Engineer Senior Principal III - Systems - Mission Architect

BAE Systems

📍 Broomfield, CO, United States

Full-time other-general Posted June 22, 2026

Job Description

**Job Description**

Seeking candidate with demonstrated experience in Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) mission architecture, design, analysis, and execution. The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of space-based infrared sensor systems and their operational employment across multiple mission areas. Experience should include familiarity with OPIR phenomenology, sensor capabilities, and ground enterprise operations. Candidate must also understand the integration of OPIR data into operational workflows and creation of products. Experience in OPIR mission planning, tasking, and collection management is highly desired. Experience supporting real-time operations or multi-intelligence fusion is a plus.

Join the Mission Engineering team at BAE Systems Inc Space and 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...