Top Senior Python Jobs in San Diego, CA

Lead integration of avionics/payload subsystems, resolving integration issues with IPTs and suppliers. Validate sensor performance, use RF test equipment, and support system-level testing. Work full-time on-site, collaborate with lab teams, and comply with required Top Secret/SCI/SAP clearances; travel up to 25% may be required.

Develop and maintain C++ and Python constellation-level simulation and data-processing infrastructure that models spacecraft motion, link availability, routing, timing, coverage, and network behavior. Build services to generate navigation-derived products, scenario tooling, visualization, validation tests, and scalable simulation pipelines to support engineering trades, operational rehearsals, anomaly investigation, and stakeholder-facing analysis.

Lead build and release engineering: design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate reproducible builds and artifact management, integrate security/quality gates, optimize build performance, manage container images and registries, provision build environments with IaC, and produce audit/compliance evidence and runbooks.

The Advisor Lab Automation Software Engineer will design and implement software integrations for lab automation, focusing on AI-driven processes, while providing technical leadership and mentoring.

Lead a 10–20 person software team through the full SDLC in an Agile environment, delivering real-time/mission-critical software. Manage planning, execution, EVMS/Agile metrics, risks, cross-discipline collaboration, technical mentoring, and functional HR responsibilities.

Lead survivability engineering activities including signature modeling/analysis (EM, IR, VIS, acoustic), RCS/RF test design and execution, materials/process development, mission systems integration, supplier coordination, and delivering test analysis and design recommendations to reduce system detectability.

Implement and audit software quality standards across programs, ensure compliance with contractual and process requirements, review designs and tests, support CMMI/AS9100 audits, collect/report software metrics, evaluate suppliers, and witness qualification and acceptance testing.

Design, model, test, and analyze component- and system-level survivability across RF, IR, VIS, and acoustic spectrums. Plan and execute RCS/RF tests, develop materials/processes, integrate mission systems, coordinate with designers and suppliers, and deliver test analyses and recommendations to reduce system detectability.

Design, develop, configure, and maintain systems software and infrastructure; integrate hardware, software, networks, and databases; build custom software, automations, and data integrations; troubleshoot, monitor, and ensure reliability and disaster recovery; support cloud technologies, lead small projects, and document enhancements to improve audit platform capabilities and operational efficiency.

Engineer tactical communications standards and architectures, analyze system-of-systems interoperability, support SDRs and waveforms, modernize interface specifications, apply MBSE, scripting, AI/ML and automation, and support integration guidance and stakeholder collaboration for DoD customers.

Design, build, and operationalize secure data pipelines and analytics for Naval and DoD missions. Develop event-streaming and distributed systems, normalize multi-format data, deploy cloud-native and containerized solutions, work with GIS and operational environments, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while meeting shipboard and Navy safety requirements.

Design, build, and maintain secure AWS GovCloud infrastructures and container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift). Implement IaC (Terraform/Ansible/CloudFormation), support DevSecOps pipelines, ensure DoD cybersecurity/STIG compliance, optimize cloud resources, troubleshoot cloud/network/container issues, integrate AI/ML platforms, produce documentation, mentor junior engineers, and support mission-critical naval systems.

Lead design and delivery of scalable, secure full‑stack features and services. Build maintainable front-end and backend code, implement integrations and data models, enable cloud-native CI/CD workflows, use containers and IaC, and act as a technical leader influencing architecture and delivery across teams while leveraging AI-assisted tools.

Design and deliver end-to-end full stack healthcare applications across UI, API, and data layers. Build secure, testable, cloud-native services, implement integrations and IaC, support CI/CD and monitoring, leverage AI-assisted tools, and mentor engineers while partnering with cross-functional teams.

Design, implement, and secure scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and OCI; manage CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Kubernetes and ECS clusters (including GPU workloads); integrate observability (Datadog, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Sentry); enforce security and compliance (SOC2, ISO 27001); handle DevOps/SRE intake, vulnerability response, and migrations from EKS to OKE.

Develop and maintain software across embedded, systems, and application layers for autonomous maritime platforms. Interface with sensors, actuators, networking, and onboard compute. Design distributed services, improve performance, reliability, and observability, and support lab and field testing alongside cross-functional teams.

Lead a Product Integration and Test team to integrate software and hardware into a unified autonomy product. Manage engineers, drive SIL/HIL and real-world testing on USV/UAV platforms, oversee verification/validation, CI/CD, configuration management, and collaborate with Perception/Fusion/Autonomy teams to ensure robust deployments.

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for architecting reliability strategies, implementing SRE frameworks, mentoring engineers, and ensuring system resilience and performance in government systems.

Design, develop, integrate, and test embedded real-time software for mission/flight-critical systems. Work on architecture, implementation, and SW lifecycle in Agile teams, collaborating with systems, DevSecOps, test, and cloud groups. Support integration, qualification, and delivery; maintain security clearances and obtain SAP access.

Adapt mobile control station applications to a cloud environment, build Infrastructure-as-Code and containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes), implement networking/security, instrumentation and integration, and support system testing in an Agile, multidisciplinary team. Work includes cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and DevOps toolchain integration.

Lead the Full Stack Software discipline by defining technical vision, governing tools/processes/training, building a community of practice, enabling sector-wide engineering toolchains, resolving technical shortfalls, embedding lessons learned, and improving software engineering KPIs and interoperability across multiple Aeronautics sites. This is a strategic leadership role focused on governance and enablement rather than day-to-day coding.

Lead design and delivery of scalable on‑premises and hybrid IaaS datacenter systems. Decompose customer requirements, build infrastructure blueprints, automate deployments, produce technical documentation, mentor cloud/infrastructure engineers, and ensure consistent implementation and acceptance criteria across programs. Requires Top Secret clearance and SAP access.

Design, analyze, test and integrate complex aeronautical hardware and software systems. Develop requirements, architectures, and MBSE artifacts; participate in Agile teams, review test plans, investigate anomalies, and produce technical reports, ICDs, VCRM, and presentations. Support system integration, verification, and continuous improvement of SW/HW interfaces.

Individual contributor systems engineer working on aerospace programs: develop and manage requirements, define interfaces, perform analysis, support integration/testing, maintain systems engineering artifacts, coordinate IPTs, use tools like JIRA and DOORS, and support verification/validation and MBSE efforts.

Develop, integrate, test and maintain desktop/web applications and Java microservices; build and maintain CI/CD pipelines; collaborate with SW, HW and test teams; identify technical risks and report to leadership; work in an Agile, process-oriented environment. On-site in San Diego, requires Top Secret clearance and up to 25% travel.