# Systems Engineering

Skill · Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Environmental)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/systems-engineering

An interdisciplinary engineering field focused on designing, integrating, and managing complex systems over their entire life cycle, considering how hardware, software, people, and processes work together to meet a goal. Systems engineers are common in industries like aerospace, defense, automotive, and large-scale software, where they coordinate between specialized engineering teams to ensure overall system requirements are met. The discipline emphasizes requirements management, trade-off analysis, and verification and validation.

## Systems Engineering in the job market

- Open roles: 68
- Employers hiring: 18
- Median stated pay: $173,000 (middle half $141,000 – $210,000), from 52 of 68 open roles — the 76% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Systems Engineering

Measured from the 68 open roles that name Systems Engineering, not from a curated list.

- [Requirements Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/requirements-management) — 11 roles (16.2%)
- [Jira](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/jira) — 8 roles (11.8%)
- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 8 roles (11.8%)
- [Confluence](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/confluence) — 7 roles (10.3%)
- [MATLAB](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/matlab) — 6 roles (8.8%)
- [Requirements Analysis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/requirements-analysis) — 6 roles (8.8%)
- [Simulink](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/simulink) — 6 roles (8.8%)
- [Verification and Validation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/verification-and-validation) — 6 roles (8.8%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Entry: 5 (8%)
- Mid: 8 (13%)
- Senior: 37 (59%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 9 (14%)
- Management: 3 (5%)
- Executive: 1 (2%)

From 63 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Systems Engineering roles are

- [El Segundo, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/el-segundo-ca) — 5
- [Fremont, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/fremont-ca) — 4
- [Jessup, MD](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/jessup-md) — 4
- [Long Beach, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/long-beach-ca) — 4
- [Pittsburgh, PA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/pittsburgh-pa) — 4
- [Dallas, TX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/dallas-tx) — 3

Among the 54 of 68 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Systems Engineering

- [Systems Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/systems-engineer) — 28
- [Mechanical Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/mechanical-engineer) — 5
- [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager) — 4
- [Aerospace Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/aerospace-engineer) — 3
- [Cybersecurity Analyst](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/cybersecurity-analyst) — 3
- [Technical Program Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/technical-program-manager) — 3

## Employers hiring for Systems Engineering

- [Boeing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/boeing) — 16 open roles
- [Voyager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/voyager) — 12 open roles
- [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — 8 open roles
- [Agility Robotics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/agility-robotics) — 4 open roles
- [Relativity Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/relativity-space) — 4 open roles
- [Shield AI](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shield-ai) — 4 open roles

Related skills: [Requirements Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/requirements-management), [Model Based Systems Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/model-based-systems-engineering), [Project Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/project-management), [Systems Thinking](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/systems-thinking), [Conceptual Design](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/conceptual-design), [Verification and Validation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/verification-and-validation), [Human Factors Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/human-factors-engineering), [Systems Architecture](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/systems-architecture), [Cyber Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/cyber-engineering), [Software Systems](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/software-systems), [Sustainable Systems](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/sustainable-systems), [Engineering Design Process](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/engineering-design-process)

## Open roles requiring Systems Engineering (68)

- [Senior System Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8d7e7601-49e2-4f40-97e0-a5fc1ec5d400/senior-system-engineer-at-aerovironment) at [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — Full-time, Annapolis Junction, MD, $125,000 – $220,000
- [Senior System Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9f82e9cf-a478-4b9a-9aa9-3e02ca90fad1/senior-system-engineer-at-merck) at [Merck](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/merck) — Full-time
- [Lead, Spacecraft Mechanisms](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/eb8221c0-c15e-4240-8bd7-31df93057945/lead-spacecraft-mechanisms-at-impulse-space) at [Impulse Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/impulse-space) — Redondo Beach 
- [Lead Fault & Autonomy Engineer - Experimental Space Programs](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/139ba67a-eb68-4287-a1e5-9fde15e42a42/lead-fault-autonomy-engineer-experimental-space-programs-at-boeing) at [Boeing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/boeing) — Full-time, $153,000 – $207,000
- [CDI - Technical Leader - Turbomachines spatiales et mobilité hydrogène (F/H)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2941e45a-da35-41a7-ac14-e136cc313297/cdi-technical-leader-turbomachines-spatiales-et-mobilite-hydrogene-f-h-at) at [Arianespace / ArianeGroup](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/arianespace-arianegroup) — Full-time, Vernon
- [Principal Systems Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/01dac36e-e255-484e-99ad-e646e6fc55cd/principal-systems-engineer-at-axiom-space) at [Axiom Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/axiom-space) — Houston, TX
- [Senior Systems Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5510fe2b-ace6-4f72-8289-1d77b42a107f/senior-systems-engineer-at-voyager) at [Voyager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/voyager) — Pittsburgh, PA · Remote, $175,000 – $195,000
- [Spacecraft Responsible Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2c3a082f-907f-49a2-a4c3-e58d4dc601c5/spacecraft-responsible-engineer-at-relativity-space) at [Relativity Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/relativity-space) — Long Beach, CA, $164,000 – $246,000
- [Senior Solutions Engineer - EMEA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/ef11f804-28cd-421e-970f-6793a93c9f5d/senior-solutions-engineer-emea-at-leolabs) at [LeoLabs](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/leolabs) — Full-time, Remote
- [Senior Staff Systems Integration Engineer (Tech Lead)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d9b365f8-e82a-497e-82a0-5ce392f9d81a/senior-staff-systems-integration-engineer-tech-lead-at-agility-robotics) at [Agility Robotics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/agility-robotics) — Full-time, Fremont, CA, $217,000 – $281,000

All 68 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=9780fafd-7429-4d25-883e-580ed499b281