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Systems Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-08-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead critical capability development for an advanced airborne platform (Thunder Mission System) focusing on holistic support system thinking for air vehicle development and operations.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Aerospace/Defense)

Builds

Mission Systems and Payloads for advanced airborne platforms

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Vertical Flight / Autonomous Aircraft

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Systems Engineering, Technical Performance Measures (TPMs), System Design Reviews, Functional Decomposition, System Breakdown Structure, Interface Control Documents, Test and Evaluation Master Plan, Hardware In The Loop (HITL) integration, Configuration Management, Safety and Airworthiness, Change Management

Preferred skills

Agile Systems Engineering, Verification and Validation planning, Autonomous aircraft development (Group 5 UAS+), Industry standards (ARP-4754, DO-178C, MIL-STD-882E)

Technologies

Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, Ansys

Responsibilities

Execute Agile Systems Engineering approach for Thunder Mission System development, Support design teams in evolving Technical Performance Measures, Contribute to System Design Reviews and engineering governance, Own and maintain Functional Decomposition and Architecture diagrams, Develop Systems Engineering design artifacts (SDDs, ICDs), Champion Test and Evaluation Master Plan, Shape HIL/HITL physical integration environments, Coordinate configuration and change management processes, Support build, ground and flight test of prototype systems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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