CareerPlan

Senior Systems Engineer, Ground Maneuver

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$132k–$198k2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Lead systems engineer for a new product kit integrating sensors, effectors, and command and control systems onto military ground vehicles (wheeled and tracked), defining architecture, interfaces, and power budgets to scale across multiple platforms.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Hardware/Systems Integration)

Builds

Mission kits for military ground vehicles (light tactical to armored)

Domain

Defense / Military Ground Vehicles / Systems Engineering

Required skills

Systems engineering, hardware development, vehicle integration, electrical power systems, vehicle networks (CAN, J1939, Ethernet), interface control documents (ICDs), trade studies, design reviews

Preferred skills

Army ground vehicle programs (Stryker, JLTV, AMPV), open-architecture standards (VICTORY, CMOSS), platform architecture, power distribution design, SysML (Cameo), harnessing and lab instrumentation

Technologies

CAN, J1939, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1275, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, SysML

Responsibilities

Own system architecture across vehicle classes, define interface standards, manage vehicle power budget, define interfaces to vehicle data buses, write and maintain ICDs, lead technical content of design reviews, run trade studies, work hands-on in lab and on vehicles

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC