Systems Engineer

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next.  Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

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Systems Engineer – Software Engineering 

Position Summary 

The Systems Engineer partners with product management, business stakeholders, solution architects, and software development teams to define and deliver software solutions that meet business objectives. This role is responsible for translating business requirements into detailed technical requirements, developing system and software designs, and documenting the target-state architecture required to support future capabilities. 

The Systems Engineer serves as the technical lead during solution definition, ensuring requirements are complete, architectures are scalable and maintainable, and software engineering teams have the technical direction needed to successfully implement complex capabilities. 

Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product management, and software engineering teams to translate business needs into clear, actionable functional and non-functional technical requirements.  

• Develop end-to-end software solution designs, define and document current-state and target-state architectures, and identify the changes required to achieve future capabilities.  

• Identify cross-team dependencies, technical risks, and architectural impacts across multiple software domains.  

• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, scalability objectives, and engineering best practices. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.  

• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, solution engineering, or software architecture.  
• Experience leading requirements analysis and use case definition, and producing interface control documentation, ConOps documentation, and test plans. 

• Experience translating business requirements into detailed technical requirements for Agile software development teams.  

• Experience developing software system designs and architecture documentation.  

• Strong understanding of software architecture, system integration, APIs, and modern software development practices.  

• Experience with Agile methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).  

• Excellent analytical, communication, and technical documentation skills.  

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems.  

• Experience with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.  

• Experience using Jira, Confluence, or similar engineering collaboration tools.  

• INCOSE, SAFe, AWS, Azure, GCP or other relevant technical certifications are preferred.  

Pay Transparency: In support of pay transparency at Vantor, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings.  The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and Washington:$78,000.00 - $165,000.00 annually.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.vantor.com/careers

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.  If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

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To apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page.

Vantor values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.