Senior (Project) Engineer
Full-time
Eliassen Group
Description On-site in Carlsbad, CA Our client seeks a Senior Engineer operating as a Project Engineer on a fast-paced, multidisciplinary development program. The role requires systems-level thinking, broad technical capability, and coordination across hardware, software, integration, and test. The selected engineer will grow into sensing-focused ownership, align cross-functional teams, lead technical tradeoffs, and drive execution from concept through delivery. Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen with an active Secret clearance. Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Rate: $100.00 to $120.00/hr. w2 Responsibilities
- Serve as Project Engineer for a major development effort, owning system-level technical coordination across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Define and maintain system architectures, interfaces, and technical requirements with consistency and traceability.
- Lead trade studies and decisions across performance, risk, schedule, and cost.
- Grow into ownership of sensing-related architectures, interfaces, and performance as program needs evolve.
- Work across hardware, firmware, software, mechanical, and test teams to ensure end-to-end system performance.
- Identify and resolve cross-domain technical issues at integration and interface boundaries.
- Guide designs for testability, reliability, manufacturability, and scalability.
- Develop understanding of sensor technologies, data acquisition, and system-level sensing performance.
- Partner with subject-matter experts to build depth and assume broader sensing technical leadership.
- Translate sensing behaviors and constraints into system requirements and integration strategies.
- Support technical planning, milestone definition, and risk management with program management.
- Provide technical feedback to schedules, resourcing, and build/test strategies.
- Track technical readiness and integration maturity across phases.
- Coordinate efforts across multiple teams in a matrixed environment and mentor engineers in systems thinking.
- Serve as a technical point of contact for engineering leadership and customers.
- Support definition of system-level test and validation strategies, including integration and performance testing.
- Assist with root-cause analysis and guide corrective actions while ensuring test results and field data inform design improvements.
- 8-12+ years of experience in complex system or product development.
- Demonstrated ability to lead or coordinate multidisciplinary technical efforts.
- Strong systems engineering fundamentals across requirements, interfaces, and integration.
- Ability to learn new technical domains and operate in ambiguous environments.
- Effective communication and alignment across diverse technical teams.
- Travel up to 25% domestically.
- Ability to work on-site in Carlsbad, CA or Tempe, AZ in a hybrid model 3 days per week.
- US Citizenship required.
- Ability to obtain a United States Top Secret/SCI Clearance.
- Helpful: experience with sensor-enabled or data-driven systems, embedded systems, controls, data processing, or system integration.
- Helpful: experience as a Project Engineer, Lead Engineer, or Technical Lead.
- Helpful: experience delivering products through the full product lifecycle.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Systems, or related). Master’s preferred.
- Active Secret Clearance required.
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