Senior Systems Engineer responsible for developing and overseeing electro-optical systems in space environments, managing requirements, integration, verification, and technical oversight.
Compensation
The proposed salary range for this position is: $94,400 - $198,200
Responsibilities
Work with the technical team to establish robust and executable program plans including the identification of tasks, trade studies, modelling, analyses, and risk management
Review and assess customer requirements, establish requirements management including validation, decomposition, flow down, and technical budgeting
Develop specifications and interface control documents
Develop and guide verification including a requirements verification matrix, verification plans, test requirements, and preparation of sell-off materials to demonstrate compliance
Evaluate the work and results from the technical team to provide feedback and direction
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, or related field. Advanced degree preferred.
Nice to have: optical systems for visible through long wave infrared applications
Nice to have: control theory with open and closed-loop feedback
Nice to have: aerospace protocols such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-422, Ethernet, and SpaceWire
Nice to have: firmware and software development (VHDL, C, C++, Python, MATLAB)
Lead and support systems integration activities for U.S. Space Force MILSATCOM programs, managing technical baselines, requirements, and stakeholder coordination.
Compensation
The pay range for this position in California is $135,000/year to $169,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on established government contract ranges, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and other factors.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement integration strategies and processes
Perform analysis of the systems requirements that define the technical baseline and verification of the technical baseline
Apply Digital Engineering methods and modeling strategies
Work with Government and contractor personnel to close gaps with customer requirements
Lead and support Government/Contractor Working Group meetings
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or related technical field
Nice to have: Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
Nice to have: Master’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer science
Nice to have: Experience working with MILSATCOM programs such as AEHF, PTS, EPS, WGS, or FAB-T
Nice to have: Experience with military personnel and DoD civilians
Own the success of a defence space mission from concept through to flight, managing requirements, interfaces, schedule, risk and readiness.
Locations (2)
El Segundo, California, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States
Compensation
$115,000 - $174,000 / year
Responsibilities
Own the mission end to end: requirements, interfaces, schedule, risk and readiness, through to on-orbit operations
Lead the definition of core mission requirements across the spacecraft bus and payload
Drive the early first-order analysis that proves out the mission's key requirements
Own the Interface Control Documents (ICDs) between the payload's operating modes and the host spacecraft's guidance, navigation and control (GNC) system
Work with government stakeholders and end users to define key evaluation and wargaming scenarios
Requirements
Software & Systems Integration Engineer – Mission Data
Senior technical advisor at the intersection of software, data, networking, and systems engineering ensuring how mission data is produced, exchanged, received, and consumed across highly interconnected systems.
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for ephemeris, ancillary data, and associated mission data services.
Advise Government stakeholders on technical risks, dependencies, and courses of action.
Map and analyze end-to-end mission data flows (generation, transport, interfaces, receipt, processing, and consumption) to identify bottlenecks and technical constraints.
Evaluate network connectivity and system interfaces supporting mission-critical data exchanges.
Drive the development, analysis, and maintenance of technical requirements.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
Software Engineering
Systems Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Nice to have: Intelligence Community (IC) space and ground systems
Lead and support systems engineering activities for the Common Translator avionics software module, ensuring compliance with DO-178C standards and managing requirements, architecture, and verification processes.
Responsibilities
Elicit, analyze, and document system-level and software-level requirements
Ensure requirements are clear, consistent, testable, and traceable
Decompose and allocate system requirements to software components
Manage requirements baselines and changes
Maintain requirements traceability matrices
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
Nice to have: DO-178B/C familiarity
Nice to have: Aerospace and avionics experience
Nice to have: Mentoring and technical lead experience
nLogic is seeking an experienced Strategic Interfaces Systems Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, CA. In this role, you will provide systems engineering leadership supporting interface development, integration, and technical baseline management for next-generation Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) systems.
Compensation
Compensation: The anticipated salary range for this position is $135,600 to $199,890
Responsibilities
Develop, author, maintain, and manage Interface Control Documents (ICDs) supporting cross-system interfaces between space and ground segments
Serve as the system-level ICD owner responsible for coordinating inputs, managing document structure, adjudicating comments, and maintaining the authoritative technical baseline
Collaborate with Configuration Management teams supporting Engineering Review Boards (ERBs) and Configuration Control Boards (CCBs)
Develop interface diagrams, message definitions, command and telemetry mappings, data dictionaries, and system-level interface descriptions
Identify interface risks and support technical issue resolution across engineering teams
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field
Master's degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field
Nice to have: Active Secret clearance or higher
Nice to have: 12+ years supporting space systems development programs
Nice to have: 12+ years supporting space acquisition environments
Lead complex systems engineering efforts on advanced missile programs, owning trade studies, interface control documents, and technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
Lead system-level trade studies to evaluate design alternatives, assess performance vs. cost/schedule/risk, and support architecture decisions for advanced missile systems.
Develop, maintain, and baseline system- and subsystem-level Interface Control Documents (ICDs), including mechanical, electrical, data, and software interfaces.
Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods and tools to capture requirements, architecture, behaviors, and verification/validation plans.
Serve as a technical lead for multi-disciplinary engineering teams (e.g., GNC, avionics, propulsion, structures, software, I&T), ensuring system-level integration and design coherence.
Act as Control Account Manager (CAM) for assigned work scope, including planning, budgeting, tracking, and reporting performance.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related engineering experience
Master’s degree in STEM with 6 years of related engineering experience
Nice to have: Missile systems or other launch/flight vehicles
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