Senior Systems Engineer

Fuse Integration•San Diego, CA

55d

About The Position

Fuse builds innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions that improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among operators distributed throughout the airborne, maritime, and ground environments. We are a technology firm creating in-house software, network and hardware solutions that support our noble cause of advancing warfighter capabilities with elegant, user-focused communications, networks, and software systems. About this role: Fuse is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead mission definition, architecture clarity, and integration risk reduction across complicated tactical communication systems. This role elevates systems engineering maturity and ensures predictable system behavior under operational stress.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience in complicated system development
Experience leading system architecture and integration efforts
Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., Jama, DOORS) in complex DoD programs
Demonstrated ownership of traceability from mission intent through verification artifacts (digital thread)
Demonstrated ability to lead iterative, uncertainty-reduction driven development efforts across hardware and software domains
Comfortable operating in environments where architecture evolves through experimentation and integration learning
Experience establishing and maintaining traceability from Design Reference Mission (DRM) through integration evidence
Demonstrated ownership of architectural risk posture at the Epic (hypothesis) level
Experience structuring integration and test activities as learning mechanisms to validate or refute system-level assumptions
Active U.S. Secret Clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with SysML, Cameo, or MBSE practices
Experience using Jira or similar tools to coordinate cross-discipline integration efforts
Experience with digital engineering and simulation approaches
Experience implementing digital thread practices where traceability is treated as a learning signal rather than a compliance artifact
Experience operating above WBS structures, preserving contractual integrity while protecting architectural coherence
Experience interfacing directly with DoD customers

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain Design Reference Missions (DRMs) that anchor mission intent and guide hypothesis formation
Translate customer intent into system-level behaviors
Identify mission-level risks and architectural uncertainties
Lead system architecture definition across disciplines
Define critical interfaces and integration strategies
Conduct and lead trade studies to support architecture decisions
Frame Epics as architectural hypotheses, explicitly stating assumptions, mission impact, and risk posture
Ensure risks and opportunities are surfaced and managed at the architecture level rather than at execution detail
Design and drive modeling and simulation strategies
Lead early integration experiments to reduce uncertainty
Ensure traceability from mission intent through validation
Own system-level risk posture and drive cross-discipline alignment to reduce integration uncertainty early in the lifecycle
Drive integration learning cycles that validate or invalidate architectural assumptions
Ensure Stories and integration events produce evidence tied directly to mission intent
Establish objective delivery readiness criteria based on integration risk retirement rather than schedule milestones alone
Ensure integration and verification activities are aligned with mission threads
Ensure delivery readiness is based on validated system behavior under stress conditions, not artifact completion
Communicate confidence levels in system performance based on evidence generated through spiral iterations
Establish criteria for delivery readiness based on risk posture
Drive resolution of cross-discipline issues impacting system behavior
Ensure traceability from mission intent through formal validation
Communicate system risk posture to program and technical leadership

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision
Employee coverage is fully funded; a portion of dependents' coverage is funded as well
11 paid Federal Holidays
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Date of hire through second year: 10 days/year (accrued)
After two years: unlimited
40 hours of paid sick leave per year
401k with employer matching
Annual bonuses
Cell phone reimbursement: $100/month