{"id":3242406,"url":"https://alion.io/job/stellar-solutions-systems-engineer-ground-based-systems","title":"Systems Engineer - Ground-Based Systems","company":{"id":1947974,"name":"Stellar Solutions","domain":"stellarsolutions.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/stellarsolutions-com","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["El Segundo, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":130000,"max":144000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":144000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Confluence","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","optional":false},{"name":"Outlook","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-25T17:14:23Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-25","last_verified_at":"2026-11-03T07:11:56Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":8,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":8},"description":"Overview\nStellar Solutions, a nationally recognized “Great Place To Work”, has exciting opportunities providing Engineering solutions for innovative new-entrant space companies, as well as established space systems manufacturers, commercial space system operators and service providers, and other industry stakeholders including investors.\nAt Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers’ critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.\nStellar Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer to support a national security space ground program office at LAAFB. This role supports the integration and evolution of DoD ground-based systems for space missions, connecting systems engineering, software integration, interface definition, digital engineering, and technical baseline management. The engineer will contribute to the successful integration of new missions and modernization of ground segment capabilities in a classified customer environment.\nRole/Responsibilities/Qualifications\nThe Systems Engineer will operate across technical and program interfaces to support ground system integration, mission onboarding, and software evolution. The role requires disciplined systems engineering combined with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and independently drive complex tasks to completion.\nKey responsibilities include:\nPerform systems engineering, integration, and testing activities for DoD ground-based systems supporting space missions.\nSupport integration of new missions into existing or evolving ground segment capabilities.\nSupport maintenance and upgrades of ground segment software.\nDevelop and maintain Interface Control Documents, service decompositions, and API definitions.\nUse scripting capabilities, including Python, to support engineering and integration activities.\nIdentify, analyze, and propose program risks, issues, and opportunities and support development and management of handling plans.\nApply Model-Based Systems Engineering or Digital Engineering approaches to manage system definitions and technical baselines.\nCollaborate with cross-functional technical and program teams to resolve integration challenges and achieve program objectives.\nSupport software-oriented engineering activities in Agile, DevSecOps, or software-factory environments when applicable.\nDevelop and communicate technical information using appropriate program collaboration and productivity tools.\nRequired Qualifications\n8+ years of experience performing systems engineering, integration, or testing of hardware or software on DoD ground-based systems for space.\n5+ years of experience integrating new missions, including maintaining or upgrading ground segment software.\nExperience with scripting languages such as Python.\nExperience developing Interface Control Documents, service decompositions, and API definitions.\nExperience identifying, analyzing, and proposing program risks, issues, and opportunities and managing handling plans.\nExperience using a Model-Based Systems Engineering or Digital Engineering approach to manage system definitions and technical baselines.\nExperience using Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.\nAbility to communicate effectively and work collaboratively on cross-functional teams and independently.\nAbility to demonstrate initiative and complete complex tasks supporting program goals in a fast-paced environment.\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science.\nDesired Qualifications\nExperience with military satellite communications missions.\nExperience with space acquisition.\nExperience supporting software programs using Agile methodologies.\nExperience with Confluence or Jira.\nExperience working with software factories or DevSecOps pipelines.\nAbility to learn and solve problems quickly and creatively.\nMaster's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science.\nINCOSE Systems Engineering Professional certification such as ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP.\nClearance & Additional Requirements\nTS/SCI clearance required.\nAbility to support classified work at the customer site as directed.\nOn-site work at LAAFB is required based on customer direction.\nLocation El Segundo, California - This position is full-time and supports a Government customer environment; Work style expectation is considered onsite.\nCompensation:\nThe typical salary range for this position is USD $130,000 - $144,000 per year. Individual pay is determined by many factors including work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.\nIn addition to base salary, this position is eligible for a comprehensive total rewards package that includes an annual performance bonus, an employer-funded Profit-Sharing Plan (PSP) contribution based on base compensation, and comprehensive employer-paid medical benefits, PTO pay-out options, along with additional company-sponsored benefits. All of these benefits represent an additional 30-40% to your base compensation for a total compensation package.\nDeliverable(s)\nThe Systems Engineer will help the Government successfully integrate new space missions and evolve ground segment capabilities while maintaining disciplined system definitions, interfaces, and technical baselines. The work will help reduce integration risk and enable ground software and systems to accommodate evolving mission needs. 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