- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Simi ValleyCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 30, 2026
- Salary
- $147,000–$224,250 a year
Full-time
Sr. Staff Systems Engineer
Job description
Summary: The Sr. Staff Systems Engineer works with our Design Team to develop a variety of innovative Uncrewed Systems for defense and commercial applications.
This position will interact with Design Engineers to allocate requirements and influence and develop system architecture and tests to support customer needs.
These development efforts will generally be carried out by small, focused design teams, which will require engineers to use a range of skills and tools across traditional engineering, computer science, and mathematical disciplines.
Because of the nature of these development efforts, the engineer will need to work on a variety of stages of development, including requirements…
Job responsibilities
- Work closely with program Chief Engineers and IPT leads to support system architecture, design, and test of Uncrewed Systems
- Manage requirements traceability and evolution throughout the system development cycle
- Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burndown
- Allocate requirements down to subsystems and establish traceability
- Evaluate system performance thresholds and provide direction
- Work with Senior Engineers in developing instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition
- Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
- Review and interpret customer specifications
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- 12–15 years of relevant experience in a systems engineering or system design role
- Experience as a systems architect to influence overall system design
- Experience in flight test execution and standardization of flight test processes
- Experience in component and system-level testing
- Proficiency with C/C++ and MATLAB
- Proficiency with office software and computer-based productivity tools
- Experience in requirements compliance during test