Sr Systems Engineer
Scientific Research Corporation · San Diego, CA
$111,100–$185,100from the description
Jul 19, 2026
San Diego, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior advisory role supporting the Navy's Maritime Space Officer community and NIWC Pacific, focused on space domain awareness tools and systems. Day-to-day work involves advising Navy and partner agencies on space tools, coordinating with organizations such as Space Systems Command and AFRL, delivering demonstrations, and traveling regularly to Navy operational centers. Suited to candidates with a decade or more of hands-on experience with C4ISR and specific space awareness platforms, holding an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 10+ years · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $130,406 (middle half $85,183–$159,921). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This is a highly specialized Space Domain Awareness advisory/SME role supporting NIWC Pacific and the Navy Space Cadre community. It blends systems engineering, acquisition advisory, and space tools expertise — it does not map cleanly to a single standard SOC code. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best available fit; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is a plausible alternative given the systems engineering and advisory nature of the work.
The primary work location is tied to NIWC Pacific (San Diego, CA), though the role requires up to two weeks per month of travel to NIWDC facilities in Norfolk, VA.
The 10-year experience requirement is explicitly tied to 'Military Systems for C4ISR for aggregation of Space Domain Awareness data for Space Tools' — captured as the overall years minimum and reflected on the C4ISR and SDA skills.
CompTIA Security+ CE is listed as a standalone required credential under Requirements, not under Desired Skills, so it is treated as a hard gate.
SIPRnet and JWICS appear only in the role narrative/context description (not in the Requirements or Desired Skills sections), so they are treated as preferred/contextual.
SETA experience supporting NAVWAR and Project Overmatch is listed under Desired Skills but names no specific technology — omitted per schema rules on generic responsibilities.
Position is contingent upon funding, as noted in the posting.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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