Top 23 Staff engineer Jobs in Simi Valley Ca

System Engineer, Sr. Staff
AeroVironment —Simi Valley, CA
- $170,000 - $272,000 a year
- Full-time
- 5 years
- Engineering
- Laboratory experience
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
Staff Cloud Platform Engineer
BlackLine —Los Angeles, CA
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- Hybrid work
- 7 years
- Office
- Java
Staff Engineer Mission Assurance
Northrop Grumman —Oxnard, CA
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- Overtime
- Master's degree
- 8 years
- Analysis skills
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
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Staff Engineer - Environmental
Apex Companies —Thousand Oaks, CA
- $70,000 - $85,000 a year
- Clean driving record
- Pass drug screening
- Mid-level
- Disability insurance
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Senior Staff Analog and Mixed Signal Engineer
Marvell —Westlake Village, CA
- $149,500 - $221,220 a year
- Bachelor of Science
- Analysis skills
- Senior level
- Employee stock purchase plan
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Senior Staff Testing Engineer
Marvell —Westlake Village, CA
- $120,200 - $177,820 a year
- Master's degree
- 8 years
- SQL
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Staff Engineer - Ventura
Twining —Ventura, CA
- $75,000 - $88,000 a year
- Mid-level
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- Project management
- Dental insurance
- 401(k)
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Staff Automotive Quality Engineer
Skyworks Solutions —Newbury Park, CA
- $114,400 - $220,200 a year
- 8 years
- Travel
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- Employee stock purchase plan
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Staff Engineer I - Software Engineer
Western Alliance Bank —Westlake Village, CA
- $121,870.00 - $150,546.66 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- Management
- 5 years
- Wellness program
- Health insurance
Sr. Staff Analog/Mixed-Signal Design Engineer
Marvell —Westlake Village, CA
- $149,500 - $221,220 a year
- Full-time
- Bachelor of Science
- 3 years
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Employee stock purchase plan
Staff Electrical Design Engineer P.E
Novax Recruitment —California
- $160,000 - $194,000 a year
- System design
- Master's degree
- Senior level
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Staff/Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer
MPC Products Corporation (Woodward MPC, Inc.) —Santa Clarita, CA
- $113,000 - $218,000 a year
- Full-time
- Bachelor of Science
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Paid parental leave
- AD&D insurance
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Staff Software Engineer, Creator Backend Systems
Snapchat —Santa Monica, CA
- $195,000 - $343,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- 5 years
- Paid parental leave
- Health insurance
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Staff Electrical Engineer - 17994
Northrop Grumman —Oxnard, CA
- $152,900 - $253,600 a year
- Overtime
- 7 years
- Master's degree
- Analysis skills
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
Staff Data and AI Engineer - Enterprise
Riot Games —Los Angeles, CA
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- 8 years
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Senior Staff Firmware Engineer - design, verification, and, validation, integration of high speed optical components.
Marvell —Westlake Village, CA
- $132,500 - $196,140 a year
- Full-time
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- English
- Employee stock purchase plan
Staff Analog Mixed-Signal Design - Optical
Marvell —Westlake Village, CA
- $126,700 - $187,480 a year
- Full-time
- Master's degree
- Analysis skills
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Employee stock purchase plan
Staff Software Engineer, Build Platforms - VALORANT
Riot Games —Los Angeles, CA
- 6 years
- Bachelor of Science
- Java
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Staff Software Engineer - Data Foundations
Riot Games —Los Angeles, CA
- On call
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- 5 years
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience & Workflows - VALORANT
Riot Games —Los Angeles, CA
- Computer science
- 6 years
- Computer Science
- Health insurance
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System Engineer, Sr. Staff

AeroVironment -
Simi Valley, CA

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Job Details

Full-time
$170,000 - $272,000 a year

Benefits

Paid holidays
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) matching

Qualifications

Customer communication
Systems integration
Requirements specification
Engineering phase involvement
Requirements design
Requirements analysis
Systems engineering
Requirements management
Cross-functional collaboration
Cross-functional team management
Project stakeholder communication
Cross-functional communication
Product lifecycle management

Full Job Description

Worker Type

Regular

Job Description

Summary

The Sr. Staff Systems Engineer is responsible for leading system integration, verification, validation, and technical execution activities across unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) programs. This role serves as the technical integrator across software, hardware, autonomy, payload, communication, navigation, and ground control systems to ensure successful delivery of operational capabilities.

The position is responsible for driving programs from requirements definition through system integration, flight test, verification, validation, and customer acceptance. The ideal candidate possesses strong systems engineering fundamentals combined with demonstrated experience leading complex integration and test efforts in aerospace, defense, or mission-critical systems.

Position Responsibilities

Lead system integration activities across aircraft, payload, mission systems, communications, autonomy, navigation, and ground control systems.

Develop and execute system integration plans, integration readiness criteria, and technical maturation strategies.

Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams to resolve system-level issues, interface incompatibilities, and integration risks.

Drive technical execution to ensure capabilities mature from development through customer delivery and operational deployment.

Lead verification and validation activities across laboratory, SIL, HIL, ground, and flight test environments.

Develop test strategies, success criteria, and verification approaches supporting customer and regulatory requirements.

Support Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Verification Readiness Reviews (VRR), Flight Readiness Reviews (FRR), and customer acceptance events.

Analyze test data, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions to closure.

Support flight test planning, execution, troubleshooting, and post-flight analysis.

Evaluate flight test results and provide recommendations for system improvements and risk reduction.

Coordinate with pilots, operators, software developers, and specialty engineering teams during flight test activities.

Support technical baseline management, software release planning, and configuration control activities.

Assess engineering changes for technical impact, regression risk, and verification requirements.

Ensure system-level regression testing is performed following significant hardware or software changes.

Lead cross-functional root cause investigations and corrective action implementation.

Identify, communicate, and mitigate technical risks affecting integration, verification, and program execution.

Drive technical issue closure using data-driven decision making and disciplined engineering processes.

Must have experience presenting at technical reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR, and similar milestones.

Must be willing to travel.
Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Systems, Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical, or related field) or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

8 years of progressive systems engineering experience, with at least 5 years of leadership or management experience

Experience leading systems engineering activities across the product lifecycle, including requirements management, decomposition, traceability, integration, and V&V

Experience owning or leading Integration & Test execution for complex aerospace, defense, embedded, or mission-critical systems

Strong customer-facing skills, including the ability to lead technical discussions, present clearly to customers and leadership, and resolve issues across organizational boundaries

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Experience leading complex system integration and test efforts for aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous systems, or mission-critical products.

Experience transitioning systems from development through integration, verification, validation, production, and customer acceptance.

Experience supporting SIL, HIL, ground test, and flight test activities.

Experience with technical baseline management, software release processes, configuration control boards, and regression verification.

Experience troubleshooting multi-disciplinary system issues involving software, hardware, communications, networking, autonomy, navigation, and payload systems.

Aerospace, defense, or UAS systems engineering experience strongly preferred

Experience with Agile, SafeAgile or similar program execution frameworks, including technical status integration with cost and schedule performance

Experience supporting system safety and field test safety activities

Experience providing clear technical status, risk, and progress reporting to internal and external stakeholders

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including concise technical documentation and professional presentations

Experience supporting airworthiness, certification-related activities, or other regulated flight approval processes

Experience supporting reliability activities such as FRACAS, root cause investigation, corrective action tracking, or reliability growth efforts

Familiarity with mission systems, payload systems, imaging/sensing systems, or related aerospace subsystems

Physical Demands

Ability to sit, stand, stoop, reach, lift (up to 10 lbs.), bend, etc. Hand and wrist dexterity to utilize the computer.

May require travel to sites/program and special functions.

Environmental Conditions Critical to Performance:

Work is in an office environment, climate controlled through central air conditioning/heating.

May have some exposure to outside environment while traveling.

Special Requirements

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.

Must be able to travel within the Continental U.S. and internationally when required.

Clearance Level

No Clearance

The salary range for this role is:

$170,000 - $272,000

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.

About AV:

AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.

We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.

Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. Our heritage includes seven platforms in the Smithsonian—but we’re not building history, we’re building what’s next.

If you're ready to build technology that matters—with speed, scale, and purpose—there’s no better place to do it than AV.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

ITAR

U.S. Citizenship required. Must be willing to work on government contracts and have the ability to obtain a security clearance.

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