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Staff Systems Engineer, EW

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $191,000–$191,000🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Systems Engineer leading Electronic Warfare (EW) system design, development, and test for ESM and EA/ECM systems across ground-based and aerial domains.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Electronic Warfare)

Builds

Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Attack/Counter Measures (EA/ECM) systems

Domain

Defense / Electronic Warfare / RF Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Systems engineering leadership, ESM/EA/ECM system design, embedded devices, Software Defined Radios (SDRs), system requirements creation, requirement traceability, requirement verification and validation, cross-disciplinary coordination, systems engineering reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR), technical writing, stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

SIL design and automation, RF systems and test equipment, RF cascade analysis, mission modeling (AFSIM, STK), flight test data analysis, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), firmware/software integration

Technologies

AFSIM, STK, Cameo, Bluetooth, 3G/4G/5G, Wi-Fi

Responsibilities

Lead program teams through systems engineering reviews, coordinate across disciplines to define and validate system requirements, write technical documents (white papers, proposals, test plans), explain complex technical concepts to stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership

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