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Senior Systems Engineer

Voyager Technologies, San Diego, CA, United States


Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission‑critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.

Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies
The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart. You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality. If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person,

forge the future with Voyager.

The Senior Systems Engineer for our Products business line is responsible for planning, leading and conducting system requirements development, system design, system integration, qualification, testing and oversight of the entire life cycle of our space computers portfolio. The position reports to the VP of Product Design and is part of the Engineering department based in San Diego, CA. This role is fully onsite.

In This Role, The Essential Functions Are

Work with a cross functional team of Customers, Engineers, and Program Management to develop a requirements verification and compliance matrix and ensure all customer requirements are satisfied with appropriate test methods, reports and artifacts

Design and finalize top-level system architecture and block diagrams with partitioning of design and details of subassembly interconnections

Define top level internal and external interfaces and control documents

Ensure that the system architecture is realizable, testable, maintainable, supportable

Perform optimization activities, analysis and trade studies

Support integration, verification and, validation

Communicate to the Project and Design Engineers their requirement allocations, interface requirements and design budgets, including derived requirements to each board boundary

Develop system level verification, qualification, acceptance and production test flow and test plans

Develop coherent product specifications and design documentation

Adhere to Voyager Technologies Standard Operating Procedures and quality standards

Coordinate and provide technical leadership to engineering design teams during the development of space computer products.

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Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience in a relevant field) in engineering or systems engineering with a minimum work experience of: 4+ Years with BS

Familiarity with requirements management software (e.g. JAMA, DOORS, etc.)

Leadership experience with a proven ability to drive projects and teams to successful completion

Experience leading deeply technical product development

Experience with flight-software systems

Experience with ground-system software and mission operations

Experience in software development with emphasis on embedded systems

Experience with embedded processors/microcontrollers such as ARM, PowerPC, x86, TI-DSP, 8051, etc, using RTOSes or bare metal.

Experience with embedded Linux including kernel configuration using Yocto or BuildRoot

Experience with software configuration management and issue tracking tools

Experience with agile development

Experience with interface buses/protocols used in embedded systems such as PCI, USB, RS-422/232, SPI, CameraLink, SpaceWire, Ethernet, CAN, etc

Experience with programming, particularly in C, C++, Python or other scripting and test languages

Travel, Physical And/or Government Mandated Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

The good faith base salary range for this role is $145,000-$205,000 at the time of this posting. Where you fall within the range depends on your experience, skills, and location. This range reflects base salary only and does not include benefits or bonus/incentive. This range may be adjusted in the future.

Voyager offers a highly competitive total compensation package designed to support the well‑being, growth, and success of our employees. Employees benefit from a flexible and comprehensive rewards program that supports both professional and personal well‑being.

Benefits

Flexible Time Off (FTO), empowering employees to take the time they need to recharge and maintain a healthy work‑life balance

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families, with a significant portion of premiums covered by the company and many benefits paid at 100% for employees

Flexible, affordable gym memberships with 12,700+ options nationwide including 24 Hour Fitness, EoS Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Blink Fitness, Chuze Fitness and more! No long‑term contracts and FREE on‑demand workout videos before you enroll

401(k) retirement plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%, supporting long‑term financial security

Company wellness programs that support physical and mental well‑being

Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources

The opportunity to work alongside a highly talented team in an innovative, mission driven environment

Voyager is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.

California pay range

$145,000—$205,000 USD

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