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Air Vehicle Systems Engineer, Hardware Verification, Integration & Validation

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-08-01

Core

V&V System Engineer responsible for hardware verification, environmental qualification, and validation of autonomous aircraft systems from design verification through flight test.

Role type

Senior IC hardware verification and validation engineer

Builds

Group 5 autonomous aircraft systems

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Autonomous Systems

Deliverable

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

Required skills

systems engineering, hardware qualification, test & evaluation, environmental qualification testing, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-704, requirements traceability, verification methods (Test, Analysis, Demonstration, Inspection), V&V planning, Qualification by Similarity (QBS), systems engineering V-model, requirements management tools (Jama, DOORS, Polarion), Microsoft Office

Preferred skills

DO-160, MIL-HDBK-310, directing environmental testing at qualification labs, Foundry/Confluence, airworthiness qualification, AS9100, UAS/tactical aircraft platforms, Secret clearance

Technologies

Jama, DOORS, Polarion, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Foundry, Confluence

Responsibilities

Plan and execute hardware verification and environmental qualification testing across the product lifecycle; demonstrate hardware meets system requirements and technical performance metrics; develop verification cross-reference matrices (VCRMs) and test plans; interpret qualification test reports and supplier technical data; perform similarity assessments and gap analysis for COTS/MOTS hardware.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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