Senior Systems Engineer Verified today

Voyager Space · San Diego, CA · Space Systems · first seen 2026-09-10

About the Role

As Senior Systems Engineer, you will plan, lead and conduct system requirements development, system design, system integration, qualification and testing across our Compute, Camera and Radio portfolios. You will report to the Systems Engineering Manager and work onsite in San Diego, CA.

Your Responsibilities

  • Develop requirements verification and compliance matrices with Customers, Engineers and Program Management; ensure all customer requirements are satisfied with appropriate test methods, reports and artifacts
  • Design and finalize top-level system architecture and block diagrams with subassembly partitioning and interconnection details
  • Define top-level internal and external interfaces and control documents
  • Ensure system architecture is realizable, testable, maintainable and supportable
  • Perform optimization activities, analysis and trade studies
  • Support integration, verification and validation activities
  • Allocate requirements to Design Engineers; communicate interface requirements and design budgets including derived requirements to each board boundary
  • Develop system-level verification, qualification, acceptance and production test flow and test plans
  • Develop product specifications and design documentation
  • Provide technical leadership to engineering design teams during compute, camera and radio product development
  • Adhere to Voyager Technologies Standard Operating Procedures and quality standards

Required Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in engineering or systems engineering with minimum 8 years work experience
  • Leadership experience with proven ability to drive projects and teams to successful completion
  • Experience leading deeply technical product development
  • Experience with flight-software systems
  • Experience with ground-system software and mission operations
  • Experience in embedded systems software development
  • Experience with embedded processors and microcontrollers (ARM, PowerPC, x86, TI-DSP, 8051) using RTOSes or bare metal
  • Familiarity with requirements management software (JAMA, DOORS or similar)
  • Experience with software configuration management and issue tracking tools
  • Experience with interface buses and protocols (PCI, RS-422/232, SPI, CameraLink, SpaceWire, Ethernet, CAN)
  • Programming experience in C, C++, Python or other scripting and test languages
  • Experience with agile development

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range: $165,000-$205,000 USD. Actual placement depends on experience, skills and location.

  • Flexible Time Off (FTO)
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and families
  • Flexible gym memberships with 12,700+ nationwide options
  • 401(k) retirement plan with 50% company match on contributions up to 8%
  • Company wellness programs
  • Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources

Employment Requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. Person to comply with export regulations (ITAR and EAR): a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3). Applicants must be eligible to obtain required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or Department of Commerce.