Top System Engineer Jobs

Provides technical support and field maintenance for radar systems, focusing on software-hardware integration, system and database performance, networking, Linux administration, and uptime. Troubleshoots hardware and software failures, performs root-cause analysis, conducts preventive inspections, analyzes system data, manages subcontractors, and supports installations and demonstrations. Collaborates with project management, product, and engineering teams to improve products and resolve customer issues.

Develops, optimizes, and deploys lightweight machine learning models for edge AI and audio processing on embedded platforms, including FPGA and ASIC systems. Responsibilities include model compression, quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation, inference optimization, hardware-software integration, and system architecture collaboration. The role also provides technical leadership and mentorship while contributing to research publications, conferences, and open-source projects.

Own system integration across robotic platforms from requirements decomposition through field deployment. Collaborate across hardware, firmware, controls, mechanical, electrical, safety, reliability, and manufacturing teams. Define measurable requirements, interfaces, validation strategies, system test plans, and readiness reviews. Prototype and characterize components, lead calibration and tuning, debug hardware-software interactions, analyze logs and failure modes, and support DFMEAs, HARAs, and post-launch monitoring.

Performs hands-on testing, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, validation, and reliability testing for semiconductor inspection and metrology equipment. Diagnoses optical, mechanical, vibration, motion-control, and electronic issues; analyzes field and lab data; develops corrective actions; and supports sustaining engineering, product qualification, and design changes. Collaborates with design, manufacturing, service, quality, and suppliers while documenting technical findings. The role also serves as a technical lead and may evolve into people management.

Build and maintain cybersecurity data pipelines, SIEM platforms, event collection, log management, identity monitoring, and Linux/Windows infrastructure. Perform root-cause analysis, configuration management, patching, hardening, maintenance, testing, vendor upgrades, cloud and virtual machine administration, and compliance activities. Monitor data-flow reliability, document incidents and changes, coordinate with customers and service providers, and maintain secure service availability while following government and agency requirements.

Designs, programs, tests, commissions, and supports power system control projects involving switchgear, generators, transfer systems, load management, microgrids, and SCADA. Creates electrical schematics, layouts, wiring diagrams, bills of material, and control sequences while ensuring compliance with applicable codes and standards. Coordinates with suppliers, purchasing, manufacturing, contractors, and customers, performs design reviews, troubleshoots systems, and mentors engineering associates.

Develop and manage system safety efforts for next-generation undersea systems across the full development lifecycle. Perform hazard, failure, software safety, and compliance analyses; investigate anomalies; identify mitigations; develop safety plans and work products; and collaborate with engineering teams, program managers, Navy personnel, and government safety organizations. Higher-level responsibilities include leading programs, mentoring staff, training personnel, and presenting safety findings at technical and government review forums.

Supports systems engineering for space missions by resolving system issues, developing requirements and specifications, participating in trade studies, conducting engineering analyses, documenting deliverables, and monitoring system performance. The role assists with systems integration, risk mitigation, standards compliance, project tracking, and continuous improvement of ground processing and mission management practices. It requires collaboration with analysts, project leads, subsystem teams, customers, and multiple stakeholders.

Lead vehicle-level systems engineering for Blue Origin’s MK1-102 lunar lander mission delivering NASA’s VIPER rover. Own requirements, design closure, verification and validation, payload integration, technical trades, risk management, configuration control, and readiness through CDR, integration, testing, launch, and mission operations. Drive consensus across integrated product teams, represent the mission in customer and NASA reviews, make major technical decisions, and mentor engineers.

Design and implement end-to-end GPU performance verification infrastructure. Build scalable data pipelines to collect metrics from simulation, emulation, and silicon. Collaborate with GPU architects and hardware teams to automate verification workflows, provide performance insights and modeling, and accelerate GPU build iteration.

Develops and validates hardware and software security solutions for DoD sensor payloads and mission systems. Responsibilities include systems security architecture, requirements development, anti-tamper and cybersecurity implementation, reverse engineering, security testing, RMF compliance, technical release analysis, exportability assessments, cryptographic protection, A&A documentation, and POA&M maintenance. The role collaborates with government, program, business development, and international stakeholders and provides technology-release training. This is a full-time, on-site position in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.

Deploy, configure, migrate, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise ArcGIS environments across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures. Design scalable and secure GIS architectures, support networking, storage, and security components, and certify customer workflows. Partner with mission-focused organizations and internal teams to align technical solutions with business objectives. The role requires extensive enterprise systems experience, ArcGIS expertise, system administration, scripting, networking, databases, and an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Deploy, configure, migrate, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise ArcGIS environments across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures. Advise customers on storage, networking, security, architecture, and GIS workflows while aligning technical objectives with business goals. The role requires broad system administration, scripting, database, networking, and secure infrastructure expertise, plus U.S. citizenship and an active or recently active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Architect, deploy, migrate, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise ArcGIS environments across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures. Lead high-availability, performance, networking, storage, security, and integration decisions for defense and intelligence customers. Guide customers and partners in designing GIS workflows, aligning technical objectives with business goals, and delivering scalable, resilient mission-critical platforms.

Lead the architecture, deployment, migration, optimization, and troubleshooting of enterprise ArcGIS systems across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Advise customers on high availability, performance, security, networking, storage, integrations, and GIS workflows. Collaborate with customers, partners, and internal teams to align technical solutions with mission and business objectives. The role requires extensive system administration, scripting, database, networking, and secure defense-environment experience.

Deploy, configure, migrate, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise ArcGIS environments across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures. Partner with mission-focused customers to design GIS workflows, resolve storage, networking, and security challenges, and align technical objectives with business goals. The role requires broad systems administration, scripting, database, networking, and enterprise ArcGIS expertise in secure national security environments.

Lead the architecture, deployment, migration, optimization, and troubleshooting of enterprise ArcGIS systems across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Design highly available geospatial platforms, resolve advanced storage, networking, and security issues, certify GIS workflows, and advise defense and intelligence customers on technical strategy. The role combines hands-on systems engineering, customer collaboration, and technical leadership in secure, mission-critical environments.

Develop, execute, review, and release system test procedures for electronic, mechanical, electromechanical, and software systems. Support formal and non-formal testing, test planning, discrepancy reporting, validation, laboratory artifacts, post-test data analysis, and communication of results. The role requires collaboration across system test, software development, and systems engineering activities, along with flexibility to support multiple shifts and irregular laboratory schedules.

Support deployment, administration, and sustainment of SharePoint and Tableau in secure cloud environments. Implement CI/CD pipelines, integrate enterprise applications, manage Windows systems and databases, administer identity protocols, and automate infrastructure using scripting and IaC tools.

Provide Tier 3 on-site AV system engineering and platform-level troubleshooting, perform advanced diagnostics and hardware repair/replacement, coordinate firmware updates and system optimization, collaborate with manufacturers and Tier 4 support, and support AV system design and client standards while delivering excellent customer service.

Lead design and development of system-level services, diagnostics, and tooling for an AI inference platform. Support board/firmware bring-up, kernel and driver development, hardware/software co-design, manufacturing test integration, and system-level performance and power optimization. Collaborate with silicon, hardware, and manufacturing teams to debug and validate platform software.

Serve as technical architect for power systems and energy infrastructure supporting grid electrification sales. Define DCS/SCADA and protection/control architectures, validate protocols (DNP3/IEC61850), produce technical scopes, cost estimates, manage technical risks, and advise cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, reliable, and competitive tender solutions.

Perform transmission and sub-transmission short-circuit and power-flow impedance modeling, ensure NERC compliance, resolve modeling discrepancies with stakeholders (PJM, ReliabilityFirst), develop/maintain applications/queries/macros, participate in industry working groups, and support reliable transmission operations.

Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise Linux systems and system images with deep kernel-level expertise. Manage hyperconverged and virtualization infrastructures, architect virtual and physical networking, perform cross-stack troubleshooting, integrate cybersecurity and compliance, and produce clear technical designs for cross-functional teams in a defense environment.

Support NGS and sample-prep platforms by troubleshooting hardware, software, and assays; perform failure analysis, testing, validation, and reliability improvements; analyze data with JMP or R; maintain technical documentation and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a lab environment.