Senior Systems Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Devens, Massachusetts, United States

Salary: $91,000–$143,500 per year

Company

hirify.global develops robotic and autonomous platforms, ground, soldier, maritime, defense, aerospace, and security technologies, including work in sensor science, signal processing, data fusion, AI, ML, and AR.

What you will do

• Assemble test and evaluation protocols from customer and derived system requirements across the full design and development lifecycle.
• Develop, review, and maintain product descriptions, requirements documentation, test plans, verification approaches, qualification documentation, safety analysis reports, and technical analyses.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, verification methods, qualification events, and test results.
• Coordinate test planning, scheduling, resources, laboratories, test centers, customers, and partner teams.
• Support test fixture design, hands-on system and subsystem integration troubleshooting, test execution, discrepancy analysis, corrective actions, regression testing, and retesting.
• Prepare technical briefings, system assessment inputs, verification status updates, and formal program review materials.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical-Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering; an MS is preferred.
• At least five years of relevant industry experience in systems engineering, test and evaluation, integration and test, or qualification supporting defense acquisition programs.
• Experience with fielded DoD systems and/or Navy or maritime systems.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or assessing test plans, procedures, readiness documentation, verification documentation, and test reports for complex defense systems.
• Experience with requirements development, management, and traceability, including work with multidisciplinary teams and management of multiple projects independently.
• Experience with military standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-461, and MIL-STD-464.
• Strong analytical, technical writing, briefing, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of or experience with DoD, SAE, IEEE, and/or IPC standards.
• Experience supporting U.S. Navy or DoD test and evaluation activities with government test organizations, ranges, or laboratories such as ATEC.
• Experience with developmental testing, qualification testing, system verification, verification cross-reference matrices, and test readiness reviews.
• Working knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical CAD tools such as Creo, SolidWorks, or Altium.
• Software programming experience in C, C++, MATLAB, or Python.
• Experience in system reliability analysis using calculated and measured data.
• Familiarity with CMMI Level 3 processes, test fixture design, Windchill, Windchill Quality Solutions, and data collection and analysis tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in multidisciplinary teams addressing complex defense, aerospace, security, robotics, and autonomous-systems challenges.
• Support innovative research and product development with a stated commitment to workplace flexibility, health, well-being, and professional opportunities.
• Work in an inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives and collaboration.