Senior Systems Engineer

Voyager Technologies; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical/Dental/Vision

Gym memberships

401(k) match

Wellness programs

Career growth

Job summary

Voyager Technologies in San Diego, CA seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for the Products line to lead requirements development, design, integration, and verification across Compute, Camera, and Radio portfolios. This onsite role partners with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical systems for space and defense.

You will mentor engineers, drive system architecture, lead design reviews, and ensure performance against TPMs while adhering to Voyager's SOPs and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or systems engineering.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with requirements management tools (JAMA, DOORS).
• Proven leadership and ability to drive projects.
• Experience with hardware-software integration and verification.
• Space flight hardware environment experience (thermal-vacuum, vibration).
• Experience with interfaces like PCI, RS-422/232, SPI, CameraLink, SpaceWire, Ethernet, CAN.

Responsibilities

• Develop top-level system architecture and block diagrams.
• Define interfaces and control documents.
• Lead system reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) with customers.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure performance.
• Develop CONOPS, SRS, ICDs, and V&V plans.
• Support integration, verification, and qualification.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to capability growth.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs and quality standards.

Skills

Leadership experience

Requirements management

System integration

Technical communication

Deeply technical

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

JAMA

DOORS

Job description

Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.

Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies

The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.

You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.

If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person,forge the future with Voyager.

About the Role

The Senior Systems Engineer for our Products business line is responsible for planning, leading and conducting system requirements development, system design, system integration, qualification, testing and oversight of the entire life cycle of our Compute, Camera, and Radio portfolios.

The position reports to theSystems Engineering Manager and is part of the Engineering department based in San Diego, CA. This role is fully onsite.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, the essential functions are:

• Work with a cross functional team of Customers, Engineers, and Program Management to develop a requirements verification and compliance matrix and ensure all customer requirements are satisfied with appropriate test methods, reports and artifacts
• Design and finalize top-level system architecture and block diagrams with partitioning of design and details of subassembly interconnections
• Define top level internal and external interfaces and control documents
• Ensure that the system architecture is realizable, testable, maintainable, supportable
• Perform optimization activities, analysis and trade studies
• Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts including CONOPS, system requirements specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and verification and validation plans
• Support integration, verification, and validation
• Develop system level verification, qualification, acceptance and production test flow and test plans
• Lead design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and customer-facing technical interchange meetings (TIMs)
• Serve as a primary technical interface to customers and prime contractors, coordinating on system-level requirements flow-down, interface definitions, and technical performance measures
• Define and track technical performance measures (TPMs) and support risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities
• Coordinate with optical, mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software engineering disciplines to ensure integrated system performance
• Develop coherent product specifications and design documentation
• Contribute to proposal efforts, basis of estimate (BOE) development, and program planning
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the growth of Voyager's systems engineering capability
• Adhere to Voyager Technologies Standard Operating Procedures and quality standards
• Coordinate and provide technical leadership to engineering design teams during the development of compute, camera, and radio products

If your experience aligns with our basic qualifications and you are inspired by our mission, we’d like to connect. If you don’t see the right role right now, and stay connected as we continue to build what’s next.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience in a relevant field) in engineering or systems engineering with a minimum work experience of 8 years with BS
• Familiarity with requirements management software (e.g. JAMA, DOORS, etc.)
• Leadership experience with a proven ability to drive projects and teams to successful completion
• Experience leading deeply technical product development
• Demonstrated experience with requirements management, technical baseline and change management, interface definition, and verification and validation on hardware-software systems
• Demonstrated experience with system, subsystem, and box-level integration and test, including issue identification, root cause and corrective action (RCCA), and closure
• Experience with space flight hardware development, including environmental qualification such as thermal-vacuum, vibration, shock, and radiation testing
• Experience with interface buses/protocols used in embedded systems such as PCI, RS-422/232, SPI, CameraLink, SpaceWire, Ethernet, CAN, etc
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical content to diverse audiences

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates are not expected to have all of the following. Experience in one or more of these areas is a plus:

• Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline
• Experience leading small technical teams or integrated product teams (IPTs)
• Experience with MBSE tools and methodologies (e.g. SysML, Cameo Systems Modeler)
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-499, EIA-632, or ISO/IEC 15288 systems engineering standards
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-1540, GEVS (GSFC-STD-7000), or MIL-STD-461 environmental and EMI/EMC standards
• Experience with flight-software systems
• Experience with ground-system software and mission operations
• Experience in software development with emphasis on embedded systems
• Experience with embedded processors/microcontrollers such as ARM, Xilinx, x86, 8051, etc, using RTOSes or bare metal
• Experience with embedded Linux, including kernel configuration
• Experience with software configuration management and issue tracking tools
• Experience with agile development
• Experience with programming, particularly in Python, MATLAB, C, C++ or other scripting and test languages
• Active or prior U.S. Government security clearance, or eligibility to obtain one

The good faith base salary range for this role is $165,000-$205,000 at the time of this posting. Where you fall within the range depends on your experience, skills, and location. This range reflects base salary only and does not include benefits or bonus/incentive. This range may be adjusted in the future.

Voyager offers a highly competitive total compensation package designed to support the well-being, growth, and success of our employees. Employees benefit from a flexible and comprehensive rewards program that supports both professional and personal well-being.

• Flexible Time Off (FTO), empowering employees to take the time they need to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families, with a significant portion of premiums covered by the company and many benefits paid at 100% for employees
• Flexible, affordable gym memberships with 12,700+ options nationwide including 24 Hour Fitness, EoS Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Blink Fitness, Chuze Fitness and more! No long-term contracts and FREE on-demand workout videos before you enroll
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%, supporting long-term financial security
• Company wellness programs that support physical and mental well-being
• Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources
• The opportunity to work alongside a highly talented team in an innovative, mission driven environment

Equal Opportunity & Export Compliance

Voyager is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Parts 120–130) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730–774), applicants for this position must be a U.S. Person: a US Citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3). Applicants must be eligible to obtain any required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran