Systems Engineering

AeroVironment

Full-time · Annapolis Junction, MD · $125,000 – $220,000

This role applies systems engineering expertise across the full lifecycle of defense technology projects, managing technical integrity and communicating complex design trade-offs with government stakeholders. It suits engineers with 8+ years in defense contracting who hold a TS/SCI clearance and want to shape how military systems are built and maintained.

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Merck

Full-time

This role leads technical architecture and system design for IoT-connected animal health devices across embedded, hardware, and software domains. It suits experienced systems engineers who thrive in multidisciplinary environments and want to drive innovation from concept through field deployment.

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Impulse Space

Redondo Beach

A leadership role designing and overseeing spacecraft mechanisms from initial concept through operational sustainment. This suits someone with deep mechanical engineering expertise who wants to lead a technically skilled team building high-reliability space hardware.

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Boeing

Full-time · $153,000 – $207,000

Lead a team designing fault tolerance and autonomous systems for Boeing's experimental spacecraft, including the X-37B spaceplane. This role suits engineers with deep expertise in spacecraft systems, failure analysis, and autonomy who thrive in fast-paced development environments solving novel technical challenges.

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Arianespace / ArianeGroup

Full-time · Vernon

This role leads the design and development of turbomachinery systems for Ariane 6 rocket engines and hydrogen mobility applications. It suits experienced technical leaders with deep knowledge of rotating machinery who can manage complex projects across design, prototyping, and testing phases.

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Axiom Space

Houston, TX

Lead the systems engineering and verification of Axiom Space's extravehicular activity suits and support equipment, driving end-to-end development from requirements through validation testing. This role suits experienced systems engineers who thrive in fast-paced, complex aerospace environments and want to directly impact humanity's next era of space exploration.

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Voyager

Pittsburgh, PA · $175,000 – $195,000 · Remote

A senior technical role designing lunar landers, rovers, and spacecraft systems for a space technology company serving NASA and commercial customers. Suited to experienced systems engineers who can translate mission concepts into detailed architectures and lead cross-disciplinary technical work.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $164,000 – $246,000

This Staff-level systems engineering role owns the end-to-end definition and delivery of spacecraft buses for interplanetary science missions, managing requirements, interfaces, and performance budgets across power, thermal, communications, and other subsystems. It suits experienced spacecraft engineers comfortable with vendor management, cross-functional leadership, and the blend of technical rigor and programmatic oversight that comes with mission-critical hardware development.

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LeoLabs

Full-time · Remote

A technical sales role supporting LeoLabs' growth across Europe, Middle East, and Africa by helping defense, government, and commercial space customers understand how the company's satellite tracking and analytics platform solves their operational needs. This suits engineers or technical program managers with aerospace or defense sector experience who enjoy translating complex technical capabilities into customer solutions and can relocate to Spain or Italy.

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Agility Robotics

Full-time · Fremont, CA · $217,000 – $281,000

Lead the technical strategy for integrating complex humanoid robotic systems from prototype through deployment, solving cross-functional engineering challenges and building scalable processes. This role suits experienced systems engineers who excel at navigating ambiguity, mentoring teams through technical change, and making high-impact decisions across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.

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