Overall Responsibility:The position emphasizes technical breadth, curiosity, and strong communication skills. You will play a key role in ensuring that both customer and internal performance, reliability, and safety goals are fully understood and integrated throughout the design process.
Key Areas of Responsibility:- Lead the planning, design, development, integration, and test of hardware and software solutions for new products, features, and demonstrations, working with minimal supervision.
- Liaise between mechanical, hardware, and software teams, ensuring accurate translation of specifications and design intent, and serve as a technical point of contact for both customers and development teams.
- Capture, analyze, and manage system requirements, explaining technical details to software developers, unraveling design tradeoffs, and anticipating downstream effects.
- Prepare and deliver clear technical documentation, engineering analyses, customer presentations, and system-level overviews.
- Mentor other team members, promote technical innovations, and contribute to process improvements, with the goal of improving product quality and project outcomes.
- Maintain up-to-date expertise in relevant areas of mechanical design, embedded systems, and systems engineering best practices.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related hardware-centric engineering field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Minimum of 7 years' experience in systems engineering or design of complex hardware/software systems, with a demonstrable ability to work across disciplinary lines.
- Significant experience translating mechanical system requirements into actionable software and electronics tasks.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to present technical content effectively to internal development teams and external customers.
Physical Requirements:- Ability to remain at a computer for significant periods.
- Frequent interaction with team members, customers, and partners.
- Ability to travel as project needs dictate.
Please note that this job description is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee in their role. Duties, responsibilities, and activities are subject to change at any time, with or without notice.
Due to contract requirements, only US citizens are eligible for this role.
