Senior System Engineer – RF Products

Role Overview

• Own the end-to-end systems engineering lifecycle for our payload and RF product line, from the capture of operational requirements through final system-level verification.
• Serve as the technical lead for standing up and maintaining the company’s configuration management process, ensuring disciplined control of system baselines across all customer programs.
• Elicit, document, and manage operational concepts (CONOPS) and mission-level requirements in collaboration with customers and program managers.
• Derive system-level technical requirements from operational needs; allocate requirements to subsystems, software, and hardware components.
• Develop and maintain system architecture documentation including Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Functional Baseline (FBL), and Allocated Baseline (ABL).
• Lead system design reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR) and ensure requirements traceability is maintained throughout the design process.
• Author and execute component
• and system-level Verification & Validation (V&V) plans, test procedures, and test reports.
• Define acceptance criteria and lead Integration, Test & Evaluation (IT&E) activities across hardware and software subsystems.
• Conduct subsystem qualification and system acceptance testing; document and resolve discrepancies through formal non-conformance and corrective action processes.
• Lead the establishment of the Solopulse Configuration Management (CM) process, including CM plan development, tool selection, and process implementation across the product lifecycle.
• Maintain and publish System Configuration Documents (SCDs), Interface Control Documents, and engineering change documentation for all active customer configurations.
• Collaborate with embedded software, FPGA, and hardware engineering teams to resolve integration issues and validate system-level performance against requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, or a closely related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of systems engineering experience on defense or aerospace programs, including direct application of the systems engineering V process from requirements capture through system-level V&V.
• Demonstrated experience authoring and managing systems engineering artifacts: ConOps, SRD/SRS, ICDs, V&V plans, RVTMs, and test reports.
• Hands-on experience leading or directly supporting the establishment or operation of a formal Configuration Management process, including CCB participation and baseline management.
• Working knowledge of hardware and software development processes and the integration challenges that arise at their interface.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to clearly present technical content to both engineering teams and program leadership.
• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret / SCI clearance.
• Experience with RF systems engineering, including RF link budgets, antenna design trades, signal chain analysis, and RF payload integration.
• Background in Electronic Warfare (EW) systems – including threat warning, jamming, or SIGINT/ELINT payloads – and familiarity with applicable EW test & evaluation methodologies.
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and practices (e.g., Cameo Systems Modeler, SysML).
• Experience with CM toolsets such as Windchill, DOORS, Jira, or equivalent PDM/PLM platforms.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-1553, or other applicable defense standards.
• Experience working on small, fast-moving product teams where individual contributors own broad scopes of technical work.

Benefits

• U.S. citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (TS/SCI).