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Chief Systems Engineer, Scientist

USA💼 Full-time💰 $100,000–$145,000🗓 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-23

Core

Lead the development of concepts of operation, conduct requirements analysis and decomposition, oversee design reviews, and guide integration and testing of electro-optical/infrared systems for aerospace/defense programs.

Role type

Senior IC Chief Systems Engineer (Aerospace/Defense)

Builds

Space payloads, spacecraft bus, and ground systems

Domain

Aerospace and Defense

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

requirements generation and management, MBSE tool proficiency (DOORS, CAMEO, MagicDraw), system lifecycle leadership, design trade-off analysis, risk mitigation, technical decision making, integration and testing oversight, data analysis and modeling/simulation

Preferred skills

TS/SCI security clearance

Technologies

Hardware Support, Security LESS, Matlab, Python

Responsibilities

Lead the development of concepts of operation and conduct requirements analysis, decomposition, and generation at various system levels; Ensure requirements traceability and create test plans to address those requirements; Execute design trade-offs to inform technical decisions; Oversee design reviews such as Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR); Guide integration and testing of electro-optical/infrared systems along with associated hardware and software; Mentor junior Systems Engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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