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Collection and Mission Management

Trinzic

Colorado Springs, COFull-time$156–186K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$156–186K/yr
Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

This Systems Engineer role supports a US Government Agency in mission management, collections, and requirements management. The employee serves as a primary systems engineering interface with the NSDC, USSPACECOM, and USSF, integrating intelligence capabilities into strategic planning, warfighter operations, exercises, and readiness objectives. The role also represents organizational equities in multi-agency coordination and requires knowledge of Component Command structures, operations, and US Government priorities related to space and counter-space.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Intelligence PlanningCollections ManagementRequirements ManagementCollection Management TradecraftRequirements DeconflictionMulti-INT SolutionsRisk AnalysisRequirements PrioritizationCustomer Needs AnalysisCommunicationBriefing

Qualifications

5+ Years Intelligence Planning, Collections Management, and Requirements ManagementComponent Command Operations ExpertiseRelationship-Building Experience

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Title:

Collection and Mission Management

At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.

Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.

Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

Systems Engineer- Collection and Mission Management (Mid)

Position Summary This role serves as the primary System Engineer facilitating objectives for a US Government Agency focusing on mission management, collections, and requirements management. The Collections manager will act as the key interface to establish, foster, build and solidify relationships with the Nation Space Defense Center (NSDC), USSPACECOM and USSF. The role emphasizes integrating intelligence capabilities in support of joint strategic planning, warfighter operations, exercises, and readiness objectives. The employee will ensure organizational equities are represented in multi-agency coordination. This position requires extensive knowledge of Component Command structures, operations, and US Government priorities surrounding Space and Counter Space.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide advisory services orchestrating and supporting Intelligence Planning (IP). Understand the IP process at commands and organizations to integrate all available intelligence capabilities in support of the Joint Strategic Planning Systems and Joint Planning.

  • Coordinate and integrate sensitive capabilities and activities for the joint warfighter operations, plans and exercises.

  • As needed, participate in command-level IP activities for the Joint and Partner Exercise Life Cycle to align Branch resources with warfighter readiness goals.

  • Monitor Collection Requirements Lifecycle: track and monitor validated collection requirements, advocate for organizational needs, and ensure up-to-date representation in requirements matrices.

  • Apply collection management tradecraft to capture highly technical intelligence requirements and articulate information required to satisfy them.

  • Optimize requirements by building relationships with customers to identify intelligence needs and gaps, researching existing requirements.

  • Facilitate Integrated Planning and Exercise Support: Participate in any Integrated Product Team (IPT) and Community of Interest (COI) meetings addressing US Government equities.

  • Coordinate planning efforts with other agency offices and external entities.

  • Provide leadership updates to ensure alignment of mission priorities.

  • Ensure intelligence plans and strategies align with relevant policies, directives and guidance.

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Experience: Minimum 5+ years in intelligence planning, collections management, and requirement management roles with the IC or DoW, with demonstrated expertise in Component Command operations, structures and relationship-building.

  • Proficient in collections management tradecraft, requirements de-confliction, and multi-INT solutions.

  • Ability to analyze risk, prioritize requirements and anticipate customer needs.

  • Excellent communication and briefing skills for senior leadership.

Work Environment:

  • Location: Colorado Springs CO

  • Travel Requirements: Travel required After the start You will be in VA with KBR and Customer for up to 30 days

  • Working Hours: Standard 40 hours weeks

Basic Compensation:

$155,500 - $185,800 USD annually

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBRAt KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,800 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$156–186K/yr
  • Colorado median$115–178K/yr940 salary ranges
  • US median$115–190K/yr8,840 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $171K, is 15% above the Colorado median midpoint ($149K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,084 open Systems Engineer jobs in Colorado and 11,800 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Colorado
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,716 postings).
Education
4,402 of the 11,800 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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