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System Engineer

VT Services

Colorado Springs, COJob$135–185K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$135–185K/yr
Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

VTG seeks a System Engineer in Colorado Springs to translate mission needs into system requirements and engineering products. The Systems Engineer II works with limited supervision, coordinates stakeholders, supports design trade studies, and maintains requirements traceability through implementation and test. The role supports integration, technical reviews, verification planning, risk mitigation, and configuration control. The position is contingent upon program award.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Requirements ManagementEngineering DocumentationAgileIterative LifecyclesTraditional Engineering LifecyclesMBSESysMLDoDAFIntegration PracticesVerification PracticesConfiguration Management

Qualifications

TS/SCI With Poly3+ Years Systems Engineering ExperienceBachelor's in Engineering, IT, Business, or Related FieldU.S. Government Program Support

Full job description

Overview VTG is looking for a System Engineer in Colorado Springs, CO. The Systems Engineer II performs systems engineering tasks with limited supervision, translating mission needs into system requirements and engineering products. Coordinates across stakeholders to maintain technical alignment, supports design trade studies, and ensures requirements are verifiable and traceable through implementation and test. What will you do? - Lead/support requirements development, decomposition, and management; maintain end-to-end traceability from mission needs through verification. - Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts (e.g., system specs, interface documentation, architecture views, technical baselines). - Support integration planning and coordination across engineering disciplines (software, network, cyber, cloud, test). - Contribute to technical reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR or equivalent), including preparing materials and closing review actions. - Support verification planning and test readiness activities; ensure requirements are measurable and testable. - Identify technical risks/issues and propose mitigations; support configuration and change control processes. Do you have what it takes? - TS/SCI with Poly Required - 3-7+ years of relevant systems engineering experience. - Demonstrated experience with requirements management and development of engineering documentation. - Experience working in a structured delivery environment (Agile, iterative, or traditional engineering lifecycles). - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, IT, Business, or related field - Preferred Qualifications: Experience with MBSE/SysML and/or architecture frameworks (DoDAF), Familiarity with integration, verification, and configuration management practices, Prior support to U.S. Government programs (DoD/Federal/Civil). This position is contingent upon program award. Pay Range: VTG's estimated starting pay range is $135,000 - $185,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range. VT Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. Apply at: https://ipc.us/t/765E0ED415F3423E.

How this job compares

Set against the 10,745 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$135–185K/yr
  • Colorado median$114–176K/yr879 salary ranges
  • US median$115–188K/yr7,938 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $160K, is 9% above the Colorado median midpoint ($147K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,025 open Systems Engineer jobs in Colorado and 10,745 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Colorado
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,921 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,703 of the 10,745 open Systems Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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