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  • Skygrid
  • Austin, TX, TX
  • Full-Time
  • 19 days ago
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Senior Systems Engineer (Surveillance).

Hardware & Semiconductor Engineering Full-Time

Senior Systems Engineer (Surveillance): our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This is a senior systems engineering role focused on surveillance systems for autonomous aircraft and advanced air mobility.
  • The Person:The person will define and integrate surveillance architectures, manage requirements and SysML models, support certification and system safety reviews, and oversee technical work across engineering teams.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer or Aerospace Engineering, 7+ years in a highly technical aerospace-related industry, 5+ years in Systems Engineering, and experience with ARP4754B, ARP4761, SysML, Cameo, and requirements tools such as Polarion or DOORS.

About the role

SkyGrid, a Wisk Company, exists to open the sky for autonomous flight. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid builds ground-based high-assurance third-party services to enable the safe operations and airspace integration of highly automated and autonomous aircraft. SkyGrid also acts as a key operational nexus for advanced air mobility, integrating and managing data, infrastructure, access, and traffic to support seamless and efficient air traffic services.

The SkyGrid team is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer (Surveillance) to lead and support surveillance system activities across the company portfolio. In this role, you will play a critical part in defining, architecting, and integrating SkyGrid’s ground-based surveillance architectures across the Systems Engineering “V”, including the development of requirements, use cases, and functional architectures for technologies such as Detect and Avoid (DAA), ADS-B, Radar, and Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS/ACAS).

This role directly supports certification, safety, and verification & validation (V&V) planning while utilizing a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) paradigm throughout the system lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads, other systems engineers, program managers, and system architects. Success in this role requires a strong blend of surveillance technical domain expertise, system safety rigor, collaborative communication, and technical leadership. This role will report to the Systems Engineering Manager and while a hybrid workplace is preferred, it can be considered a fully remote role.  

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
 
An employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily, and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, if it does not pose undue hardship. 
Published September 8, 2026
Location Austin, TX, TX
Job Type Full-Time