Senior Program Systems Integration Engineer (MILSATCOM)

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States, at a secure facility. U.S. citizenship is required.

Salary: $135,000–$169,000 USD annually.

Company

Engineering, science, and advanced technology solutions supporting safety, security, and mission success across ground, air, space, and information systems.

What you will do

• Develop integration strategies and processes for satellite communication systems and their ground, space, crypto, terminal, subsystem, and component segments.
• Manage technical baselines and analyze system requirements, verification, and validation activities.
• Apply digital engineering methods and modeling strategies, including digital twins, to integration and testing.
• Lead government and contractor working groups, technical discussions, briefings, meeting minutes, and action-item tracking.
• Assess technical baseline changes, integration risks, interdependencies, schedule impacts, and alternative solutions.
• Review contractor program documents, adjudicate technical comments, and prepare courses of action for U.S. Space Force stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of engineering experience and 5+ years of systems engineering experience.
• Experience with requirements management, technical baseline development, test planning, integration, execution, and verification and validation.
• Experience developing or managing requirements specifications or Interface Control Documents for complex systems.
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication, and presentation skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance, ability to obtain Top Secret clearance, and U.S. citizenship are required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or a related technical field.
• Experience with MILSATCOM programs such as AEHF, PTS, EPS, WGS, or FAB-T.
• Experience with military personnel, DoD civilians, ground systems, space systems, terminals, and networks.
• Agile development and collaboration tools experience, including Jira and Confluence.
• PMP or INCOSE certifications and active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative multidisciplinary environment with small teams.
• Work supporting the U.S. Space Force’s acquisition of secure, survivable, and protected MILSATCOM systems.
• Regular full-time employment.
• Comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary.
• Seven-year pre-employment background check; no drug screen required.

Hiring process

• Position is contingent upon customer approval.
• Background screening and security-clearance verification are required.