Systems Engineering Expert Solution Architect

About the role

This is a hybrid position and expected to work on-site minimally three days at our Towson MD Campus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and deployment of systems engineering frameworks, methods, and tools across complex, multi-domain product development programs.
• Strengthen systems engineering capabilities across mechanical, electrical/electronic, and software domains, enabling improved product architecture, requirements traceability, and verification and validation processes.
• Define, develop, and deploy requirements engineering practices, including requirements definition, decomposition, parametrization, traceability, and lifecycle management.
• Establish robust traceability between requirements, system architecture, and verification/validation activities.
• Develop and guide system architectures for complex, multi-domain products (mechanical, electrical/electronics, controls/software).
• Support platform-based product development across power tools, hand tools, and outdoor equipment.
• Lead the development of product use cases and operational scenarios to capture user needs and translate them into system-level requirements.
• Define and standardize test strategies, including test plans and test case templates. Ensure alignment between requirements, architecture, and validation activities.
• Apply MBSE principles and methodologies to develop system models and engineering artifacts using selected toolsets.
• Support the integration of MBSE practices into product development workflows.
• Develop systems engineering training materials and conduct training sessions across engineering and product teams.
• Mentor and coach engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams on systems engineering methods and best practices.
• Partner with product management, engineering, program management, and manufacturing teams to embed systems engineering into program execution.
• Facilitate alignment across disciplines to improve decision-making and reduce late-stage issues.
• Define and implement systems engineering metrics to track adoption, effectiveness, and impact. Communicate insights and progress to leadership and key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, including:
• Requirements engineering and management
• System architecture development
• Verification and validation planning and execution
• End-to-end traceability across the product lifecycle
• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts, methods, and tools.
• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline preferred.
• Experience in the design and development of industrial products such as power tools, outdoor equipment, or similar electromechanical systems.
• Understanding of systems safety and reliability engineering principles.
• Experience with at least one systems engineering toolsets such as: Jama Connect, Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE platform, DOORS NG / Rhapsody, Figma, Siemens PLM Software, PTC Creo, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, CATIA, ANSYS, Altair HyperWorks, MATLAB, Simulink, LabVIEW, Vuforia, Vicon, MotionBuilder, Unity, Unreal Engine, and Unreal Engine 5.
• Familiarity with model-in-the-loop (MiL), software-in-the-loop (SiL), and hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) validation approaches.