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Principal Systems Engineer

Torrance, California💼 Full-time💰 $167,000–$167,000🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architect, develop, integrate, and test multifunctional solid-state directed energy systems and power management solutions from inception to launch.

Role type

Principal Systems Engineer

Builds

Solid-state directed energy systems and power management solutions for defense and commercial electronics

Domain

Defense technology / Power systems engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Systems engineering lifecycle management, requirements definition and management, interface control documentation, system architecture design, trade studies and impact analysis, V-cycle validation, MBSE modeling, Python development, version control management

Preferred skills

Cross-functional team leadership, stakeholder management, ambiguity navigation

Technologies

JAMA, Polarion, DOORS, SparxEA, Capella, Git, GitHub

Responsibilities

Define system and subsystem requirements, act as key interface with customers to validate needs, coordinate with subsystem design teams, develop interface control documentation, lead V-cycle artifacts from requirements to validation, design and maintain system architecture diagrams, perform trade studies and impact analyses, lead toll gate processes

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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