Senior Systems Engineer IV

Frontgrade Technologies • Carlsbad, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Systems Engineer translates customer needs into verifiable requirements and practical solutions for space, aerospace, defense, and other high-reliability electronic products. The role supports programs from proposal through production and coordinates across engineering disciplines. It also helps shape new product concepts, specifications, verification approaches, and customer-facing technical content.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience in aerospace/defense or high-reliability electronics.
• Experience applying systems engineering principles to space, aerospace/defense, or other high-reliability electronic products.
• Experience developing and managing technical requirements, system documentation, and verification activities.
• Experience supporting proposals, customer requirements, or early-phase system architecture, with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• RF/microwave experience is preferred but not required.
• Experience with spaceflight or space-based electronic systems
• RF, microwave, communications, or defense electronics experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with RF signal chains, amplifiers, frequency conversion, filtering, antennas, or related RF technologies.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS, Jama, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of space qualification, environmental testing, aerospace/defense design reviews, or applicable MIL-STD requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage system requirements through the product lifecycle, including traceability, change control, and coordination of requirement updates with program and engineering teams.
• Develop system architectures and system-level documentation, including block diagrams, interfaces, and new or updated SCD specifications.
• Review customer and system requirements to identify gaps, assumptions, technical risk, and areas that need clarification or additional analysis.
• Work across electrical, RF, mechanical, software, test, manufacturing, quality, and program teams to keep the design aligned with system requirements.
• Define verification and validation approaches and align each requirement to analysis, inspection, demonstration, or test, with added focus on difficult or higher-risk requirements.
• Support SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and other technical reviews, including preparation of system-level material and closure of resulting actions.
• Work directly with customers to clarify requirements, explain technical approaches, resolve system issues, and support key program decisions.
• Support proposals, trade studies, feasibility assessments, early system concepts, and technical content used in customer presentations and marketing collateral.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior