions
• Manage knowledge base content and governance processes in partnership with Centers of Excellence (COEs)
• Oversee compliant mass data imports/exports and support accurate reporting
• Identify and implement process improvements with scalable technology solutions
• Optimize ServiceNow HRSD workflows, monitor resolution metrics, and escalate as needed to maintain service standards
• Enhance employee self-service tools and recruiting engagement platforms like Paradox
• Drive system and process enhancements by effectively translating business needs into technical solutions.

Senior System Analyst – HR Systems

• Review and analyze training materials.
• Apply the ADDIE instructional-design model.
• Conduct or support training-needs and learner analyses.
• Support course and curriculum design and development.
• Assist with implementation and evaluation activities.
• Review courses and curricula for instructional effectiveness and quality.
• Recommend improvements to training materials and instructional approaches.
• Coordinate with subject-matter experts, project personnel, and government stakeholders.
• Support emergency-management training and education initiatives.

Instructional Systems Designer

• Maintain and support global IT systems infrastructure to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Microsoft Windows, VMware, Azure, AWS, and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Manage infrastructure lifecycle activities, including operating system upgrades, patching, hardware refreshes, and technology modernization initiatives.
• Maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions to ensure data integrity and recoverability.
• Monitor infrastructure health and proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve performance, capacity, and operational issues.
• Ensure compliance with IT policies and security standards, including patching, anti-virus controls, vulnerability remediation, operating system updates, and system hardening.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and remediate findings within established service level agreements (SLAs).
• Evaluate, implement, and maintain infrastructure management, automation, monitoring, and reporting tools to improve operational efficiency.
• Provide systems engineering expertise for business initiatives, audits, infrastructure projects, architecture reviews, and technical assessments.
• Participate in an after-hours on-call rotation and provide support for critical incidents and operational needs.

Senior Systems Engineer

• Own End-to-End Delivery: Take a production LLM agent from requirement to production deploy, and defend the architecture and trade-offs directly with the client.
• Agent Orchestration: Build and harden orchestration (LangGraph / LangChain or equivalent) — routing, tool-calling, planning, synthesis, and state management.
• Tool & Retrieval Integration: Integrate tools over MCP and keep a growing tool surface fast and correct, including BM25, hybrid, or vector retrieval as scale demands.
• AWS Bedrock & AgentCore: Run models on Bedrock and Bedrock AgentCore — model selection/routing, guardrails, memory, and regional residency profiles.
• Evaluation & Observability: Build the eval harness (golden sets, LLM-as-judge, quality gates wired into CI) and instrument the system with OpenTelemetry for per-session token, cost, and latency attribution.
• Cost, Latency & Resilience: Drive down cost and latency with real levers (model routing, prompt caching, payload pruning, parallelizing independent calls) behind a regression gate, and build in circuit breakers, fallbacks, and dead-letter handling.
• Safe Write-Actions: Design and stage write-actions with least-privilege permissions, human-in-the-loop approval, plan versioning, audit trail, and rollback — released behind feature flags to a small cohort first.

Senior Software Engineer, Agentic AI Systems

• Responsible for the day-to-day support, maintenance, and optimization of software applications that support Health & Wellness operations
• Partners with business and technical stakeholders to analyze requirements, troubleshoot application issues, and implement system enhancements that improve efficiency and user experience
• Application support, file mapping and data integration activities, SQL-based research and analysis, testing software upgrades and patches, and managing incidents, changes, and service requests
• Works closely with cross-functional teams, leveraging tools such as Jira to track work and support project initiatives

IT Systems Analyst

• Define and decompose system-level requirements into actionable specifications within the Thermal subsystem domain.
• Develop and maintain interface control documents (ICDs) to ensure subsystem compatibility and integration fidelity.
• Conduct system analysis and trade studies to optimize thermal subsystem performance, reliability, and cost across mission profiles.
• Drive verification and validation planning, including environmental testing, functional checks, and mission simulations.
• Lead passive hardware design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and ensure technical artifacts meet quality and compliance standards.
• Support integration, test, and launch operations, including anomaly resolution and post-launch analysis.
• Support schedule management of subsystem systems engineering efforts and products, team coordination, and support make vs buy decisions, hardware procurement, and vendor management.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ownership of passive thermal artifacts such as the master equipment list, power equipment list, safety products and other documents.
• Ensuring alignment and synchronization of thermal subsystem analysis data with interfacing subsystems such as Electrical Power, Liquids, Gas and GNC.
• Reviewing system level CONOPS information and distilling into useable datasets for consumption by the thermal analysis and passive thermal hardware teams.
• Verifying compliance of designs against documented hardware temperature limits.

Senior Thermal Systems Engineer

• Customer support through on-site equipment operation, maintenance and installation
• Overseeing diagnoses, troubleshooting, service, and repair of equipment
• Instructing customers and fellow employees in system operation and maintenance
• Serves as company liaison with customer on administrative, programmatic and technical issues
• Supports on-site and remote customer meetings
• Communicate and collaborate with government customer organization
• Interface with other engineering disciplines for project coordination
• Generate or update drawings, parts lists, wiring lists, diagrams, and schematics
• Creation and presentation of design review materials
• Verification of system interfaces
• Must have the ability to travel

Specialist, Systems Engineering

• Maintain knowledge of management, workflow, retrieval, and use of electronically stored information (ESI)
• Develop eDiscovery processes and best practices
• Assist in managing eDiscovery technology for attorneys
• Analyze the effectiveness of existing systems and processes
• Manage financial planning processes and deliver financial results

Cybersecurity Business Systems Analyst IV, eDiscovery Specialist

• Provide technical guidance to an Operations team mainly comprised of Tier 1 / Tier 2 Techs
• Provide direct assistance to end-users, engaging with customer satisfaction and efficient troubleshooting/ensuring the successful completion of implementation projects.
• Demonstrated strong business process analysis and business analysis capabilities, specifically transforming requirements into actionable next steps.
• Collaborative approach to develop and nurture new relationships with several external customers and stakeholders.
• Manages IT Infrastructure with experience in various technologies such as Disaster recovery, Backups, O365, and more.
• Experience with network administration and ServiceNow IT Service Management
• Assist in implementation of Ops Security Compliance aligned to all IT assets
• Experience developing policy, procedure and SOP documentation
• Responsible for the design, implementation, daily operations and maintenance of Microsoft SCCM at the enterprise level.
• Extensive experience with break-fix to maintain IT equipment and IT service uptime.

• Support the development and operations of New Glenn, a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle
• Work across subsystems and support integrated solutions
• Apply system engineering practices across subject areas
• Support the development of system engineering processes for the program
• Ensure consistent implementations across the program
• Serve in a system integration capacity working with multi-discipline teams
• Support requirements definition, validation, and verification at all levels of the program
• Ensure the alignment and consistent implementation of system engineering practices
• Participate in gated reviews
• Develop health metrics to support insight into program health and tracking

System Engineer II

• Lead Mission Systems development using sound engineering approaches and processes, collaborating with other disciplines to derive functional and performance requirements.
• Interface cooperatively with suppliers and customers to develop mission systems subsystems.
• Develop Mission System capabilities from concepts to mature subsystem designs integrated into the platform.
• Leverage the experience and skills of senior engineers while mentoring early career employees.
• Own and manage execution of the Mission Systems Statement of Work for the E-7 program, including CDRL deliverables, requirements development, architecture development, and system design.
• Actively partner with program leadership to ensure program objectives are met.
• Manage cost, schedule execution, and hand-offs between the customer and internal teams.
• Actively manage risks, issues, and opportunities through program processes.
• Excel in technical engineering acumen while serving as an engaging and motivating people leader.

Mission Systems Engineering Manager

• Work on end‑to‑end performance and scalability analysis across the Kubernetes‑based accelerated runtime stack (control and data planes), including NVIDIA components such as GPU Operator, Network Operator, node-feature-discovery, topograph, dra-driver-nvidia-gpu, and nvsentinel, tracking issues from orchestration down to the metal.
• Design and contribute upstream architectural changes to the Kubernetes control plane and related projects to enable reliable operation at hyperscale cluster sizes, doing in the open what today’s hyperscalers typically do privately.
• Improve container startup and cold‑start latency to enable smooth, low‑latency inference scaling on Kubernetes across thousands of GPU nodes, ensuring the AI runtime stack scales without creating API server pressure or operational fragility.
• Assess, improve, and contribute to open‑source projects that make Kubernetes an outstanding platform for AI workloads (for example, Grove and gateway-api‑inference‑extension), composing their architectures with scalability, resilience, and multi‑node training/inference in mind.
• Advance scalability and performance of confidential containers (CoCo) on Kubernetes so encrypted inference workloads meet stringent efficiency and latency requirements in production.
• Use DSX and related large‑scale simulation infrastructure to model full AI‑factory deployments and validate scalability across thousands of simulated GPUs, catching failures that emerge only at scale before hardware arrives.
• Collaborate with AI researchers, developers, customers, and upstream communities to design automated, at‑scale workload tests (including replay of production agent traces), build monitoring/analysis tooling, and integrate continuous performance and scale testing into modern CI/CD workflows.
• Document methods and results clearly and present findings internally and at industry events (for example, KubeCon, GTC), while actively engaging with upstream groups (Kubernetes SIG Scalability, CNCF, and NVIDIA OSS communities) to influence and validate AI workload performance and scalability directions.

Systems Software Engineer – Accelerated Kubernetes Performance and Scale

• Work with systems engineers, hardware responsible engineers, developers, and program managers to define software requirements for avionics components.
• Train, guide, and mentor team members on software systems engineering best practices.
• Set direction and goals for the team regarding the development of requirements, verification events, and test cases.
• Manage hardware-software integration problems and work across vehicle and mission design teams.
• Deeply understand the safety-critical software development process and ensure that software behavior is properly captured to ensure a safe mission.

Senior Software Systems Engineer – Lunar Permanence

• Employ the ADDIE Model and performance-based lean ISD processes to produce high-quality web-based and streaming training solutions
• Create course design documents based on job task and user analysis
• Design instructional materials
• Develop end-user and facilitator training materials
• Develop content incorporating subject matter expert (SME) input into clearly written and structured materials
• Provide input for modifications to course content and activities
• Utilize multimedia, instructional technology, and authoring tools to create classroom training and eLearning content
• Ensure training products comply with applicable guidance and regulations (SCORM, FISMA, Sections 508 and 504, style guides, etc.)
• Suggest and assist with implementing new instructional technology for efficient and effective training delivery
• Communicate and work directly with the client in support of design and development efforts
• Work effectively as part of dynamic team that includes SMEs, graphic designers, course developers, and technical writers to provide deliverables
• Present at workshops and training events as needed
• Other duties as assigned based on business needs

• Provide services related to the enhancement, expansion, or consolidation of cybersecurity information assurance support
• Support in performing security impact assessments, security testing, and working with operations and development teams on remediation and mitigation of findings
• Provide support to planning, designing and implementing security controls which safeguard and monitor events for information systems, enterprise applications and data
• Provide information system security engineering support to verify and validate proposed architectures and implementations based on sound security engineering principles and practices
• Identify security requirements and provide input to the system design to ensure the proper controls are built-in
• Participate in planning and executing in the system development life cycle of new system cycles
• Conduct risk analysis and update the risk assessment report for all changes to the FISMA systems; and provide a security impact analysis to include but not limited to the change to the overall system risk rating and posture and documentation that is impacted requiring updates

Information System Security Engineer – Hybrid

• Support end-users with ongoing business processes by identifying, diagnosing, and resolving problems with Salesforce configuration, workflows, processes, and/or integrations.
• Perform ongoing maintenance and configuration tasks in Salesforce, including coordinating and undertaking testing of regular system updates and vendor releases.
• Maintain and improve the usability of Inatai’s portal where grantseekers and grantees interact with the foundation.
• Manage and troubleshoot bugs and system malfunctions reported by users, including submitting helpdesk tickets to Salesforce or other parties, and track items through to resolution.
• Liaise with software vendors to implement enhancements and bug fixes, as required.
• Implement and maintain Salesforce platform integrations, including Conga, DocuSign, and Sage Intacct.
• Develop and maintain complete system documentation detailing configuration decisions.
• Setup, maintain, and regularly review users, security settings, profiles, permission sets, and other system security settings/requirements, including provisioning staff and applicant/grantee user accounts.
• Perform discovery around new business needs, including documenting requirements, business process workflows, and customization specifications for development.
• Coordinate and facilitate project meetings to gather information from stakeholders about emerging user needs.
• Continually optimize the system’s usability and design to ensure grant and CRM information is accessible and transparent across Inatai.
• Monitor and maintain data quality, and socialize data quality standards with users through drafted materials and direct training.
• Support grants data analysis, including producing reports and developing dashboards for the presentation of grant information, e.g., operational performance indicators such as processing times and volume analyses.
• Prepare grant-related schedules/reports for finance, audit, and tax purposes.
• Rapidly respond to inquiries from Inatai staff for data on grants and sponsorships.
• Design and conduct onboarding/on-going system training for all users, including Inatai staff, grantseekers, and grantees.
• Produce training materials and write technical instructions, as required.
• Provide management support and mentoring to staff.
• Regularly participate in Grantmaking Operations team meetings to ensure system functionality is meeting user needs.
• Actively participate in vendor user communities, e.g., Salesforce, PEAK Grantmaking, and TAG, and identify and investigate system practices or new tools that provide added benefits to staff and/or applicants/grantees, including implementing new technology systems as needed.
• Maintain overall technical knowledge of Salesforce products and best practices by attending Dreamforce, TAG, educational workshops, and reviewing release notes.
• Be a champion for the system while being a good thought partner and collaborator to fellow team members. Lean into our culture of providing excellent customer service.
• Improve accessibility practices for external and internal users, particularly when it comes to providing Spanish translations of external forms and applications.
• Contribute one’s own ideas, perspectives, and lived experiences to the emerging culture of the foundation.
• Assume other responsibilities and explore new opportunities that arise with the evolving needs and aspirations of the foundation.

Grant Operations Systems Analyst

• Contribute to or lead C&DH architecture trade studies, concept development, verification planning, vehicle integration, and operations support.
• Analyze, manage, and interpret requirements at the C&DH subsystem level and flow down requirements to lower-level component specifications.
• Generate verification and validation plans, and work with Integration and Test team to ensure the C&DH subsystem meets requirements.
• Develop and manage network architecture, integrating multiple subsystems while ensuring deterministic performance and budget compliance.
• Develop and manage C&DH fault tree analyses and other reliability analyses across the system lifecycle.
• Produce technical writing (procedural definitions, specifications, interfaces, analysis support and description documents).
• Contribute to design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and ensure technical artifacts meet quality and compliance standards.
• Provide technical mentorship and peer review within the avionics engineering team.

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Senior Business Systems Analyst – Capacity Management

Fluid System Engineer II

Software Engineer – Edge AI Systems

Senior System Analyst – HR Systems

Instructional Systems Designer

Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Software Engineer, Agentic AI Systems

IT Systems Analyst

Senior Thermal Systems Engineer

Specialist, Systems Engineering

Cybersecurity Business Systems Analyst IV, eDiscovery Specialist

Senior Systems Engineer

System Engineer II

Mission Systems Engineering Manager

Systems Software Engineer – Accelerated Kubernetes Performance and Scale

Senior Software Systems Engineer – Lunar Permanence

Instructional Systems Designer

Information System Security Engineer – Hybrid

Grant Operations Systems Analyst

Senior Avionics System Engineer – Command & Data Handling