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Chatsworth, CAFull-time$91–121K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The System Engineer leads requirements review and tracking, interface definition, systems design, verification planning, and coordination of hardware and software design for Teledyne Energetics products. The role supports system design, integration, checkout, verification, documentation, and design reviews. It also involves embedded software work, technical discussions with customers and vendors, and mentoring junior engineers.
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US - Chatsworth, CA
Full time
REQ37274
Be visionary
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.
We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.
Job Description
The System Engineer will be the focal for all aspects of the requirements review and tracking, interface definition, requirements verification definition, systems design, coordinating design efforts, conducting design reviews of the hardware and software that will be used in the new and existing Teledyne Energetics products. This includes responsibility for requirements review and assessment, system conceptual/detailed design, checkout, integration, verification, documentation, and design reviews support.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
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System-level architectural design (HW and SW), and interfaces definition
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Ability to understand high-level requirements and effectively translate them into derived requirements, implementation, test, etc. Conduct requirements assessment, review and tracking. Create requirements verification matrices.
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Strong debug / troubleshooting skills. Performance and documentation of root-cause failure analysis and corrective action recommendations
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Able to do embedded coding / debug (embedded software design experience)
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Able to develop SDRLs/analyses and lead technical discussions with customers and vendors
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Preparing and conducting design reviews
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Technical mentoring of junior engineers
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Apply continuous improvement methods to existing processes/procedures
Qualifications:
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Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university, preferably in System Engineering from an ABET accredited school;
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At least a minimum of eight (5) years of experience in System Engineering for defense and/or aerospace programs.
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Embedded software design experience.
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Advance knowledge with Microsoft Application tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
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Experience with Green Hills Integrity is a plus
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Ability to generate engineering documentation (specifications, compliance matrices, presentations, analyses, reports, etc.)
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Understanding of configuration management principles
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Familiar with DO-160, MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461 test requirements
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Familiar with DO-178C and DO-254 process guidance
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Strongly prefer Avionics development experience including DO-178C and DO-254
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Strong communication (written, oral, and presentations) and interpersonal skills.
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Must be a U.S. Person due to ITAR restrictions
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Ability to prioritize work in a fast paced, high product mix environment
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Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
Due to the nature of the work performed at this facility and applicable access restrictions, successful applicants must qualify as a “U.S. Person,” defined as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee.
To support a safe and drug-free workplace, Teledyne Energetics requires candidates to successfully complete a background check and pass a drug screen prior to employment.
Salary Range:
$90,800.00-$121,100.000
The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.
Teledyne conducts background checks on qualified applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Background checks may include, but are not limited to, education verification, employment history and verification, criminal convictions, Motor Vehicle Report (MVR & driving history), reference check, credit checks/credit history and drug testing. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.
Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.
You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day .
Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,723 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$91–121K/yr
- California median$142–208K/yr1,660 salary ranges
- US median$115–188K/yr7,922 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $106K, is 39% below the California median midpoint ($175K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,960 open Systems Engineer jobs in California and 10,723 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Northrop Grumman206 open
- Anduril Industries126 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,903 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,701 of the 10,723 open Systems Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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