Systems Engineer, Engineering Change and Integration (Mid-Senior)
G2 Ops, Inc. · San Diego, CA
$140,000–$175,000
Jul 15, 2026
San Diego, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-to-senior systems engineer role supporting a Navy acquisition program of record (PMW 770 LBUCS Receive) from an in-office position in San Diego. Day-to-day work spans the full system lifecycle — requirements, design, integration, test, and sustainment — along with engineering change evaluation, technical documentation, and coordination across government, contractor, and cross-functional stakeholders. Best suited to candidates with a STEM background and substantial experience in defense or complex system acquisition environments.
Senior level · 7+ years · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $140,000–$175,000
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
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Why we read it this way (8)
The title 'Systems Engineer (Mid–Senior Level)' explicitly spans two bands; the level advertised in the title is set to Mid (the lower of the two as stated first), while the 7+ years requirement and end-to-end lifecycle ownership support a Senior classification.
The role is primarily systems engineering / acquisition engineering for a DoD program of record (PMW 770 LBUCS Receive), which maps most closely to Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211). The runner-up 15-1299 reflects that 'Systems Engineer' in a defense context sometimes sits outside the standard BLS taxonomy.
Security clearance: the JD requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance — not an active clearance at time of hire.
The required skills list is intentionally lean: the JD's 'Required Qualifications' section describes broad systems engineering disciplines (requirements, design, integration, test, verification, validation, sustainment) and documentation rather than specific named tools or platforms. No concrete software tools, languages, or platforms are hard-gated in the posting.
Preferred qualifications (DoD/Navy acquisition experience, configuration management, MBSE/digital engineering) are listed under the 'Preferred Qualifications' heading and are treated as preferred accordingly.
'Systems engineering' and 'system integration' are listed as skills here because the JD explicitly gates on them by name and years; 'requirements management' and 'technical documentation' are named activities explicitly required in the qualifications section. These are the closest named-capability anchors the posting provides.
Ignored 6 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering, requirements management, technical documentation, configuration management, model-based systems engineering, digital engineering.
Requires a Secret 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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