Staff Systems Engineer - Home Standby Installation

Generac•Waukesha, WI

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About The Position

The Staff Systems Engineer, Home Standby Systems Engineering serves as a senior systems integrator for Generac Home Standby products, bringing mechanical, electronic, and embedded firmware subsystems together into complete products. The role partners with radio, controller, engine, manufacturing, applications, and other engineering teams to define subsystem interfaces and address integration issues throughout new-product development and ongoing projects. The engineer gathers customer and stakeholder needs and manages system-level requirements using Codebeamer. The position develops system architecture and interface documentation, defines verification and validation strategies, and ensures test plans and results demonstrate that requirements have been met. It also leads and participates in technical design and integration reviews, applies DFMEA and DVP&R methods, communicates risks and recommended actions, and independently translates broad technical direction into executable plans. The role mentors less experienced engineers and supports delivery of product development plans that meet schedule, cost, quality, and compliance objectives. Advanced CAD modeling is not a primary responsibility; CAD models are reviewed to understand interfaces, packaging, and integration constraints. Candidates requiring sponsorship now or in the future, including OPT or H1B transfer, cannot be considered. Third parties and agencies are not being considered. The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
8+ years of relevant engineering experience, including systems engineering or systems integration for complex products with interacting mechanical, electrical/electronic, and embedded firmware subsystems.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline.
INCOSE certification.
Experience with Home Standby generators, power management systems, or other complex products combining mechanical, electrical/electronic, controls, and embedded firmware subsystems.
Experience with systems engineering and requirements management in a product development environment, including the V-model.
Codebeamer experience for requirements management, traceability, and verification tracking.
Creo experience; comparable 3D CAD experience such as SolidWorks is also relevant.
JIRA and Confluence experience.
Experience with radio communications, controllers, engine control modules, manufacturing integration, or connected applications.
Experience creating system architecture documents, including block diagrams, boundary diagrams, schematics, interconnect diagrams, and Interface Control Documents.
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and translate technical information for varied audiences.
Knowledge of electrical power systems, electromechanical packaging, and applicable regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

Integrate mechanical, electronic, and embedded firmware subsystems into complete Home Standby products.
Partner with radio, controller, engine, manufacturing, applications, and other engineering teams to define subsystem interfaces and resolve integration issues.
Gather customer and stakeholder needs and define, document, communicate, maintain, and manage system-level requirements.
Use Codebeamer to manage requirements.
Define verification and validation strategies and ensure test plans and results demonstrate that system requirements have been met.
Develop and maintain system architecture, block and boundary diagrams, system inputs and outputs, and Interface Control Documents.
Lead and participate in technical design reviews, integration reviews, and cross-functional decision-making across the product lifecycle.
Apply DFMEA and DVP&R methods to identify technical risks, define controls, establish validation coverage, and track mitigation actions.
Review 3D CAD models to understand interfaces, packaging, and integration constraints.
Communicate system risks, opportunities, dependencies, priorities, and recommended actions to technical and business stakeholders.
Translate broad technical direction into executable plans and drive work through completion.
Mentor less experienced engineers and promote consistent requirements, documentation, integration, and validation practices.
Support product development plans in delivering on-schedule, on-cost, on-quality, and compliant solutions.