Systems Architecture, Integration & Test Engineer, Saronic

• This job posting is intended for candidates at all levels, including Sr, Staff, etc., and generally requires at a minimum 2+ years of industry experience as a Design Engineer, Development Engineer, Test Engineer, Systems Engineer, Reliability Engineer, or similar
• Bachelor’s Degree or greater in Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Systems, Software, Computer, Electrical Engineering, or similar
• Experience working on advanced hardware systems, autonomous systems, complex electronics systems, or similar
• Requirement decomposition experience for both hardware and software
• Experience with failure analysis, root cause analysis methodologies, corrective action management, and risk management
• Experience architecting and designing test campaigns (subsystem level to the vehicle/vessel/product level) as well as creating & executing test plans
• Familiarity with industry processes, standards, and guides, such as MIL-STDs, ABS Rules, ABYC, COLREGs, ISO, NASA, IEC, IEEE, and similar
• Ability to travel as needed
• This role requires access to export-controlled information or items that require “U.S. Person” status. As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a “U.S. Person”:
• (1) U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)

Desirable

• We are seeking a Systems Architecture, Integration, and Test Engineer (Mechanical) to drive key mechanical reliability and systems integration initiatives for our cutting-edge autonomous vessels
• In this pivotal role, you will lead efforts in design reliability across the product lifecycle, including focusing on predictive analysis, proactive failure modes and effects analysis, and comprehensive verification and qualification testing
• You will work cross-functionally to turn data into design insights, strengthen our mechanical systems, and drive continuous improvement across design, manufacturing, maintenance, and engineering processes
• Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring the reliability and performance of our innovative maritime technology as we advance towards the future of autonomous vessels
• Define top-down use cases, system architecture, and design reference missions for products alongside product architects and responsible engineers
• Define, document, and maintain system requirements (design criteria) using Jama and in-house developed tools/environments
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure requirements are accurately interpreted and implemented
• Maintain up-to-date technical documentation for system requirements, testing requirements, verification and validation
• Clearly articulate technical information to stakeholders at all levels, ensuring alignment of objectives across engineering, software, and mission operations
• Participate in systems engineering activities including concept development, system design, integration, and testing
• Develop, own, and execute subsystem- and system-level verification and validation (V&V) plans to ensure designs meet functional, performance, autonomy, reliability, and safety requirements
• Define test objectives, configurations, procedures, and success criteria for subsystem and full-system integration tests
• Lead root cause analysis/failure investigation, and corrective action for issues found during R&D and qualification testing alongside the development, quality, and test teams
• Analyze test results to identify design issues, system interactions, or performance shortfalls; clearly communicate findings and recommended actions
• Lead acceptance test execution for engineering stakeholders with production
• Lead development of preventive maintenance plans for all product variants for engineering stakeholders with quality
• Partner with design engineers as a critical partner to identify risk as early as possible through tools such as Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Physics of Failure Methodologies, and analysis + test data reviews, then coordinate mitigation action plans to proactively lead the design reliability effort for the product or subsystem
• Develop and maintain internal data analysis and visualization tools to streamline test reporting and decision-making
• Collaborate closely with mission operations, design engineers, and other stakeholders to collect, analyze, and interpret in-field or post-deployment data, feeding results back into design iterations
• Work with hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) engineers to architect verification & test campaigns and execute subsystem- and system-level testing
• Help drive the development of internal tools, guides, calculators, or similar via Palantir Foundry, Confluence, Excel, or similar
• Support the engineering design cycle process as a subject matter expert to ensure teams adhere to our hardware design best practices, and analysis best practices