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Principal Systems Engineer, Air Vehicle Systems

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $220,000–$220,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-09-30

Core

Lead systems engineering for a Group 5 autonomous aircraft program, shaping requirements and managing the digital thread from stakeholder inputs through design.

Role type

Principal Systems Engineer (Unmanned Aerial Systems)

Builds

Group 5 autonomous aircraft (UAS)

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Unmanned Aerial Systems

Required skills

Systems Engineering lifecycle management, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, requirements elicitation and management, integration and test activities, risk management, security clearance management

Preferred skills

Avionics, electrical power systems, communications, propulsion, mechanical systems, hydraulic systems, Digital Engineering workflows, Integrated Modeling Environments (Teamwork Cloud), Cameo MagicDraw, Rhapsody, SparxEA

Technologies

SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, MagicDraw, Rhapsody, SparxEA, Teamwork Cloud

Responsibilities

Shape customer needs into air vehicle and subsystem requirements, Develop System Engineering artifacts including system models, Lead program team through systems engineering reviews, Communicate and manage program risks

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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