Space RCO Digital Systems Engineer
Modern Technology Solutions Inc · Albuquerque, NM
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Jul 1, 2026
Albuquerque, NM
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A SETA role supporting a government program office on classified space systems, with day-to-day work centered on model-based systems engineering — building and managing system models, configuring architectures, and leading verification and validation efforts. The position also covers acquisition oversight, contractor performance monitoring, and coordination across engineering disciplines. It suits an experienced systems engineer with a strong DoD or intelligence community background and hands-on MBSE tool proficiency.
Senior level · 10+ years · Albuquerque, NM · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $130,631 (middle half $92,511–$171,664).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This is a SETA (System Engineering Technical Assistance) role supporting a government program office near Kirtland AFB, NM; the role is fully on-site with up to 30% CONUS travel.
The posting references 'highly classified systems' and explicitly requires SAP and/or SCI experience, strongly implying a TS/SCI clearance gate, though the exact clearance level is not spelled out verbatim.
The degree requirement states an ABET-accredited engineering degree OR a Professional Engineering license; an MA/MS/ME is listed as an additional qualification. The minimum hard gate is a bachelor's-level engineering degree.
The 5-year SAP/SCI SETA requirement is stated as a distinct, separate gate from the 10-year overall DoD/IC experience requirement.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is a systems engineering technical advisor (SETA) spanning MBSE, architecture, and program oversight — it sits between 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other, covering systems engineers without a cleaner fit) and 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts). Neither is a perfect match for a DoD SETA role.
Online collaboration tools (Confluence, SharePoint, JIRA) appear in the body of requirements but are framed as experience items rather than hard technical gates; they are marked as preferred accordingly.
MATLAB/Simulink is cited as an example in a parenthetical ('e.g., MATLAB/Simulink') within a preferred-context sentence about linking models to simulation environments, so it is marked preferred.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): configuration management, space systems engineering.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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