Owner-Driven Systems Engineer (Early-Stage Deep Tech)

Reaxiomatic; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Reaxiomatic is a foundational-stage aerospace and deep-tech startup seeking a versatile, outcome-driven candidate to own multidisciplinary work onsite in San Diego. You will trade cost, schedule, reliability and performance to advance high-stakes programs under real constraints, pointing to concrete work you personally owned and delivered.

You must demonstrate ownership of hardware, software, systems, or test programs and connect technical work to program priorities.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ownership of a substantial deliverable in a startup or execution-focused environment.
• Ability to operate across disciplines and make sound trades among cost, schedule, reliability, performance, usability, and regulatory burden.
• Evidence of agency and accountability: driving work to completion without waiting for instructions.
• Ability to build or integrate systems, processes, or workstreams that are simple to maintain and clear for others.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Founder and CEO and is based onsite in San Diego.
• Initial scope as an individual contributor, with no direct reports but possible ownership of vendors or external partners.
• Own or contribute to a technical system, operational function, integration effort, or analysis thread aligned to high-priority problems.

Skills

Ownership mindset

Cross-disciplinary work

Systems thinking

Decision trade-offs

Job description

Reaxiomatic is a foundational-stage aerospace and deep-tech startup seeking a versatile, outcome-driven candidate to own multidisciplinary work onsite in San Diego. You will trade cost, schedule, reliability and performance to advance high-stakes programs under real constraints, pointing to concrete work you personally owned and delivered.

You must demonstrate ownership of hardware, software, systems, or test programs and connect technical work to program priorities.