About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Engineering.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

• Synthesize customer contractual needs and technical requirements into practical system test solutions while balancing schedule and cost constraints.
• Develop, direct, and execute comprehensive system-level test plans, procedures, and schedules for full-system verification and qualification.
• Design formal qualification strategies and author associated documentation using Microsoft Word, Excel and requirement tools (e.g., DOORS).
• Create and maintain automated test scripts to support repeatable test campaigns and improve test coverage.
• Coordinate integrated test activities across teams and test facilities; manage interfaces with lab and hardware teams.
• Perform technical analysis and system-level evaluations; analyze test data (e.g., using MATLAB or similar tools) to assess Navigation Systems and Mission Computers performance.
• Lead formal technical reviews such as Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) with internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact during test events — manage expectations, report results, and track disposition of test anomalies.

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Qualifications

Minimum (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university (or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline).
• Hands-on familiarity authoring test procedures, managing test facility interfaces, and ensuring data integrity/cataloging.
• Experience with test execution, diagnostics, and formal requirement decomposition with traceability and verification.
• Experience creating automated test scripts that integrate with hardware interfaces.
• Familiarity with at least one programming or analysis environment: MATLAB, C, C++, C#, and/or Python.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple shifting priorities while maintaining safety standards.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Government Secret-level security clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Los Angeles, CA.

Preferred

• Active U.S. Government Secret-level security clearance.
• Prior experience supporting system-level test and integration efforts in a dynamic lab or production environment.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range (Level 1): $76,200 - $114,400 per year (USD).
  Note: The above represents the posted range for this role. Actual offers consider experience, education, skills, and market factors. This position may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and additional total-reward elements.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement/savings plans, paid time off, company holidays, and professional development — specific offerings determined by the hiring organization.

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Location & Clearance

• This role is onsite full-time in Los Angeles, CA. (Candidates must be able to work on-site in the Los Angeles area.)
• U.S. Citizenship is required for positions that require government security clearance. Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret-level clearance.

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Additional Details & Candidate Experience

• This is an early-career / entry-level systems engineering opportunity focused on Integration & Test (I&T) for mission-critical systems. Ideal candidates are curious, team-oriented, and eager to learn in a fast-paced engineering environment that emphasizes automation, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Your written work (test plans, procedures, and reports), scripting ability to automate test campaigns, and clear communication during test events will be essential to success.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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