Senior Systems Engineer
About The Position
This Systems Engineering role leads development efforts for embedded firmware and software-controlled life safety systems, including fire detection, notification, control, communications, and connected products. The role translates product needs into clear system and sub-system requirements while ensuring alignment across architecture, design, verification, validation, and production readiness. The candidate will develop systems engineering work products, identify requirement and interface risks, coordinate cross-functional technical inputs, support safety and failure mode analysis, and help improve standard work, tools, and repeatable engineering practices across multiple projects in a global team environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, or 8+ years of experience in an engineering domain such as electrical engineering, embedded firmware, software, product development, or safety-critical systems
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Systems, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering
- ASEP/CSEP, or equivalent systems engineering certification
- Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, DOORS, Rhapsody, Visio, or equivalent engineering lifecycle tools
- Demonstrated experience applying system architecture, UML/SysML, DFMEA, Pugh Matrix, requirements management, QFD, and verification traceability
- Experience creating or improving standard work, engineering procedures, templates, or process guidance
- Knowledge of KGS organization, processes, tools, programs, or systems is strongly preferred
- Experience in the Fire Protection industry
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain system requirements for fire alarm systems and associated equipment
- Analyze, decompose, document, and manage system and safety-critical requirements
- Drive requirements decomposition aligned to system architecture and technical trade studies
- Define system boundaries, inputs/outputs, data flows, and processing needs
- Establish requirements based on VoC sessions, quality incident tickets, and technology improvements.
- Plan and coordinate verification/validation activities to ensure requirements coverage
- Lead, facilitate and contribute to design, DFMEA, RRCA, and product safety reviews
- Own assigned engineering workstreams across multiple projects or disciplines
- Perform difficult or complex engineering activities and create standard works for common procedures.
- Manage significant work packages within complex engineering projects
- Support customer documentation development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
