Top Systems Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

The Ground Systems Engineer will develop and verify satellite ground systems, engage in design trade studies, and support integration and testing processes against customer requirements.

Develops and verifies satellite ground systems for Boeing’s MILSATCOM program. Responsibilities include requirements analysis and decomposition, systems architecture, interface design, integration and testing, verification, demonstrations, and test documentation. The role supports C2 software development in an agile environment, requirements and risk management, system-of-systems analysis, and customer delivery. This is a fully onsite position requiring an active U.S. Secret clearance and U.S. person status.

Lead or Senior Ground Systems Engineer responsible for designing, integrating, verifying, and testing satellite ground systems. Duties include requirements analysis, interface design, system architecture optimization, test plan/procedure development and execution, system integration and verification, and lifecycle support while following Boeing processes and participating in scaled agile teams.

Designs and develops RF, digital, and optical satellite communication systems. Responsibilities include creating and verifying fixed-point digital signal-processing architectures, defining requirements and interfaces, developing link budgets, analyzing models, conducting trade studies, prototyping communication testbeds, supporting integration and simulations, and assisting with ASIC/FPGA design verification, procurement, reviews, and unit sell-offs.

Develop and maintain requirements, architectures, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for satellite command-and-control software. Lead software development in scaled Agile and DevSecOps environments, integrate software components, support customer demonstrations, and perform Product Owner, Technical Lead, Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, or Integration and Test responsibilities. Manage development schedules, integration activities, and cost baselines while supporting high-performance ground systems.

Migrate, maintain, and optimize game development build pipelines across Unreal Engine Horde and Jenkins. Responsibilities include cloud migration, CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, observability, troubleshooting, source control integration, documentation, and technical support. The role partners with developers, platform engineers, DevOps teams, and studios to improve build reliability, scalability, uptime, and performance across Windows and Linux environments.

Designs and analyzes space missions, including rendezvous, proximity operations, and constellation performance. Builds simulation and modeling tools, conducts orbital mechanics and Monte Carlo analyses, optimizes spacecraft maneuvers, and supports system architecture decisions. Oversees mission-system integration, verification, testing, real-time mission support, and pre- and post-flight analyses. Collaborates with subsystem teams and stakeholders to assess performance, reliability, safety, risks, and mission success.

Leads the design, development, integration, and verification of advanced aerospace systems. Defines system requirements, architectures, and verification plans while ensuring compliance with technical and safety standards. Collaborates with cross-functional engineering teams, applies advanced engineering principles, and addresses complex aerospace challenges involving avionics and emerging technologies. The role also includes people leadership responsibilities such as talent development, retention, engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture.

Supports the design, analysis, development, verification, and operation of space-based communications systems. Performs RF link analysis, communications capacity calculations, waveform analysis, mathematical modeling, and system requirements evaluation. Helps optimize system architectures and integrate technical, operational, safety, reliability, security, and certification factors. Develops or uses analytical tools and simulations to demonstrate compliance with system requirements. This is a fully onsite first-shift role with occasional travel.

Designs and integrates operational concepts for space missions and first-of-kind space vehicles. Coordinates stakeholders, customers, and subject matter experts; supports technology integration; develops leadership review packages; leads system trade studies, architecture development, functional analysis, and cross-segment issue resolution. Applies MBSE tools to capture system architecture and operational concepts while working with multidisciplinary engineering teams. The role is fully onsite and requires occasional after-hours support.

Design and verify RF, digital, and optical satellite communication systems, develop and validate fixed-point multi-rate DSP architectures, perform link budgets and performance analysis, support ASIC/FPGA system design and prototype demonstrations, and lead integration, verification, and trade studies.

Integrate Ford’s complete electric-vehicle thermal management system across coolant, refrigeration, and climate/HVAC subsystems. Maintain system architecture and requirements traceability, integrate plant models, conduct system-level simulations and trade studies, resolve cross-subsystem hardware issues, and coordinate validation against test data. The role also supports design reviews and collaborates with controls, design, and subsystem engineering teams to ensure proper packaging, model integration, and technical decision-making.

Designs and develops automotive interior hard-trim systems from concept through production launch. Responsibilities include creating requirements, specifications, 3D geometry, system targets, crash-load solutions, and production-feasible materials and construction methods. The role conducts analytical and physical assessments, applies GD&T, ensures regulatory compliance, coordinates with design, manufacturing, supply chain, and suppliers, and presents concepts and status to management. It also leads teams and supports factory product launches.

Designs and integrates complex aerospace environmental control systems. Responsibilities include system architecture trade studies, requirements development and validation, verification planning, system-level testing, technical presentations, and traceable technical documentation. The role requires collaboration with component and analysis teams and expertise in mechanical systems, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, thermal management, requirements engineering, and aerospace environmental testing.

Leads the design, integration, architecture, and technical oversight of complex aerospace systems involving hardware, software, and networks. Provides strategic direction, mentors engineering staff, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, supports project engineering, troubleshoots field issues, and oversees control system integration and test equipment. Ensures solutions meet quality standards and technical requirements while communicating complex information to customers and stakeholders.

Designs, integrates, and oversees complex aerospace systems involving hardware, software, and network components. Provides strategic systems engineering direction, develops architectures, leads control-system integration and test equipment activities, troubleshoots field issues, and supports project engineering. Coordinates multidisciplinary teams, project management organizations, customers, and technical experts while ensuring designs meet quality and industry standards.

The Survivability Systems Engineer/Scientist leads analyses and testing for spacecraft survivability against environmental challenges, overseeing designs and compliance verification.

Leads mission systems engineering for first-of-kind space vehicles and missions. Develops physics-based simulations, mission flight plans, operational planning tools, and concept-of-operations solutions. Supports technology integration, system trade studies, performance verification, and customer presentations. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and subject matter experts across space and ground domains while providing technical leadership in an accelerated development environment.

Leads systems engineering activities for satellite and space-related applications, including requirements development and management, system architecture, specifications, ICDs, traceability, verification planning, testing, integration, and change control. Coordinates cross-functional engineering teams, resolves subsystem interface issues, supports technical reviews, and assesses requirements and verification risks. The role requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance, U.S. citizenship, and at least 10 years of related experience.

Develop and maintain software requirements, architecture, algorithms, interfaces, APIs, backend services, and user interfaces for SATCOM mission-planning systems. Work throughout the Agile and DevSecOps lifecycle, including design, coding, integration, testing, deployment, code reviews, automation, security, and performance improvements. Support CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes optimization, databases, geospatial visualization, and software for space systems and ground segments.

Leads systems engineering activities for space and ground systems, including requirements management, architecture, integration, verification, validation, testing, and technical issue resolution. Develops test plans, operational products, and verification reports; supports mission execution, system security, reliability, and interface compatibility. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams using scaled agile processes to deliver systems for government clients.

Lead design, architecture, and implementation of APIs, front-end interfaces, and backend services for satellite and ground systems. Guide Agile/DevSecOps development, CI/CD, automated testing, and security practices; lead code reviews, mentor team members, and own features through full lifecycle to deployment.

Designs, integrates, tests, and manages complex aerospace environmental control systems. Responsibilities include system architecture trade studies, requirements development and validation, verification planning, system-level testing, technical presentations, and traceable technical documentation. The role requires mechanical systems engineering expertise, knowledge of stress, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer, plus experience with requirements-based engineering and aerospace systems.

Designs, integrates, tests, and verifies complex aerospace mechanical systems. Responsibilities include system architecture trade studies, requirements-based systems engineering, validation and verification planning, system-level environmental testing, technical presentations, and traceable technical documentation. The role collaborates with component and analysis teams to deliver safe, efficient systems meeting customer and quality requirements.

Designs and develops satellite systems across their lifecycle, including requirements definition, interface coordination, system architecture, trade studies, compliance tracking, technical reviews, and integration and test support. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and customers, resolves cross-functional issues, manages requirements traceability using DOORS and Cameo, supports engineering change proposals, and may contribute to launch-site or mission-operations activities.