trade-study-analysis jobs in San Diego

Senior Systems Engineer responsible for defining and maintaining system-level architectures for complex medical devices, including interface control documentation across fluidic, mechanical, electronics, software, and human factors subsystems. The role involves modeling system behavior using functional modeling techniques (SysML, functional block diagrams, state machines), conducting trade studies, and validating architectural assumptions through testing and characterization.…See more Requires partnering with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure subsystem alignment, supporting design controls per 21 CFR 820.30 and ISO 13485, and mentoring engineers on systems thinking and interface definition. This is a hands-on role grounded in bench-top testing, data analysis, and evidence-based architectural decisions rather than paper-only work.

SAIC seeks a Systems Engineer to lead complex systems engineering activities across IT and engineering domains, including concept of operations, requirements definition, system architecture, validation/verification, and lifecycle cost analysis. The role demands translating customer requirements into comprehensive systems solutions while managing technical, schedule, and cost constraints through functional analysis, trade studies, and interface definition.…See more Responsibilities span infrastructure concerns (power, cooling, storage, monitoring, identity management, automation) and advanced technical problem-solving with independent judgment and strategic input. Requires a bachelor's degree plus 14+ years of experience (or master's plus 12 years, or PhD/JD plus 9 years) and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

This role combines risk management governance with specialty systems engineering (reliability, availability, radiation effects, cybersecurity) and model-based systems engineering (MBSE). The engineer will develop risk policies and mitigation strategies, conduct or facilitate reliability/availability/radiation/cybersecurity analyses, and translate these findings into SysML models in Cameo Systems Modeler for traceability and trade-study analysis.…See more The position requires cross-functional collaboration with program management, design engineering, and logistics to integrate specialty drivers into program baselines and compliance with standards like MIL-STD-785 and NIST RMF.