Senior Systems Engineer – Space & Defense, Onsite SD

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Gym memberships

401(k) with company match

Wellness programs

Employee support resources

Job summary

Voyager Technologies in San Diego (onsite) seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead lifecycle engineering for compute, camera, and radio portfolios. You will plan requirements, design architectures, and oversee integration, verification, and qualification activities.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in engineering, flight-software experience, and strong leadership. Familiarity with JAMA/DOORS and embedded RTOS is expected, with a focus on delivering mission-critical solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or systems engineering with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience leading deeply technical product development and flight-software projects.
• Familiarity with requirements management tools (JAMA/DOORS).
• Experience with embedded processors and RTOS in complex systems.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements verification matrices and ensure customer requirements have test methods and artifacts.
• Design top-level system architecture and subassembly interconnections.
• Define internal and external interfaces and control documents.
• Coordinate and lead verification, integration, and production test flows.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams for compute, camera, and radio products.
• Create coherent product specifications and design documentation.

Skills

Requirements management

Leadership

Flight software

Embedded systems

C/C++/Python

RTOS

Agile development

Interface protocols

Software config mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or systems engineering

Tools

JAMA

DOORS

Job description

Voyager Technologies in San Diego (onsite) seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead lifecycle engineering for compute, camera, and radio portfolios. You will plan requirements, design architectures, and oversee integration, verification, and qualification activities.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in engineering, flight-software experience, and strong leadership. Familiarity with JAMA/DOORS and embedded RTOS is expected, with a focus on delivering mission-critical solutions.