2026 Conversion Radar System Engineer I - Onsite

Date Posted:

2026-03-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CA-EL SEGUNDO-R01 ~ 2000 E Imperial Hwy ~ BLDG R01

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status:

Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

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The Space & Airborne Center within Systems Engineering Integration & Test seeks talented Systems Engineers. Our Space & Airborne team located in El Segundo , CA integrate hardware and software, develop test plans and procedures, debug and evaluate system functions and interfaces, and verify system requirements in support of final sell-off to the customer. We put our systems together, exercise them in the lab or in the field, measure and analyze performance, and make sure our products work the first time and every time. Every day there is a different set of challenges to overcome. You'll be expected to collaborate across disciplines and partners to implement solutions. In this role, you'll get to know a little bit about every aspect of the system and have a direct hand in making it all work together supporting teams of engineers engaged in integration and test efforts. 

As a Systems Engineer in the life cycle center within the Space & Airborne Center, you will interface with the customers to develop CONOPS, system architecture, system requirements and manage qualification, verification and validation. Our center focuses on back-end sustainment and repair design and sustainment development as well as transitioning systems through integration and test from production to warranty/sustainment. You will also perform functional / physical analysis, allocation, and trade studies.

You will support Radar Mode requirement development, engineering testing, integration and flight-testing, production, system deployment, and post deployment support across the product lifecycle. Through Digital Transformation (DTx) you will perform these functions using a variety of methods and enabling technologies, including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Agile product development.

This position is an onsite role in El Segundo, CA. Test event support activity may require travel which is not expected to exceed 20%.

What You Will Do:

• Support planning and execution of Integration, Verification, or Troubleshoot Test activities in our labs, in the field, or at a Depot facility

• Support activity may require travel

• Support qualification of our products

• Support troubleshooting and failure data analyses, including root cause and corrective action processes and advanced use of lab or field test equipment

• Complete and compile detailed performance evaluations, including the use of analysis tools, such as MATLAB

• Prepare and present results in reports and briefings to internal or external stakeholders

• Support in managing engineering support activities related to test and trouble-shoot of hardware

• Perform root-cause analysis & implement minor design changes

• Maintain engineering specifications (DS, ARD, etc.) & drawing (Schematics & Assembly Drawings)

• Maintain engineering databases

• Coordinate engineering tag up and meetings between the Program, System Engineering, and Chief Engineer

• Resolve and coordinate system technical solutions with Engineering teams

• Provide technical guidance and support to Engineering IPTLs

• Participate in periodic team meetings, interface teleconference meetings, working group meetings

• Support associated with implementing process requirements

• Support for mockup hardware repairs

• Sustainment/Depot returns and repair

What You Will Learn:

After completion of comprehensive on-the-job training, the candidate will be a part of a team supporting Systems Engineering and Systems Integration & Test activities across the product development lifecycle.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in S