Systems Engineer

National Robotics Engineering Center; Anantnag; On-site; INR 8,596,000 - 11,461,000; Full time

Job summary

National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) is seeking a Systems Engineer to guide projects from conception through deployment, applying pragmatic systems engineering in a fast-paced environment. You will balance rigor with agility while collaborating with team leaders across multidisciplinary groups.

You will contribute to hardware and software projects, lead documentation efforts, and help ensure successful demonstrations and deployable robotic systems for diverse clients in industrial,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 1-3 years of professional experience including demonstrated systems engineering skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, work with and collaborate within a team.
• Self-motivated, curious, and focused on continuous improvement and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Define high-level and detailed requirements, establish priorities, and drive projects to success through collaboration with partners, managers, and engineers to build consensus around architectural solutions.
• Lead effort analysis, issue resolution, change and risk management, quality assurance using tracking tools and software like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and other tools.
• Create and maintain documentation and MBSE artifacts over the project lifecycle across hardware and software domains.
• Guide and perform engineering tasks including design and trade studies.
• Support system testing and functional demonstrations.
• Perform project management tasks including scheduling, staffing, and budgeting for large projects or independently for small projects.
• Contribute to organization-wide methods and standard methodologies for system and project engineering.

Skills

Systems engineering

Team leadership

Collaboration

Problem solving

Documentation

Agile methods

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

Systems Engineer

At the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), it is our engineers and technicians who drive the breakthroughs that define our success. The members of our technical staff collaborates closely with leadership and multidisciplinary teams to design, build, and deploy sophisticated robotic solutions that address complex challenges in industrial, commercial and government sectors. Each project benefits from their expertise, creativity, and hands-on problem-solving, fueling progress and innovation across the organization.

As part of our dedicated team, you will work alongside world-class robotics professionals committed to pushing the boundaries of technology and redefining ideas into solutions for real-world applications. We foster a culture of professionalism, respect, and collaboration, offering a flexible and encouraging environment where you can sharpen your skills, lead impactful projects, and take control of your career development.

We are seeking a dynamic Systems Engineer to collaborate with team leaders across Carnegie Mellon University’s NREC. In this role, you will guide projects from conception through deployment, applying a pragmatic systems engineering approach in a fast-paced, rapid-development environment. You will balance technical rigor with agility, whether driving a single large-scale initiative or guiding multiple concurrent development efforts.

Successful applicants bring cross-disciplinary experience with deep technical strength in a core area, paired with the curiosity and initiative needed to help teams navigate complex technical hurdles. Your work may span machine operator assistance, agricultural automation, autonomous systems, or critical safety frameworks for commercial and defense clients. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced and innovative setting. In this role, you will be instrumental in transforming cutting-edge concepts into field-ready robotic systems, ensuring our team delivers exceptional and groundbreaking results.

Responsibilities

• Define high-level and detailed requirements, establish priorities, and deliver projects successfully through collaboration with key partners, business managers, and engineers to build consensus around architectural solutions,
• Lead team members in effort analysis, issue resolution, change and risk management, quality assurance making use of tracking tools, methods, and software development systems such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and other custom tools.
• Lead creation and maintenance of documentation and model-based system engineering artifacts over the entire project lifecycle for systems that span several hardware and software fields at an appropriate level of fidelity.
• Guide and perform engineering tasks including design and trade studies.
• Support system testing and functional demonstrations.
• Perform project management tasks including scheduling, staffing, and budgeting in collaboration with project manager for large projects or independently for smaller projects.
• Contribute to organization-wide methods and standard methodologies for system and project engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
• 1-3 years of professional experience which includes demonstrated systems engineering skills
• Demonstrated success in leading, working, and collaborating within a team
• Self-motivated, curious, and failure-seeking to achieve continuous improvements and solve problems
• Demonstrated ability to apply critical big picture thinking in completing tasks
• Highly organized with the ability to work on multiple projects/tasks simultaneously and remain agile given changing priorities
• Practices attention to detail, respect for documentation accuracy, and information sharing
• Energetic and hands-on leader

Why NREC?

Join our talented team at NREC where you will have a direct impact on operations and meaningful projects as you collaborate with experts and build your career helping solve industrial and government challenges and deploying technology to real world operations.

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

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