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Senior Systems Engineer

Headquarters💼 Full-time💰 $163,000–$163,000🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architecting autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles and defining system requirements to integrate hardware with end-user command and control software for freight transportation.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Autonomous Rail Vehicles)

Builds

Autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles and integrated command and control systems

Domain

Freight transportation, autonomous rail operations, electromechanical systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Systems engineering lifecycle management, requirements traceability, FMEA, system architecture design, electromechanical integration, validation planning, interface control document development, trade study leadership

Preferred skills

Classical systems engineering practices, requirements database administration, safety-critical environment integration, process improvement, Python programming, CAD tools (SolidWorks)

Technologies

Python, SolidWorks, structured requirements databases

Responsibilities

Define high-level needs and objectives based on customer desires; develop product plans and roadmaps; lead trade studies for implementation; decompose system requirements into subsystem requirements; manage requirements traceability from system to validation evidence; develop interface control documents and compliance matrices; lead Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA); provide technical guidance for engineering best practices

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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