CareerPlan

Senior Mission Systems Engineer, EO/IR Seekers

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$166k2026-10-02 → 2026-11-11
Security clearance required

Core

Design, select, integrate, and validate autonomous air mission payloads (Radar, EO/IR, RF, EW) to deliver warfighter outcomes.

Role type

Senior Mission Systems Engineer (Defense/Aerospace)

Builds

End-to-end autonomous air systems and mission payloads

Domain

Defense, Aerospace, Autonomous Systems

Required skills

Payload conceptual development, system trade-off analysis, physics-based modeling, vendor/subcontractor management, system integration, effects-based modeling

Preferred skills

Missile design & integration, platform-level system trade, advanced analytical toolchains (MATLAB, Python, C++, COMSOL, Ansys), secure tactical data links, advanced sensing domain (EO/IR, ESM, EA, EW, LIDAR)

Technologies

Radar, EO/IR, RF, EW, MATLAB, Python, C++, COMSOL, Ansys

Responsibilities

Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems; Architect autonomous multi-function payload concepts; Adapt physics-based and effects-based models; Validate system performance with test engineers; Integrate and deliver high-performance systems; Manage subcontractors and internal teams; Communicate results internally and externally

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC