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Lead and set methodology for cost analysis and pricing on large, long‑cycle aerospace and defense proposals. Design cost models, perform sensitivity and risk‑adjusted analyses, present findings to senior executives, support negotiations, drive tooling and data improvements, and mentor senior analysts across the business unit.

Develops and maintains software quality evaluation plans, collaborates on quality objectives and engineering processes, supports verification and validation testing, audits quality systems, manages corrective actions, ensures documentation compliance, and reports software metrics. Requires active Top Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, software development integration experience, scripting, Linux, Git, and software lifecycle process knowledge. The role is fully onsite in Woodland Hills, California, with no travel.

Develop and execute automated integration and verification tests for ground and space command-and-control software. Build reusable test scripts, drivers, stubs, and test inputs using Robot Framework and scripting languages. Analyze requirements, interfaces, logs, telemetry, and test results to identify defects and support root-cause analysis. Contribute to CI/CD workflows, regression suites, quality gates, anomaly tracking, test reporting, and verification closure evidence. Requires experience with complex software testing, flight dynamics, and a Secret clearance.

Supports integrated logistics and product support engineering across the full system lifecycle. Responsibilities include logistics supportability analysis, Level of Repair Analysis, life cycle cost modeling, maintenance planning, technical data development, logistics design influence, and sustainment activities. The role requires collaboration with internal program offices and external customers, regular IPT reporting, and onsite work in Woodland Hills, California. Candidates must be U.S. citizens able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Perform reliability, maintainability, and testability engineering for avionics and navigation systems. Develop reliability allocations, predictions, block diagrams, FMEA/FMECA, testability analyses, FRACAS support, and built-in test verification. Apply military and aerospace reliability standards, collaborate with engineering teams, program management, customers, and suppliers, and support RMT planning for proposals. The role is fully onsite in Woodland Hills, California, with a 9/80 schedule and approximately 10% travel.

Owns and improves manufacturing processes for precision navigation instrument assembly and testing in an aerospace and defense production environment. Responsibilities include process and equipment design, cleanroom production layouts, statistical process control, corrective actions, inspection planning, process compliance, and collaboration with design, quality, manufacturing engineering, and shop-floor teams. The role requires technical leadership, process ownership, and presentations to operations leadership.

Develops and approves system safety requirements and artifacts for aerospace and defense systems. Performs hazard analyses, fault tree analyses, software safety assessments, and safety certification activities under MIL-STD-882, DO-178, and DO-254. Identifies and mitigates system hazards, supports requirements and architecture development, tracks hazards, and communicates project status to engineering leadership and customers. This is a fully onsite role in Woodland Hills, California, requiring U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Secret clearance.

Leads system safety engineering across hardware, software, and firmware in an aerospace environment. Performs hazard, fault-tree, software safety, and safety assessment analyses; develops and approves safety requirements and artifacts; supports DO-178 and DO-254 certification; tracks hazards; drives process improvement; communicates with customers and leadership; and mentors safety engineers. The role is fully onsite in Woodland Hills, California, requires U.S. citizenship, and requires obtaining and maintaining a Secret clearance.

Leads integration and test engineering for spacecraft ground systems, including requirements verification, end-to-end ground testing, segment and element integration, software and hardware-in-the-loop environments, and milestone review preparation. Develops I&T processes and plans for payload ground, mission-unique ground, command and control, mission planning, and external systems. Provides technical leadership across space systems programs and supports qualification campaigns.

Develop physics-based models and simulations for inertial navigation systems, perform Monte Carlo and sensitivity analyses, validate models against laboratory, flight, and field data, and support requirements, testing, root-cause investigations, and design decisions. The engineer will build MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and C/C++ toolchains, integrate models into HIL/SIL environments, document findings, mentor junior engineers, and improve modeling and simulation processes.