Senior Systems Engineer, Aerospace & Defense, DoD Clearance

Amro-A-Division-of-Karman-Space-; Mukilteo (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short‑ and long‑term disability

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a senior engineer in Mukilteo, WA, to provide program-level oversight, drive system architecture, and ensure performance across development. You will coordinate engineering activities and verify compliance through structured plans and tests.

The role requires a DoD Secret clearance (or ability to obtain) and extensive collaboration across software, hardware, and systems teams. Strong leadership and aerospace fundamentals are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering or equivalent.
• Typically 4–7 years of aerospace/defense experience.
• Experience developing mechanical systems and structures, electronics, cabling, system integration, and qualification testing.
• Proficiency in aerospace fundamentals: structural analysis, FEA, physics-based modeling, dynamics and kinematics, materials, design, testing.
• Demonstrated technical leadership with ability to plan and execute multidisciplinary projects.
• DoD Secret security clearance or ability to obtain/maintain one.

Responsibilities

• Provides program-level technical oversight to ensure requirements are met.
• Balances system design, analysis, and testing for robust solutions.
• Drives system-level architectural decisions and requirement decomposition.
• Verifies and documents system compliance to requirements.
• Leads development of test plans to validate performance.
• Supports engineering reports and presentations.
• Supports interface control drawings and interface description documents.

Skills

Aerospace Eng

Systems Engineering

FEM Analysis

Requirements Decomposition

Test Planning

Technical Leadership

DoD Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical/Aerospace Eng

Tools

DOORS Next Gen

Jazz Team Server (JTS)

MBSE tools

FMEA

Job description

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a senior engineer in Mukilteo, WA, to provide program-level oversight, drive system architecture, and ensure performance across development. You will coordinate engineering activities and verify compliance through structured plans and tests.

The role requires a DoD Secret clearance (or ability to obtain) and extensive collaboration across software, hardware, and systems teams. Strong leadership and aerospace fundamentals are essential.