Systems Engineer
Role Summary
Overland AI is hiring a Systems Engineer to support engineering execution and grow into core systems engineering responsibilities within the Systems, Safety, and Test (SST) organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive engineering execution by leading working sessions, integration syncs, release readiness meetings, and technical reviews, capturing decisions, risks, and action items and owning them through closure.
- Capture and own action items, risks, and decisions from technical working sessions and integration meetings.
- Coordinate cross-team handoffs across software, hardware, production, safety, and test, maintaining clear ownership, timelines, dependencies, and execution status.
- Support bug triage, issue tracking, release planning, and milestone coordination.
- Develop, analyze, and maintain system and subsystem requirements in accordance with MIL-STD-961E, support functional decomposition, interface definition, and requirements traceability.
- Participate in design reviews, functional hazard analyses, and technical trade studies.
- Build verification strategies, support test planning and acceptance criteria, and apply MIL-STD-882E safety processes, DoD acquisition standards, and systems engineering best practices to produce safety documentation, certification artifacts, and customer-facing technical deliverables.
- Maintain high-quality engineering records and technical rationale, prepare concise updates for systems engineering leadership and program management, document requirements, analyses, test outcomes, and design decisions, and identify and implement lightweight process improvements that reduce friction, increase predictability, and help scale the systems engineering discipline as the organization grows.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Systems, or related) or equivalent practical experience.
- 2+ years' of professional engineering experience.
Desired Experience and Qualifications
- Experience working with robotics, autonomy, mechatronics, or vehicle systems (incl. academic projects, internships).
- Hands-on experience working with integrated hardware / software systems and development cycles, including integration, test, or quality-related work.
- Familiarity with requirements management, functional analysis, and verification processes and tools.
- Demonstrated ability to drive follow-through, coordination, and escalation across teams.
- Strong organizational and technical communication skills, including clear note-taking, action tracking, and driving follow-through across engineering activities.
- Ability to apply core engineering fundamentals (physics, dynamics, controls, analysis) to real-world problems and learn complex technical systems quickly.
- Comfortable working in manufacturing and lab environments with required PPE.
- Strong technical curiosity and growth mindset, with a track record of proven ownership.
- Willingness to travel regularly to field test sites, including Ellensburg, WA.
- Experience balancing coordination and hands-on engineering work, supporting both execution and technical analysis.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD security clearance.
Location
This position will be onsite in Seattle, WA. Must be willing to travel to additional sites as needed.
Compensation
Annual Base Pay: $140,000 - $190,000
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Best-in-class healthcare, dental, and vision plans
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k) with company match
- Parental leave
Company Information
Overland AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
This position may involve access to export-controlled technology. Employment is contingent on the ability to comply with U.S. export control laws.
Overland AI provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during the application process. Please contact [peopleops@overland.ai] to request an accommodation.