uci jobs in San Diego

Lead a small engineering team responsible for integrating autonomous flight control systems, payloads, and embedded hardware across complex autonomy stacks. Own interface contracts with C2 providers, drive standards compliance (UCI, OMS, MOSA, WOSA, TAK/CoT), and support live mission operations, test exercises, and customer demonstrations with hands-on debugging and field troubleshooting.…See more Require 7+ years of systems/autonomy experience plus 2+ years of direct people management; build and mentor engineers while driving continuous improvement in integration timelines and deployment reliability.

Lead Systems Engineer to support government sponsors in architecting, analyzing, and integrating complex mission and enterprise systems. The role focuses on applying Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), executable MBSE, architecture analysis, and digital engineering methods to develop system architectures and inform acquisition decisions.…See more Responsibilities include modeling complex systems using standards-based frameworks (UAF, SysML, UML), developing executable models for verification and validation, designing prototypes and dashboards in Java and Python, applying industry standards (MOSA, OMS, UCI, FACE), and advising government sponsors on architecture strategies and digital transformation. The position requires 8+ years of systems/aerospace engineering experience (or equivalent with advanced degrees) and includes mentoring junior engineers.