Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

System Engineer/Product Owner

Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years engineering experience
  • BS in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
  • Complete knowledge of Agile methodology with hands-on experience in Agile/Scrum environments
  • Experience as a Product Owner in a technical setting
  • Background with MILSATCOM missions
  • Ability to convert stakeholder needs into clear user stories and product requirements
  • Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals
  • Experience supporting design reviews like SRR, PDR, and CDR
  • Self-motivated with the ability to support multiple teams
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Familiarity with space systems and development processes is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Product Owner for Agile teams, translating stakeholder needs into user stories
  • Manage and prioritize the product backlog to align with program goals
  • Lead sprint planning and backlog refinement sessions
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and technical leads on roadmap definition
  • Communicate product status and risks to stakeholders clearly
  • Validate delivered product capabilities against requirements
  • Support the C-SAR System Engineering team to meet contractual engineering requirements
  • Assist with system design and architectural support
  • Aid in system documentation generation and updates
  • Participate in technical reviews and engineering working groups
  • Contribute to documentation and configuration management efforts
  • Travel as required for conferences and customer meetings

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Work in a highly successful and innovative program
  • Collaborate with experienced engineering teams
  • Be part of a mission-critical command and control system
  • Engage in strategic technical vision creation
Full Job Description
This System Engineering/Product Owner position is an exciting opportunity responsible for task order execution in support of the highly successful Command and Control Consolidated System supporting the C-SAR program based in Colorado Springs, CO. The successful candidate, as part of our engineering team, will work with our management, product, and IR&D teams to help create strategic technical visions. Additionally, they will support requirements analysis, system design, reliability analysis, system hardware/software integration, risk management, and system documentation generation/updates. The candidate will work closely with system developers, test, and on-site user support personnel to support system updates, and ensure project objectives are met.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to
  • Serve as the Product Owner for one or more Agile teams, translating stakeholder needs into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
  • Prioritize and manage the product backlog to ensure alignment with program goals, technical constraints, and stakeholder priorities
  • Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, and feature definition sessions with engineering teams
  • Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and technical leads to define the roadmap and increments
  • Communicate product status, risks, and changes to stakeholders in a clear and structured manner
  • Validate delivered capabilities against requirements and user needs
  • Supporting the C-SAR System Engineering team to ensure all engineering contractual requirements and deliverables are met
  • Support system design and architecture
  • Assist with system documentation generation and updates
  • Participate in requirement reviews, technical reviews, and engineering working groups
  • Contribute to documentation, configuration management, and baseline control
  • Travel as necessary to attend conferences and customer meetings


  • 5+ years engineering experience
  • BS in SE, CS, EE, ME, or other engineering equivalent
  • Complete knowledge of Agile methodology, including hands-on experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
  • Experience as a Product Owner in a technical environment
  • Experience with MILSATCOM missions
  • Ability to translate stakeholder needs into clear product requirements and user stories
  • Working knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (requirements, interfaces, architecture concepts)
  • Support programs through SRR, PDR, CDR or equivalent design reviews
  • Candidate must be self-motivated and comfortable with supporting multiple groups of developers, engineers, and testers
  • Candidate must be able to articulate technical concepts orally and in written forms both internally to the team as well as externally to the customer and users
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills
  • Working knowledge of space systems, including ground systems, satellite command and control, and system development processes is a plus

Preferred Skills and Experience
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent Agile certification
  • Experience with SCN
  • Experience with SecDevOps processes
  • Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, DOORS/Jama, or engineering collaboration platforms.
  • Security+ certification is not required but is beneficial to the position

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The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Competitive salary based on experience and education
Salary Range: $100,000-$130,000

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. provides mission critical products, solutions, and services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Kratos Government Solutions, Unmanned Systems, and Public Safety & Security. The Kratos Government Solutions segment offers microwave electronic products, satellite communications, training systems, modular systems, and defense and rocket support services. The Unmanned Systems segment provides unmanned aerial, ground, and seaborne, as well as command, control, and communications systems. The Public Safety & Security segment designs, engineers, deploys, operates, integrates, maintains, and operates security and surveillance solutions for homeland security, public safety, critical infrastructure, government, and commercial customers. The company serves national security related agencies, the department of defense, intelligence agencies, and classified agencies, as well as international government agencies and domestic and international commercial customers; and critical infrastructure, power generation, power transport, nuclear energy, financial, IT, healthcare, education, transportation, and petro-chemical industries, as well as government and military customers. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Learn more about Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Size
3,300 employees
Market Cap
$1.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$79.6 million
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+8.4%
Revenue
$747.6 million
NASDAQ

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