Systems Engineer VI - Systems

Job Details

• Company: Voyager Technologies, Inc.
• Position: Systems Engineer VI
  - Systems
• Location: Folsom, CA, Remote
  - United States, Reno, NV

Voyager is an innovative defense, national security and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.

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The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.

You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.

The Systems Engineer VI – Systems serves as the principle technical leader and organizational authority responsible for architecting, directing, and overseeing the full lifecycle of complex defense systems.

The position reports to the Systems Engineering Manager and is part of the Strategic Systems Engineering Department based in Folsom, CA. This role can also be based in Reno, NV or Remote.

In this role, the essential functions are:

• Serves as the site technical authority for systems engineering across multiple programs, establishing and enforcing organizational standards, processes, and best practices to ensure mission and contractual compliance at the highest level
• Define and govern the site requirements management strategy across programs; establish traceability frameworks, verification standards, and MDA compliance policies that set the baseline for all program tiers
• Define overarching system architecture strategy and govern verification and validation frameworks; provide authoritative direction on functional allocations, interface standards, and compliance reporting methodologies adopted across all programs
• Provide cross-domain systems engineering leadership, establishing technical integration protocols with propulsion, software, hardware, GNC, and test disciplines to guarantee coherent multi-program performance and verification closure
• Own the site risk management strategy; develop and institutionalize risk identification, mitigation, and escalation frameworks that span multiple programs and inform executive-level risk posture decisions
• Own and govern the technical baseline across programs; lead formal reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and help to establish organizational standards for change control and configuration management
• Provide authoritative MBSE leadership — guide SysML modeling standards, integration with requirements databases, and digital engineering toolchain alignment
• Serve as the technical liaison with customer and supplier organizations on requirements flowdown, verification progress, and technical issue resolution
• Mentor junior and mid-level systems engineers, fostering knowledge transfer and process maturity within the organization