Senior Electronics Systems Engineer

Company: GCR Professional Services
Location: Torrance
Posted on: May 8, 2025

Job Description:

Senior Electronics Systems Engineer

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(Location: Carson/Torrance, CA area)


Client is seeking a Senior Electronics Systems Engineer to join their team. The Senior Electronics Systems Engineer will play an active, hands-on role in the development of new systems, hardware, and software designs for products being developed for use in DoD environments.

The Senior Systems Engineer will take ownership of electrical requirements analysis activities at the CCA and system level to include requirements generation, allocation, and tracking throughout the development lifecycle as well as hardware testing and validation. This Senior Systems Engineer will also contribute to and support organization-wide efforts across disciplined teams in electrical, mechanical, and software technical areas.

This candidate will be joining a growing engineering team that develops cutting-edge, ruggedized military hardware to support operations via air, land, or sea. The department focuses on tightly integrated, compact sensing and computing technologies to deliver mission critical information. Prior experience working with ruggedized military hardware is desirable (but not required).


Responsibilities:
Coordinate and lead systems developments to align with customer requirements and company goals. Provide technical leadership to system architecture definition based on the required functionality. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system-level interfaces, performance parameters, and integration points. Develop and execute test plans, procedures, and automated test scripts to validate system functionality and performance. Support system verification, validation, and qualification in laboratory and field environments. Interface frequently with customers, technical management, and cross-disciplinary engineers to resolve technical issues, while optimally balancing cost, schedule and technical design integrity. Create technical documentation, including system design documents, user manuals, and test reports. Ensure compliance with applicable defense and software engineering standards (e.g., MIL-STD-498, DO-178C). Train junior Systems Engineers in generating key deliverables to further develop the in-house knowledge base. Other duties as assigned.











Requirements:
B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field 5-8 years of experience in an electrical design and/or systems engineering role. Outstanding analytical, problem solving, planning, and abstract thinking skills Ability to work independently to formulate systems engineering work products and integrating complex hardware/software systems (preferably). Hands-on experience in systems engineering product life cycle development activities. Hands-on experience with qualification testing per MIL Standards (MIL-STD-704, 810, 461, 464) that covers the expected military customer use environment and operational conditions.







In Addition, The Followings Are Significant Pluses:
M.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field. Hands-on experience with hardware validation and qualification testing and troubleshooting. Experience with MOSA, SOSA, and/or GCIA standards. Experience with specialized interface protocols including MIL-STD-1553 and CAN bus. Strong knowledge and experience with SAE ARP4761, MIL-STD-882E, Joint Software System Safety Handbook (JSSSEH), DO-178B/C, MIL-HDBK-516C, DO-254, SAE ARP4754A, and/or AOP-52. Ability to adapt to fast moving environments with evolving deadlines and communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively. Experience using DOORS is a plus.







Benefits
Client offers a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to): Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance plans, vacation time and PTO, etc.


Unless otherwise stated in the requirements section of an individual job listing, our positions require U.S. Citizenship, U.S. Permanent Residency, or other status as a U.S. Person as defined by 8 USC 1324b(a)(3). Client company is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, or religion or other legally protected status.

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