Software-focused Systems Engineer

Location: Broomfield

US Broomfield, COScience & Technology – Quantum Computing Software /Full-time /Hybrid We are seeking a Software-Focused Systems Engineer in our Broomfield, CO location to translate stakeholder needs into verifiable requirements and guide software-intensive systems from concept through integration, operation, and validation. This role combines requirements engineering, system modeling, interface definition, troubleshooting, change analysis, risk management, V&V support, and limited software development.

This role offers the opportunity to work on a hybrid schedule. Employees are expected to work at their assigned location and may work remotely up to 2 days per week, with approval.

All applicants for placement in safety-sensitive positions will be required to submit to a pre-employment drug test.

Key Responsibilities:

Translate stakeholder needs into clear, testable system and software requirements with end-to-end traceability.

Develop functional flows, block definition diagrams, behavioral models, system architectures, and Interface Control Documents.

Allocate requirements and functions across software, hardware, users, and external systems.

Assist troubleshooting by reproducing failures, analyzing logs and system behavior, isolating causes across subsystem boundaries, and recommending corrective actions.

Perform change-impact analysis across requirements, architecture, interfaces, implementation, risks, and verification.

Advise V&V teams on acceptance criteria, test coverage, failure scenarios, and expected system behavior.

Lead or support FMEAs, define mitigations, assess residual risk, and ensure mitigations are implemented and verified.

Support design, integration, technical reviews, defect investigations, and release-readiness decisions.

Develop prototypes, simulations, test tools, or production software when needed to reduce technical risk or support delivery.

Provide technical leadership and mentor junior software developers and systems engineers through design guidance, artifact and code reviews, troubleshooting support, and knowledge sharing.

Promote consistent engineering practices for requirements, system modeling, software design, verification, risk management, and technical decision documentation.

YOU MUST HAVE:
Minimum of a bachelor’s degree

Minimum 8+ years of combined software engineering and systems engineering experience, with demonstrated responsibility in both disciplines.

Minimum 3+ years of experience developing requirements, system models, interfaces, and verification criteria.

Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person. defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status

Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.

WE VALUE:
Master’s degree in systems engineering, software engineering, computer science, related field, or equivalent experience preferred.

Experience troubleshooting complex-integrated systems using logs, test evidence, software behavior, and structured root-cause analysis.

Working knowledge of software architecture, APIs, source code, configuration, and system integration.

Strong technical analysis, collaboration, and communication skills.

Experience with SysML, model-based systems engineering, and system-modeling tools.

Experience supporting FMEAs and reliability analyses.

Software-development or prototyping experience.

Experience with automated testing, Git Hub, CI/CD, Robot Framework, Cypress, or JFrog Artifactory.$132,000 - $178,000 a year

This position is Bonus and Equity Eligible The base pay range for this role is $132,000 – $178,000…