Systems Engineer

Overland AI•Seattle, WA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Overland AI is hiring a Systems Engineer to support engineering execution and grow into core systems engineering responsibilities within the Systems, Safety, and Test (SST) organization. This role is responsible for keeping engineering moving while contributing to core systems engineering. You will run technical working sessions and integration meetings, capture decisions, track action items, and ensure cross-team work progresses to completion. You will also develop requirements, support functional analysis, participate in hazard analysis workshops, and contribute to integration planning, test strategies, and safety documentation. Working directly with software, hardware, production, safety, and test teams, you'll be embedded in real engineering work from day one — running meetings, taking notes, driving follow-through, developing requirements, and supporting technical analysis. You will gain deep exposure to autonomy systems, MIL-STD-882E safety engineering, DoD requirements, and systems architecture while contributing to system design, customer engagements, and certification efforts.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Systems, or related) or equivalent practical experience.
2+ years' of professional engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with robotics, autonomy, mechatronics, or vehicle systems (incl. academic projects, internships)
Hands-on experience working with integrated hardware / software systems and development cycles, including integration, test, or quality-related work.
Familiarity with requirements management, functional analysis, and verification processes and tools.
Demonstrated ability to drive follow-through, coordination, and escalation across teams.
Strong organizational and technical communication skills, including clear note-taking, action tracking, and driving follow-through across engineering activities.
Ability to apply core engineering fundamentals (physics, dynamics, controls, analysis) to real-world problems and learn complex technical systems quickly.
Comfortable working in manufacturing and lab environments with required PPE.
Strong technical curiosity and growth mindset, with a track record of proven ownership.
Willingness to travel regularly to field test sites, including Ellensburg, WA.
Experience balancing coordination and hands-on engineering work, supporting both execution and technical analysis.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

Drive engineering execution by leading working sessions, integration syncs, release readiness meetings, and technical reviews, capturing decisions, risks, and action items and owning them through closure.
Coordinate cross-team handoffs across software, hardware, production, safety, and test, maintaining clear ownership, timelines, dependencies, and execution status.
Support bug triage, issue tracking, release planning, and milestone coordination.
Develop, analyze, and maintain system and subsystem requirements in accordance with MIL-STD-961E.
Support functional decomposition, interface definition, and requirements traceability.
Participate in design reviews, functional hazard analyses, and technical trade studies.
Build verification strategies and support test planning and acceptance criteria.
Apply MIL-STD-882E safety processes, DoD acquisition standards, and systems engineering best practices to produce safety documentation, certification artifacts, and customer-facing technical deliverables.
Maintain high-quality engineering records and technical rationale.
Prepare concise updates for systems engineering leadership and program management.
Document requirements, analyses, test outcomes, and design decisions.
Identify and implement lightweight process improvements that reduce friction, increase predictability, and help scale the systems engineering discipline as the organization grows.