Systems Engineer

Launch the Next Generation of Space Technology. Engineer the Future from the Ground Up.

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a leading aerospace and defense innovator to hire a Systems Engineer in El Segundo, CA. If you're passionate about solving complex technical challenges, collaborating across engineering disciplines, and contributing to advanced satellite and space systems, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact on technologies that shape the future of space exploration, national security, and global communications.

Location: El Segundo, CA

Job Type: Full-Time Consultant (6-Month Assignment)

Schedule: Monday-Friday | First Shift | 9:00 AM-5:30 PM

Pay Rate: Starting at $69.46 per hour

Make an Impact Beyond Earth

As a Systems Engineer, you'll play a critical role in the design, development, integration, and verification of sophisticated spacecraft systems supporting commercial, civil, and national security missions. Working alongside top engineering talent, you'll help ensure complex satellite programs meet performance objectives, technical requirements, and customer expectations throughout the entire system lifecycle.

This is an opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking space technologies while supporting programs that push the boundaries of innovation.

What You'll Do

As a key member of the engineering team, you will:

• Collaborate across spacecraft subsystems to plan, design, develop, integrate, and verify complex space systems throughout the program lifecycle
  
• Evaluate customer and operational requirements to define system performance criteria and technical parameters
  
• Ensure compatibility across physical, functional, and program interfaces
  
• Perform systems analyses to optimize system architectures and overall mission performance
  
• Identify and resolve gaps in scope and coordinate work across teams
  
• Support the identification and resolution of complex cross-functional technical issues
  
• Participate in or lead technical, schedule, and cost trade studies
  
• Support engineering governance activities, including Risk, Issue and Opportunity (RIO) Boards and Engineering Review Boards (ERB)
  
• Ensure contractual compliance by integrating Statements of Work (SOW) and technical requirements into engineering processes
  
• Develop and maintain systems engineering infrastructure using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as DOORS and Cameo
  
• Allocate, derive, and trace performance and functional requirements throughout the system hierarchy
  
• Forecast, track, and report requirements verification and compliance activities
  
• Support engineering change proposal evaluations and technical responses
  
• Participate in major systems engineering reviews, including:
  
  
  
  • System Requirements Reviews (SRR)
    
  • Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR)
    
  • Critical Design Reviews (CDR)
    
  • Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)
    
  
  
  
• Represent Systems Engineering during reviews conducted by manufacturing, integration, testing, and other integrated product teams
  
• Support Assembly, Integration & Testing (AI&T), launch activities, mission operations, and non-conformance resolution as program needs evolve
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in:
  
  
  
  • Engineering
    
  • Engineering Technology
    
  • Computer Science
    
  • Data Science
    
  • Mathematics
    
  • Physics
    
  • Chemistry
    
  • Or a related technical field
    
  
  
  
• Experience with systems engineering fundamentals and product lifecycle development
  
• Knowledge of systems engineering reviews and milestones, including SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  
• Ability to work effectively on complex technical programs in a collaborative environment
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Must be eligible to obtain a Security Clearance.
  
• This position requires use of information or access to facilities subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These regulations may limit access of controlled technologies: 1) to U.S. Persons, including U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, and other narrow categories including refugees and asylees, or 2) to certain foreign nationals that have received an export license.                                               
  
   
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in satellite system design, development, integration, testing, or operations
  
• Experience supporting commercial, government, defense, or space programs
  
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as DOORS and Cameo
  
• Experience collaborating with customers, program offices, and multidisciplinary engineering teams
  
• Knowledge of spacecraft architecture, requirements management, and systems integration
  
• Leadership experience guiding technical efforts, reviews, or engineering teams
  
• Typically 9+ years of relevant engineering experience or an equivalent combination of education and technical expertise
  

Why Join Us?

At PDS Tech Commercial, we connect exceptional talent with opportunities at some of the world's most respected aerospace organizations. This role offers the chance to work on cutting-edge space programs where your ideas, expertise, and innovation contribute directly to mission success.

What You'll Gain

• Competitive pay starting at $69.46 per hour
  
• Opportunity to work on advanced satellite and spacecraft technologies
  
• Exposure to high-profile commercial, civil, and national security space programs
  
• Collaborative environment with world-class engineers and technical experts
  
• Involvement in the full systems engineering lifecycle, from concept through launch and mission operations
  
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge MBSE tools and modern engineering practices
  
• Professional growth through complex challenges and innovative projects
  
• Meaningful work that supports critical global communications, security, and exploration initiatives
  

At PDS Tech Commercial, you'll join a culture that values innovation, collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous learning while providing opportunities to make a real impact on the future of aerospace.

Ready to Reach New Heights?

If you're a systems engineering professional eager to tackle complex challenges and contribute to next-generation space systems, we want to hear from you.

Apply today and join PDS Tech Commercial in partnership with an industry leader developing the spacecraft and satellite technologies that will define the future of space. Your next mission starts here.

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