Senior Lead Systems Engineer

Allegion•Indianapolis, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup’s With Distinction honor — a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures. Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position. At Allegion, we are driven by a bold vision: redefining safety while empowering our employees to thrive. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that values innovation, purpose, and excellence. This role offers the benefits of our dynamic hybrid work model—combining in-person collaboration for meaningful moments with the flexibility of remote work. Since hybrid arrangements can vary based on the needs of the individual, team and business, your talent acquisition partner will provide specific hybrid details about this role. We are committed to fostering a healthy work-life balance and building meaningful connections, ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support needed to excel in any environment. Together, we’ll unlock your potential and create a lasting impact. While this is the current structure and we currently have no plans to change, we reserve the right to make changes to the hybrid schedule as needed at the Company’s discretion.

Requirements

BS or higher in Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field from an ABET accredited university.
10+ years' work experience in new product development.
Demonstrated experience in requirements management, technical risk management, program execution, software development (Agile and/or SAFe), and systems thinking.
Has demonstrated excellent communication and team leadership skills in a multi-disciplinary environment.
Comfortable with the facilitation of Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) events.
Exhibits a coaching and mentor mindset.
Ability to travel up to 10%.

Nice To Haves

INCOSE ASEP or CSEP certification.
Knowledge of cybersecurity methods and protocols, cloud service architectures (AWS, Azure), or low-power wireless communications products (i.e. Bluetooth Low Energy).

Responsibilities

Work with business and engineering leaders to develop requirements from customer need statements for Commercial market applications across multiple hardware and software products that meet customer, marketing, and internal stakeholder needs.
Collaborate with business and engineering leaders to decompose and allocate requirements to the correct system elements across hardware and software domains.
Collaborate with the test teams to define and execute a comprehensive verification and validation plan for all levels of requirements.
Identify areas of reuse for consistent system behavior across multiple commercial system elements.
Work directly with multiple project managers and technical leaders to plan and communicate program status, resourcing issues, and schedule expectations throughout the program duration.
Serve as a key contact with physical product, software, and mobile application teams to deliver coordinated integrations that meet the overall solution schedule milestones.
Lead technical risk management, structured problem solving, solution verification and validation activities.
Facilitate Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) activities with the team (i.e. System FMEA and/or User FMEAs). Leverage the failure mode analysis to create resilient systems with effective error handling and diagnostics.
Grow Systems Engineering best practices and systems thinking at Allegion through mentorship, training, and driving for common systems engineering processes throughout the Engineering organization.
Work closely with Software teams to coordinate between software and hardware deliverables.
Work in a highly collaborative, hybrid work environment.