Senior Systems Engineer

Description

The company builds technology for space, defense and national security, delivering mission-critical systems.

This role owns system requirements, design, integration, qualification, testing and lifecycle oversight for the Compute, Camera and Radio portfolios.

The position reports to the Systems Engineering Manager within Engineering and is based in San Diego, CA.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers, engineers and program management to build a requirements verification and compliance matrix, and confirm every customer requirement is met through suitable test methods, reports and artifacts.
• Design and finalize the top-level system architecture and block diagrams, including how the design is partitioned and how subassemblies connect.
• Define top-level internal and external interfaces and their control documents.
• Make sure the architecture can be realized, tested, maintained and supported.
• Carry out optimization work, analysis and trade studies.
• Support integration, verification and validation.
• Pass requirement allocations, interface requirements, design budgets and derived requirements down to each board boundary for project and design engineers.
• Create system-level verification, qualification, acceptance and production test flows and test plans.
• Write clear product specifications and design documentation.
• Follow company standard operating procedures and quality standards.
• Lead and guide engineering design teams building compute, camera and radio products.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering or systems engineering, or equivalent experience in a relevant field, with at least 8 years of work experience if you hold a BS.
• Familiarity with requirements management tools such as JAMA or DOORS.
• A record of leading projects and teams to completion.
• Experience leading technically deep product development.
• Experience with flight software systems.
• Experience with ground system software and mission operations.
• Experience developing software for embedded systems.
• Experience with embedded processors or microcontrollers such as ARM, PowerPC, x86, TI-DSP or 8051, running an RTOS or bare metal.
• Experience with software configuration management and issue tracking tools.
• Experience working in agile development.
• Experience with embedded interface buses and protocols such as PCI, RS-422/232, SPI, CameraLink, SpaceWire, Ethernet and CAN.
• Programming experience, especially in C, C++, Python or other scripting and test languages.
• U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain and keep a U.S. Government security clearance at the level the role and contract require, with the access eligibility and need-to-know that come with it. The U.S. Government decides clearance eligibility.

Conditions

Fully onsite in San Diego, CA.

Good faith base salary range for California: $165,000-$205,000 USD at posting. Placement within the range depends on experience, skills and location. The range covers base salary only, not benefits or bonus and incentive pay, and may change later.

To meet U.S. export rules, including ITAR (22 CFR Parts 120-130) and EAR (15 CFR Parts 730-774), you must be a U.S. Person: a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or a protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), and eligible for any required export authorization from the U.S. Department of State or Department of Commerce.

The company welcomes applications from minority, female, disabled and veteran candidates.

This job description describes general content and requirements only. It is not a contract, and management may change the scope of the work at any time without notice.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) to recharge and keep a healthy work-life balance.
• Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their families, with the company paying a large share of premiums and many benefits paid at 100% for employees.
• Gym memberships with over 12,700 locations nationwide, including 24 Hour Fitness, EoS Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Blink Fitness and Chuze Fitness, with no long-term contracts and free on-demand workout videos before you join.
• 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
• Company wellness programs for physical and mental health.
• Optional voluntary benefits and employee support resources.
• The company describes its total compensation as highly competitive.
• Work alongside a skilled team in a mission-driven environment.