Engineer Principal - Systems - Mission Operations Sustainment
BAE Systems · Broomfield, CO · Engineering & Technology
About this role
BAE Systems is hiring a principal-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Broomfield, CO. The posting calls out experience with Jira, Testing, Confluence. Compensation is listed at $118,095–$200,762 per year.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Broomfield, CO
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 14, 2026
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Job description
from BAE Systems careersJob Description
Join the Mission Readiness & Commissioning team at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (SMS) – a group of motivated problem solvers. We like to have fun and enjoy life - both at work, and in our free time. We're excited about the challenging projects we're involved in and have a commitment to the missions we enable. Offering growth opportunities at all levels of skill and experience, we're looking for leaders and innovators who can continue our reputation for creativity and technical excellence, while helping to define the future of BAE Systems SMS.
We’re seeking a self-motivated systems engineer to join our Mission Sustainment team. Our sustainment engineers support test, factory reach-back, and operations/maintenance of spacecraft and their payloads for commercial, DoW, and NASA customers. Sustainment engineers also engage earlier in the lifecycle (requirements, design, analysis, and test) to support effective preparation for, and transition to, operations. Our team and products may support a variety of activities including:
Spacecraft launch, initialization, checkout, and calibration.
Command and control of the spacecraft.
Monitoring the health and safety of the spacecraft subsystems, payloads, and ground system.
Mission data collection, distribution, and analysis.