Systems Architecture, Integration, and Test Engineer (Electrical and/or Software)

About the role

Saronic Technologies seeks a Systems Architecture, Integration, and Test Engineer (Electrical and/or Software) to drive key electrical & software integration initiatives for our cutting-edge autonomous vessels. The ideal candidate will lead efforts in electrical architecture design, software- and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) verification, and failure mode analysis for electronics and embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical and software system integration efforts, and work cross-functionally to ensure aspects such as signal integrity, power management, communication protocols, and autonomy behavior meets design intent and system requirements (design criteria)
• Define and maintain system-level electrical and software interface requirements using Jama and internal tools, ensuring clarity across design teams
• Help develop and execute integration and validation test plans for electrical subsystems, software-in-the-loop (SIL), and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing
• Define and execute electrical reliability tests (e.g., EMI/EMC, power cycling, thermal stress) to validate robustness and fault tolerance
• Support root cause investigations for electrical and software-related failures, coordinating corrective actions and preventive measures
• Mentor other engineers in best practices for electrical and software reliability, including fault-tolerant design, redundancy, and diagnostic coverage
• Define top-down use cases, system architecture, and design reference missions for products alongside product architects and responsible engineers
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure requirements are accurately interpreted and implemented
• Participate in systems engineering activities including concept development, system design, integration, and testing
• Develop, own, and execute subsystem- and system-level verification and validation (V&V) plans to ensure designs meet functional, performance, autonomy, reliability, and safety requirements
• Lead root cause analysis/failure investigation, and corrective action for issues found during R&D and qualification testing alongside the development, quality, and test teams
• Develop and maintain internal data analysis and visualization tools to streamline test reporting and decision-making
• Collaborate closely with mission operations, design engineers, and other stakeholders to collect, analyze, and interpret in-field or post-deployment data, feeding results back into design iterations
• Work with hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) engineers to architect verification & test campaigns and execute subsystem- and system-level testing
• Help drive the development of internal tools, guides, calculators, or similar via Palantir Foundry, Confluence, Excel, or similar
• Support the engineering design cycle process as a subject matter expert to ensure teams adhere to our hardware design best practices, and analysis best practices

Requirements

• Lead electrical and software system integration efforts, and work cross-functionally to ensure aspects such as signal integrity, power management, communication protocols, and autonomy behavior meets design intent and system requirements (design criteria)
• Define and maintain system-level electrical and software interface requirements using Jama and internal tools, ensuring clarity across design teams
• Help develop and execute integration and validation test plans for electrical subsystems, software-in-the-loop (SIL), and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing
• Define and execute electrical reliability tests (e.g., EMI/EMC, power cycling, thermal stress) to validate robustness and fault tolerance
• Support root cause investigations for electrical and software-related failures, coordinating corrective actions and preventive measures
• Mentor other engineers in best practices for electrical and software reliability, including fault-tolerant design, redundancy, and diagnostic coverage
• Define top-down use cases, system architecture, and design reference missions for products alongside product architects and responsible engineers
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure requirements are accurately interpreted and implemented
• Participate in systems engineering activities including concept development, system design, integration, and testing
• Develop, own, and execute subsystem- and system-level verification and validation (V&V) plans to ensure designs meet functional, performance, autonomy, reliability, and safety requirements
• Lead root cause analysis/failure investigation, and corrective action for issues found during R&D and qualification testing alongside the development, quality, and test teams
• Develop and maintain internal data analysis and visualization tools to streamline test reporting and decision-making
• Collaborate closely with mission operations, design engineers, and other stakeholders to collect, analyze, and interpret in-field or post-deployment data, feeding results back into design iterations
• Work with hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) engineers to architect verification & test campaigns and execute subsystem- and system-level testing
• Help drive the development of internal tools, guides, calculators, or similar via Palantir Foundry, Confluence, Excel, or similar
• Support the engineering design cycle process as a subject matter expert to ensure teams adhere to our hardware design best practices, and analysis best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or greater in Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Systems, Software, Computer, Electrical Engineering, or similar
• Experience working on advanced hardware systems, autonomous systems, complex electronics systems, or similar
• Requirement decomposition experience for both hardware and software
• Coding and software development experience, such as in Python, Java, C++, or similar
• Experience with failure analysis, root cause analysis methodologies, corrective action management, and risk management
• Experience architecting and designing test campaigns (subsystem level to the vehicle/vessel/product level)
• Experience developing tools, guides, and engineering solutions in Palantir Foundry
• Experience with analysis tools such as MATLAB, Excel, ANSYS, FEMAP, etc.
• Familiarity with industry processes, standards, and guides, such as MIL-STDs, ABS Rules, ABYC, COLREGs, ISO, NASA, IEC, IEEE, and similar

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jama, DOORS, Innoslate, 3DX, Cameo, Flow, or similar
• Experience developing tools, guides, and engineering solutions in Palantir Foundry
• Hands-on test engineering experience including data collection, analysis, and closing feedback loops to improve designs & outcomes
• Experience with analysis tools such as MATLAB, Excel, ANSYS, FEMAP, etc.
• Modeling/CAD experience
• HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing), environmental testing, mechanical/loads testing, electrical testing and/or debugging, software testing and/or debugging
• Technical writing experience developing standards, specifications, user guides, or similar

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Time Off
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Competitive Salary
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Stock Options
• Retirement Plan
• Free lunch benefit and unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office
• Additional Perks