Ground Robotics Systems Engineer

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Own the system architecture from concept forward, including subsystem decomposition, functional allocation and interface definition Turn an unstructured customer problem into defined requirements, interfaces and acceptance criteria the team can build against Isolate and resolve faults that cross electrical, firmware, software, networking, mechanical and manufacturing boundaries, and drive them to root cause Mature prototype designs into production-ready systems, closing open design risk, reducing variation and designing for cost and build Design, build and test working prototypes across circuit design, embedded firmware, vehicle software and mechanical integration Plan and execute verification and validation, including requirements traceability, design verification testing, environmental and durability testing, and EMC/EMIDevelop and tune control and estimation approaches, including feedback control, state estimation and sensor fusion Own configuration control and the engineering release package, including schematics, interface control documents, drawings, bills of material and engineering change orders Partner with production and manufacturing engineering on design for manufacturability and assembly, process capability, first article inspection, tooling and production test Guide supplier and component selection, including qualification, second sourcing and obsolescence management Put current AI and modern engineering tools to work, including simulation, model-based design and data analysis, to compress development cycle time and strengthen verification Seek out and adopt new tools, methods and technologies on an ongoing basis Work directly with customers and end users on technical matters Travel to support testing, demonstrations, qualification, customers and fielded systems Must be at assigned worksite during assigned hours 100% of time; less PTO, FML/STD/LTDOTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:Mentor new engineers, Co-op and Interns Contribute to the technical bid and proposal process Other duties may be assignedSUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:Provide technical direction to project engineering team and support staff