Newell Brands Inc

Sr. Lead, Systems Engineer & Product Architect

Newell Brands Inc • $120K — $145K *
Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics, computer engineering, software engineering, or related fields; advanced degree is a plus.
  • 10-15+ years in engineering complex electromechanical and preferably connected products, with strong experience in system architecture and integration.
  • Proficient in integrating mechanisms, motors, sensors, electronics, and firmware/software into high-volume products.
  • Experience converting product needs into measurable, testable requirements and acceptance criteria.
  • Past leadership in cross-functional technical work across disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software engineering.
  • Familiarity with ODMs and external engineering organizations, with the ability to direct and review partner-developed solutions.
  • Strong understanding of system integration and resolving cross-boundary technical issues.

Responsibilities

  • Define the overall product architecture and major subsystems for DYMO products.
  • Translate customer needs into actionable system requirements with clear acceptance criteria.
  • Control critical interfaces among hardware, firmware, software, and labeling technologies.
  • Lead analysis of technical trade-offs in terms of performance, cost, risk, and other factors.
  • Create reusable product architectures and standard interfaces for future product generations.
  • Manage and verify system-level performance targets and acceptance expectations.
  • Plan and conduct system integration efforts across various development domains.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Retirement savings plan with employer contributions.
  • Generous paid time off and family leave policy.
  • Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
  • Professional development opportunities and training programs.
Full Job Description
Job ID: 17603

The Sr. Lead, Systems Engineer & Product Architect provides system-level technical leadership for new product development efforts across DYMO printing solutions. This role defines the overall product architecture, translates product and customer needs into clear, measurable, and testable requirements, manages critical interfaces, and ensures mechanical, electrical, firmware, software, connectivity, labeling, and partner-developed elements function as one integrated system.

As a hands-on technical leader, you will work across engineering disciplines, ODMs, and technology partners to manage system interfaces, resolve cross-functional issues, and ensure the complete product functions as an integrated system. The role owns system-level requirements, architecture decisions, technical trade-offs, integration planning, verification strategy, and technical risk management. It is not a traditional project management or product ownership role; the focus is technical leadership, system integrity, and ensuring partner-developed solutions meet DYMO requirements and acceptance criteria.

Major responsibilities include:
  • Define the overall product architecture, major subsystems, system boundaries, product-level connectivity architecture and technology choices, and how hardware, firmware, software, connectivity, and labeling work together.
  • Translate product and customer needs into clear, measurable, and testable system and integration requirements with defined acceptance criteria.
  • Define and control critical interfaces between hardware, firmware, software, connectivity technologies, labels/consumables, external systems, and partner-developed solutions.
  • Lead cross-functional technical trade-off analysis across performance, cost, complexity, risk, schedule, power, usability, reliability, connectivity, and other system considerations.
  • Define product platform and reuse architectures, including common interfaces, modules, and reusable building blocks that support multiple products and product generations.
  • Define and manage system-level performance targets, including connectivity performance, reliability, recovery, and acceptance expectations across interacting subsystems.
  • Plan and lead system integration across internally and externally developed elements; identify cross-system issues and drive resolution of problems that cross technical boundaries.
  • Define the system verification strategy, including how system and integration requirements and critical interfaces will be verified and what evidence is required for technical acceptance.
  • Lead system-level technical reviews, manage critical technical decisions, identify and mitigate cross-functional technical risks, and maintain architectural integrity throughout development.
  • Technically direct and challenge ODMs and technology partners at the overall product/system level, ensuring partner-developed solutions conform to DYMO architecture, requirements, interfaces, and acceptance criteria.
  • Define the evolution of product architectures, platforms, interfaces, connectivity technologies, and other enabling technologies needed to support future product generations.

Job Qualifications

Education, Experience, and Leadership Skills
  • Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, or a related technical field required; advanced degree a plus.
  • 10-15+ years of engineering experience developing complex electromechanical preferably connected products, with significant experience in system architecture, systems engineering, and technical product integration.
  • Demonstrated technical depth integrating mechanisms, motors, sensors, electronics, embedded firmware and software into high-volume products.
  • Demonstrated experience translating product and customer needs into detailed, testable technical requirements and acceptance criteria.
  • Experience leading cross-functional technical work across multiple engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, firmware, software, connectivity, and verification.
  • Experience working with ODMs, technology partners, or external engineering organizations and the ability to technically direct, review, and challenge partner-developed solutions.
  • Proven ability to lead complex system integration and resolve technical issues that cross subsystem and organizational boundaries.
  • Strong technical judgment and demonstrated ability to make and communicate system-level trade-offs and decisions.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create precise requirements, interface definitions, technical decisions, and acceptance criteria.
  • Ability to influence and lead across functions without relying on direct organizational authority.

Strategic Mindset and Additional Attributes
  • Systems thinker who naturally works across the seams between disciplines, technologies, and partners.
  • Able to balance customer needs, technical performance, cost, complexity, risk, and long-term platform considerations.
  • Comfortable operating in an ODM- and partner-leveraged development model while maintaining internal technical control of the overall product.
  • Partners well with domain technical authorities who retain responsibility for detailed subsystem requirements, architecture, design decisions and technical approval within their respective disciplines.
  • Able to distinguish product-level technical authority from detailed discipline execution and focus internal effort on architecture, requirements, interfaces, integration, and acceptance.
  • Ability to identify emerging technologies and translate them into practical product architecture and platform decisions.


Date Posted: Sep 4, 2026

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Size
32,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Food & Beverages
Net Income
-$770 million
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
+2.9%
Revenue
$9.3 billion
NASDAQ
NWL
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