Senior Staff Engineer, GCS / Communications Systems (R5020)

Location: San Diego, California; on-site

Company

Develops advanced military aircraft and autonomous systems supported by mission-critical communication and control capabilities.

What you will do

• Define ground control station and communication system behaviors, operational workflows, and activity diagrams.
• Develop and integrate architectures covering RF links, SATCOM, LOS/BLOS datalinks, networking infrastructure, antennas, encryption devices, and mission control interfaces.
• Lead integration across avionics, mission systems, networking, cybersecurity, software, and test teams.
• Define and validate interface definitions, network architectures, link budgets, and communication performance requirements.
• Support lab, field, and flight testing by troubleshooting communication issues and validating network performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, systems, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in communications systems, networking, mission systems, or military aerospace integration.
• Experience with ground control station architectures, datalinks, RF systems, networking, or airborne communication systems.
• Familiarity with LOS/BLOS communications, SATCOM, IP networking, encryption technologies, and hardware/software integration.
• Strong systems engineering, troubleshooting, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Ability to obtain a S//SAR-level security clearance is desired.

Nice to have

• Experience with UAVs, fighter aircraft, autonomous systems, or military communication networks.
• Experience defining operational behaviors, activity diagrams, CONOPS, or system architectures with MBSE tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler.
• Background in integration labs, flight testing, network resiliency, or tactical communication systems.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, RMF, resilient communications, and contested-environment operations.
• Active Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employee position.
• On-site work in San Diego, California.
• Work spans lab, field, and flight-test environments.