- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Simi ValleyCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 23, 2026
- Salary
- $100,500–$153,250 a year
Full-time
Systems Engineer III
Job description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to perform systems engineering activities for a family of Unmanned Systems supporting defense and commercial applications. In this role, you will:
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.
We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.
Job responsibilities
- Develop system, subsystem, and component requirements specifications including requirements decomposition, derivation, allocation, and traceability.
- Perform functional analysis and contribute to system architecture development using Model-Based Systems Engineering methods.
- Support the definition and management of system interfaces, including creation of Interface Control Documents and related artifacts.
- Contribute to system trade studies and analyses (performance, cost, schedule, risk).
- Support verification and validation planning including defining approaches for establishing requirements compliance, supporting the development of test plans and test procedures, and supporting test execution.
- Support customer discussions and participate in internal and external design reviews.
- Travel up to 10% to support customer meetings, design reviews, integration, and test events.
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or related field;
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD Secret security clearance.
- 5+ years of relevant experience architecting, modifying, and supporting complex systems, preferably defense and/or aerospace systems.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using SysML v1.x and Cameo Enterprise Architect / Cameo Systems Modeler.
- Experience with requirements management tools (preferably Jama), including: Authoring and managing system, subsystem, component specifications.
- Establishing and maintaining end-to-end traceability to architecture, design, and verification artifacts.
- Experience developing systems engineering and architecture artifacts, such as specifications, ICDs, architecture diagrams, CONOPS, trade studies, and analyses.
- Experience supporting systems verification and validation activities, including: Developing or reviewing verification methods and compliance assessments.