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Senior Systems Engineer

San Diego,CA💼 Full-time💰 $165,000–$165,000🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Planning, leading, and conducting system requirements development, design, integration, qualification, testing, and oversight of the entire life cycle for Compute, Camera, and Radio portfolios.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer

Builds

Compute, Camera, and Radio products for space, defense, and national security missions

Domain

Aerospace/Defense Systems Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

System architecture design, requirements management, system integration, verification and validation, trade studies, embedded systems development, flight-software systems, ground-system software, mission operations, software configuration management, interface bus protocols, C/C++/Python programming

Preferred skills

Leadership of technical product development, experience with embedded processors/microcontrollers (ARM, PowerPC, x86, TI-DSP, 8051), RTOS or bare metal experience, agile development

Technologies

JAMA, DOORS, ARM, PowerPC, x86, TI-DSP, 8051, RTOS, bare metal, PCI, RS-422/232, SPI, CameraLink, SpaceWire, Ethernet, CAN, C, C++, Python

Responsibilities

Develop requirements verification and compliance matrix, design top-level system architecture and block diagrams, define internal and external interfaces, perform optimization activities and trade studies, support integration and validation, develop test flow and plans, create product specifications and design documentation, coordinate technical leadership for engineering design teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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