Systems Engineer

Job Title: Systems Engineer

Job Description

Join our team as a Systems Engineer, where you will have the opportunity to design, integrate, and develop cutting-edge space-based optical instruments, subsystems, and payloads for airborne and space platforms. You will play a critical role in defining, allocating, and managing technical requirements while ensuring traceability throughout the development process. This role involves collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration and functionality of payloads, providing technical management of project requirements, and supporting hardware and software development teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, integrate, and develop space-based optical instruments, subsystems, and payloads for airborne and space platforms.
• Define, allocate, and manage technical requirements for space systems.
• Ensure traceability of requirements throughout the development process and address potential conflicts or issues.
• Lead requirements definition, allocation, and traceability across the development lifecycle.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including system design descriptions, ICDs, CONOPs, and test plans.
• Generate technical reports and presentations to communicate findings, progress, and recommendations to internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Provide technical management of project requirements, system architecture, system interfaces, mission assurance guidelines, and system compliance.
• Support the development and testing of space payloads to be integrated on spacecraft platforms.
• Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration and functionality of exquisite payloads.
• Support hardware and software development teams with system-level test planning, debugging, integration, and execution of verification test procedures; analyze data and recommend design refinements.
• Lead hardware and software V&V activities to confirm alignment with program and customer requirements.
• Provide technical oversight of system architecture, interfaces, mission assurance, and compliance.
• Participate in technical interchange meetings and represent the organization in project discussions.
• Support the development, testing, and delivery of space payloads; assess and mitigate technical risks.
• Ability to support travel or off-site work, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor"s Degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics.
• At least 5 years of professional systems engineering experience.
• At least 5 years of validation and verification experience.
• Experience with requirement management tools.
• At least 5 years of integration and testing experience.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Professional experience with Python or Matlab.
• Experience using DOORS or JAMA.
• Experience with EMI/EMC.
• Test planning experience.

Work Environment

This position is fully onsite with a flexible start time between 7am-9am. You will work 5 days a week, with final start and finish hours to be determined. This is a unique opportunity to work on faster-moving programs and cutting-edge projects within a smaller team where you can have a tangible impact on the program.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Tucson, AZ.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $155000.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision

Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Tucson,AZ.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 26, 2026.

About Actalent

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