Lead Systems Engineer

Econolite Group • Anaheim, CA

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About The Position

The Lead Systems Engineer owns cross-functional product design and drives engineering alignment across hardware, firmware, embedded software, and IoT/cloud development teams. The role translates market, business, and customer requirements into system-level requirements and architectures, and supports disciplined execution across the technical disciplines delivering traffic management and data-driven products.

The position defines and maintains system architecture and interfaces, leads requirements decomposition and traceability, facilitates technical trade-offs, and coordinates integration, verification, and validation. It identifies technical risks and dependencies, partners with hardware and software teams on system design and connectivity, supports ISO process compliance, and champions agile methods adapted for multidisciplinary hardware and software development. The role reports to the Director of Hardware Engineering and collaborates closely with product and engineering leads.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of systems engineering or equivalent experience, with significant work in traffic, automotive, or industrial technology domains.
• At least 3 years in a technical leadership or lead role coordinating cross-functional hardware, firmware/embedded, and cloud/IoT engineering teams.
• Strong working knowledge of hardware development fundamentals, including chip/SOM-based compute platforms and sensor interfaces such as camera, radar, and LiDAR.
• Solid understanding of embedded/firmware software development and test practices and constraints.
• Experience with IoT connectivity and cloud integration architectures, including device-to-cloud communication, data pipelines, remote management/OTA, and security.
• Demonstrated ability to own requirements definition and system architecture across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience working within formal development processes and ISO standards.
• Practical experience applying agile methodologies to hardware and systems-level engineering programs.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including the ability to align stakeholders across product, hardware, firmware, and cloud teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in traffic management systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), or ADAS-related products.
• Experience with requirements management tools, such as Jira/Confluence-based traceability.
• Background working with outsourced hardware partners, contract manufacturers, or design houses.
• Track record of launching connected hardware products from concept through production.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-functional product design implementation and translate business and customer requirements into system-level requirements and architecture.
• Align teams and schedules across hardware, embedded software, and IoT/cloud integration throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Define and maintain system architecture, including interfaces and dependencies between hardware, firmware, and cloud/IoT layers.
• Lead requirements decomposition and traceability from product and customer needs to component-level specifications.
• Facilitate technical trade-off decisions across disciplines to balance cost, performance, schedule, and manufacturability.
• Coordinate system-level integration, verification, and validation across engineering teams.
• Identify and manage cross-team technical risks and dependencies, escalating and resolving blockers proactively.
• Partner with hardware engineering on chip/SOM selection, sensor integration, and edge component architecture.
• Partner with firmware/software teams on embedded architecture, IoT connectivity, and cloud integration strategy.
• Support development and ISO process compliance across the product development lifecycle.
• Champion agile methodologies adapted for multidisciplinary hardware, software, and cloud systems development.
• Represent systems engineering in product planning, design reviews, and stakeholder communications.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus structure.
• Weekly pay.
• Weekly PTO accrual.
• Paid holidays.
• Various medical plans.
• Dental and vision plans.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Direct deposit.
• Basic life insurance.
• Long-term disability (LTD).
• 401(k) discretionary match.
• Voluntary identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior