Senior Systems Engineer – Aerospace & Defense MBSE

Karman Space & Defense; Mukilteo (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

HSA

FSA

Life & AD&D

Short/Long-term disability

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense in Mukilteo, WA seeks a program-level technical lead to drive product maturation and ensure system performance through development. You will coordinate engineering activities, guide system architecture and requirement decomposition, and verify compliance via documentation and test planning.

The role requires leading multidisciplinary teams, analyzing tradeoffs, and delivering robust designs for aerospace and defense programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering.
• Typically 4–7 years aerospace/defense experience.
• Experience developing mechanical systems and structures, electronics, cabling, system integration, and qualification testing.
• Proficiency in aerospace fundamentals including FEA, dynamics and kinematics, materials, design and testing.
• Demonstrated technical leadership to plan and execute multidisciplinary projects.
• U.S. DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Contributes technical oversight at the program level to ensure end products meet all applicable requirements.
• Ensures balanced emphasis on system design, analysis, and testing to produce robust solutions.
• Drives system-level architectural decisions by modeling system behavior and supporting requirement decomposition.
• Verifies and documents system compliance to requirements.
• Leads development of test plans that validate system performance.
• Supports creation of engineering reports and presentations.
• Supports development of interface control drawings and interface description documents.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems engineering

Requirement decomposition

MBSE

FEM/FEA

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor or Master in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

DOORS Next Generation

Jazz Team Server

Job description

Karman Space & Defense in Mukilteo, WA seeks a program-level technical lead to drive product maturation and ensure system performance through development. You will coordinate engineering activities, guide system architecture and requirement decomposition, and verify compliance via documentation and test planning.

The role requires leading multidisciplinary teams, analyzing tradeoffs, and delivering robust designs for aerospace and defense programs.