CareerPlan

Senior Systems Engineer, Marine Corp Vehicles

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$167k–$194k2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Lead systems engineering for a Marine Corps program of record, owning the technical baseline from contract award through production for vehicle-mounted command and control systems.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Defense/DoD)

Builds

Vehicle-mounted command and control systems (Menace-X) for Marine Corps ground vehicles

Domain

Defense, Military Ground Vehicles, Systems Engineering

Required skills

Systems engineering, Requirements management, Configuration management, Formal reviews leadership, Government contract delivery, Test planning, Risk management, Safety engineering, Reliability engineering, Cybersecurity coordination

Preferred skills

Marine Corps program experience, Vehicle-mounted C2 systems, Development to production transition, Risk Management Framework, Earned value management, SysML/Cameo

Technologies

Menace-X, SysML, Cameo, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-1275

Responsibilities

Own systems engineering from contract award to production, Break down contract requirements into system/subsystem requirements, Lead formal design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR), Run configuration management and change control, Plan and run verification for government acceptance, Act as main technical contact for government counterparts, Coordinate safety, reliability, and cybersecurity engineers, Track technical risk, Prepare design for production

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC