Senior Systems Engineer- Robotics and Autonomous Systems

About the role

Stratom is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer specializing in autonomous robotics and complex electromechanical systems to provide technical leadership across the development, integration, and verification of advanced robotic platforms. The ideal candidate combines strong systems thinking with hands-on engineering experience and enjoys solving challenging integration problems in heavy-duty, industrial, autonomous, or defense applications.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive systems engineering leadership across the full lifecycle, from concept through deployment, owning system-level technical decisions and driving successful integration of complex systems.
• Lead requirements development, allocation, traceability, and verification/validation activities to ensure alignment with customer, regulatory, and system performance requirements.
• Lead system architecture development, interface definition, and technical trade studies to balance performance, cost, schedule, and risk across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, autonomy, and manufacturing engineers to integrate hardware and software components into cohesive robotic systems.
• Support safety engineering activities including hazard analyses, FMEAs, and safety case development for autonomous systems.
• Cook up cross-disciplinary integration activities across mechanical, electrical, software, and autonomy teams, ensuring interfaces are well-defined, verified, and validated.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, collaboration, and the application of systems engineering best practices, tools, and processes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading systems engineering throughout the complete product lifecycle.
• Experience serving as the systems engineering lead or technical integration lead on multidisciplinary engineering programs.
• Expertise developing, allocating, and managing system requirements, interfaces, traceability, and verification strategies.
• Experience leading verification and validation planning and execution.
• Experience leading cross-functional integration across software, electrical, mechanical, autonomy, and manufacturing teams.
• Experience facilitating technical trade studies and system-level design decisions.
• Experience supporting system safety activities including FMEA, hazard analyses, and safety case development.
• Ability to mentor engineers and drive systems engineering best practices.
• Willingness to support hands-on prototype integration, debugging, and field testing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical, industrial, autonomous vehicle, robotics, aerospace, or defense systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience bringing complex electromechanical, autonomous, robotics, industrial, heavy-duty equipment, commercial vehicle, aerospace, marine, rail, energy, or defense products from development into production.
• Experience leading architecture development using MBSE methodologies and tools such as Cameo or MagicDraw.
• Experience developing and maintaining system models using MBSE tools to define, analyze, and verify architectures in accordance with MOSA principles.
• Strong understanding of Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA).
• Experience with DoD acquisition programs or government-funded development.
• Familiarity with ROS/ROS2 and autonomous software architectures.
• Experience with supplier technical management and hardware integration.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461/464, ISO 26262, or similar standards.
• Experience leading technical planning, risk management, and engineering execution across multiple teams.
• Strong understanding of systems thinking and engineering judgment.
• Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions across multiple engineering disciplines.

Additional Requirements

• This position requires eligibility to access information subject to U.S. export control regulations, including ITAR and/or EAR.
• Employees must meet applicable eligibility requirements including U.S. citizenship.
• A DoD Security Clearance is not required to begin employment, but employees must maintain eligibility to obtain one.