Space Systems Engineer – Space Protection Location: Colorado Springs, CO Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Position Description Stratos Solutions is seeking a Space Systems Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) support to a government customer in Colorado Springs, CO. This position will focus on space protection, mission resilience, systems engineering, and integration of critical space capabilities. Responsibilities • Support Government systems engineering and space protection activities across the system lifecycle. • Assess space mission architectures for threats, vulnerabilities, risks, resilience, survivability, and mission assurance. • Evaluate protection considerations across spacecraft, ground systems, communications, command and control, and mission operations. • Support development and evaluation of space protection strategies, requirements, architectures, and courses of action. • Apply threat-informed systems engineering to identify vulnerabilities, mission impacts, and potential mitigation approaches. • Review technical documentation and provide clear analysis and recommendations to Government leadership. • Represent Government interests in engineering reviews, working groups, and technical forums. • Coordinate across Government, SETA, FFRDC, intelligence, operations, and contractor organizations to resolve technical and mission challenges. Required Qualifications • U.S. Citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. • Bachelor’s degree in STEM or relevant field with 3+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 1+ year of experience. • Experience with systems engineering processes, including requirements, integration, risk management, and configuration/change management. • Understanding of space mission architectures and the interaction between space, ground, communications, and mission operations segments. • Ability to assess complex technical and operational risks and develop actionable recommendations. • Strong written/verbal communication, collaboration, and customer-facing skills. • Self-starter capable of managing multiple priorities with minimal supervision. Desired Qualifications • Experience with space protection, space control, mission assurance, resilience, survivability, or space domain awareness. • Experience with threat, vulnerability, mission risk, or resiliency assessments for space systems. • Knowledge of satellite constellations, orbital operations, spacecraft and ground systems, communications, and command and control. • Understanding of protection concepts including redundancy, disaggregation, proliferation, reconstitution, maneuver, and operational continuity. • Spacecraft or ground systems operations experience, particularly in degraded or contested environments. • Familiarity with MBSE/Digital Engineering, Agile, cloud technologies, Jira, and Confluence.