Wonder

Systems Engineer

Wonder$124K — $145K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years engineering experience, with 2+ years in Systems Engineering within industrial robotics or automation
  • Experience with third-party vendors and custom equipment solutions
  • Proficient in creating system maps and diagrams using tools like Lucidchart or Visio
  • Solid understanding of electromechanical systems and controls architecture
  • Skills in CAD, wiring, and software scripting for engineering projects
  • Familiarity with agile project management tools like Jira, Confluence, Miro

Responsibilities

  • Synthesize inputs from various engineering teams to create system-level schematics
  • Conduct research and trade studies into unfamiliar technologies
  • Serve as the main contact for third-party vendors on custom solutions
  • Test system components to ensure they meet performance and reliability standards
  • Lead design strategies for pneumatic and fluidic controls
  • Collaborate with mechanical engineers to specify needed components
  • Establish a unified design language for documentation across projects

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package with equity and 401(k)
  • Choice of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Company-paid short and long term disability coverage
  • Flexible paid time off for exempt employees
  • Paid vacation and sick leave compliance
  • Paid parental leave and discounted meals across Wonder brands
Full Job Description

About The Opportunity

We’re seeking a Systems Engineer to operate in between our Hardware, Electrical, and Software teams developing Wonder’s new robotics products. You will support our engineering team with their projects, as well as lead your own projects managing consultants and automation vendors. You will play a critical role in researching, prototyping, integrating, and testing complex electromechanical and fluidic systems that will power our future products.

The Impact You Will Make 

Design & Engineering

  • Synthesize inputs from Hardware, Electrical, and Software teams to author comprehensive, system-level schematics/diagrams (mapping motors, sensors, actuators, pneumatics, and power distribution).

  • Perform deep dives into unfamiliar technologies, conducting rigorous research and trade studies to understand the landscape of solutions, and help define our path forward on various subsystems.

  • Act as the primary technical point of contact with third party vendors supplying us with custom solutions to engineering challenges (such as custom blenders, or cup sealers). Call vendors on the phone or set up video calls to quickly align on vendor/product fit. Define control strategies to seamlessly integrate these technologies into our core architecture.

  • Execute testing protocols for critical system components (e.g. pumps, valves, flow sensors, chillers, heaters) to ensure they meet performance, reliability, and throughput requirements.

  • Lead the design and strategy for pneumatic and fluidic controls, including manifold configurations, overall routing/plumbing architecture, and safety strategy

  • Partner with Mechanical Engineers to dive into datasheets and interface with applications engineers to spec needed sensors, actuators, cables, connectors, ect

  • Learn the existing system-level documentation for the Infinite Kitchen product and use it as a baseline to establish a unified, consistent design language for system documentation across all other projects.

Commissioning & Support

  • Provide on-site and remote troubleshooting support during installation, system startup, and ongoing operations

  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including mechanical engineers, software engineers, and technician teams

What You Bring to the Table 

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering field

  • 5+ years of engineering work experience, at least 2 of which are in a System Integrator or Systems Engineering role in the industrial robotics/automation industry or similar

  • Experience working with 3rd party vendors to make custom build/specced equipment to solve an engineering problem

Technical Skills

  • Proficient in creating clear, logical system maps, wiring diagrams, pneumatic and plumbing diagrams, and flowcharts using tools like Lucidchart, Visio, or similar ECAD/schematic software.

  • Proficient at CAD, control system wiring, and software scripting to rapidly design, build, and evaluate engineering concepts.

  • A solid foundational understanding of electromechanical systems. You are comfortable reading schematics, understanding controls architecture, pneumatic and fluidic plumbing and controls, and working with both hardware and software teams.

  • Comfortable designing or architecting electromechanical, pneumatic or fluidic systems from the ground up.

  • Comfortable with reading and understanding detailed third party datasheets, evaluating components for application suitability and translating those learnings into simple conclusions and recommendations

  • Proficient at researching unfamiliar technologies and building a fundamental understanding to map out potential solutions

  • Familiarity with modern agile and project management tools (Jira, Confluence, Miro, etc.) to track progress and manage tasks effectively.
     

Professional Skills

  • Ability to push forward on many projects at once, balancing priorities appropriately

  • Highly capable of interfacing with vendors and third parties to describe requirements and evaluate component suitability. Excellent communicator.

  • Willingness to travel occasionally for on-site commissioning and support

This role requires a minimum of 4 days a week in the office, with additional days as needed based on project demands.

 

This role is based in our Boston office in Charlestown, MA

Massachusetts: $124,000-$145,000 per year.

Wonder uses geographic-specific salary structures, which means the salary offered may vary depending on where the job is located. The final salary offer will take into account various factors, such as the candidate's skills, education, training, credentials, and experience.

Benefits


The benefits applicable to this role include a competitive compensation package with equity and a 401(k). We also offer a choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, company paid short and long term disability coverage, paid time off including flexible time off for exempt employees, paid vacation for non-exempt employees, and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable law in addition to paid parental leave, discounted meals and exclusive perks across the Wonder family of brands.


Eligibility, effective dates, and available plan options vary by employment classification and location. To learn more about benefits for this role, visit our Careers page here. 

About Wonder

World of Wonder Productions is an American production company founded in 1991 by filmmakers Randy Barbato and Portsmouth-born Fenton Bailey. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company specializes in documentary television and film productions, with credits including the Million Dollar Listing docuseries, RuPaul's Drag Race, and the documentary films Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Together, Bailey and Barbato have produced programming through World of Wonder for HBO, Bravo, HGTV, Showtime, the BBC, Netflix, and VH1. World of Wonder is perhaps best known for its contributions towards LGBTQ programming, for which they won an Outfest Annual Achievement Award in 2011. Their most well known LGBTQ production is RuPaul's Drag Race, having managed the career of drag queen and titular host RuPaul for many years before this, eventually producing the franchise alongside the majority of its live shows, podcasts, television specials, and conventions.
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