SOLACE Lead Systems Engineer (Process and Documentation)

Omitron is looking for a Lead Systems Engineer focused on process and documentation to join the SOLACE team in our Colorado Springs, CO office. SOLACE develops modernized astrodynamics applications that support the U.S. Space Force's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Domain Awareness (SDA) mission areas. These applications are built as direct drop-in replacements for existing legacy applications using an Agile development approach.

As the SOLACE Lead Systems Engineer, you will own how the team works, including its processes and the tracking of its deliverables. You will lead the team's daily stand-ups and Agile ceremonies, manage Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables from first draft through government acceptance, and keep the team's work visible and on schedule in GitLab and JIRA. You will use a systems engineering background to find where workflows break down and fix them.

You will work closely with the SOLACE Lead Software Engineer, who owns technical direction, and support the Program Manager with status reporting and team coordination.

Responsibilities

As the SOLACE Lead Systems Engineer, you are accountable for

Process Ownership and Improvement

• Own and improve the SOLACE software engineering lifecycle from requirements through development, test, delivery, and government acceptance, and keep it documented.
• Apply systems engineering methods to map team workflows, identify bottlenecks and handoff gaps, and implement measurable improvements.
• Define the team’s delivery and process metrics with input from the Program Manager and Lead Software Engineer (for example sprint predictability, cycle time, CDRL on-time delivery, and government comment closure), track them every sprint, and use them to target improvements.
• Set the baseline and success criteria for each process change before it is adopted, and decide whether to keep, adjust, or roll back the change based on the results.
• Maintain requirements traceability so delivered capabilities map back to contract and user requirements, and track the engineering team's verification that each application behaves as a drop-in replacement for its legacy counterpart.
• Own the team's process documentation, including SOPs, checklists, and templates, and keep it current as the process evolves.
• Support process maturity and compliance efforts, such as CMMI, as required.

CDRL and Documentation Management

• Manage the full CDRL lifecycle: planning, author assignments, internal review, configuration control, submission, and tracking government comments through closure.
• Maintain a CDRL schedule tied to contract due dates and program milestones, and raise schedule risk early.
• Coordinate with engineers and subject matter experts to gather technical input; write, edit, and format documentation to the applicable DoD Data Item Descriptions (DIDs).
• Ensure delivered documents are accurate, consistent, and under version control, with correct markings, including distribution statements and data rights legends.

Agile Facilitation and Work Tracking

• Lead daily stand-ups and facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and Program Increment (PI) planning.
• Configure and maintain JIRA and GitLab boards, workflows, issue templates, and dashboards so work status is clear to the team and to leadership.
• Track sprint and PI progress, dependencies, and blockers, and follow up until blockers are cleared.
• Work with the Lead Software Engineer to write and maintain acceptance criteria and definitions of done.

Reporting and Coordination

• Prepare status reports, metrics, and briefings on schedule, deliverables, and risks for the Program Manager and government stakeholders.
• Maintain the team's risk, issue, and action item logs.
• Coordinate with lateral development and user teams to deconflict schedules and dependencies across concurrent efforts.
• Support the Program Manager with team administrative tasks as assigned.

Role Boundaries

• Within this role: team processes and process documentation, CDRL tracking and delivery schedule, Agile ceremony facilitation, JIRA and GitLab configuration, metrics tracking, and status reporting.
• Outside this role: technical design and development decisions (SOLACE Lead Software Engineer); backlog priority, personnel decisions, and customer commitments (SOLACE Program Manager).

Measurable Outcomes

• CDRLs are delivered on or before contract due dates, and government comments are closed within the agreed review cycle.
• Delivery and process metrics agreed with the Program Manager and Lead Software Engineer are tracked every sprint and visible on team dashboards.
• Process changes are baselined, evaluated against their success criteria, and a keep, adjust, or roll back decision is made and recorded.
• Blockers are surfaced early and followed to closure, and leadership has a current view of schedule and risk without having to ask.

Minimum Requirements

• US Citizenship required.
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI (or ability to obtain and maintain).
• Education:

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