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The Staff Systems Design Engineer is responsible for defining, managing, and validating system-level requirements, architecture, interfaces, and verification strategies throughout the product development lifecycle. This role provides technical leadership in systems integration, requirements management, system design, and product verification while working cross-functionally to deliver high-quality, compliant products. The position serves as a technical mentor, supports engineering best practices, and drives successful product development execution from concept through launch.
Responsibilities
- Gather, capture, document, and maintain customer needs and system-level requirements.
- Lead requirements development activities and ensure traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
- Drive system verification and validation activities, ensuring complete test strategy coverage and alignment with requirements.
- Define and maintain system architecture, interfaces, block diagrams, boundary diagrams, and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
- Collaborate across engineering disciplines to develop system and product strategies and support key technical decisions.
- Review and maintain system-level documentation to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established procedures.
- Identify, assess, and communicate project risks and opportunities, developing mitigation plans and driving stakeholder alignment.
- Mentor less experienced engineers and support the development and delivery of on-schedule, on-cost, on-quality product solutions.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 8+ years of relevant engineering experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a STEM-related discipline and/or INCOSE certification.
- Experience applying systems engineering and requirements management methodologies within a product development environment (e.g., V-Model).
- Experience with power generation equipment, generator systems, power management systems, and complex electrical power distribution architectures.
- Knowledge of medium-voltage applications (1–35 kV), data center power distribution, and generator paralleling/grid-tied systems.
- Experience planning and leading product verification and validation activities, including laboratory and field-testing environments.