Global VP of Systems Engineering & Architecture

Fluence; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluence, a global leader in energy storage and optimization software, seeks a Vice President, Systems Engineering to drive system architecture, requirements management, and interface definition across the product lifecycle.

The role requires executive leadership to establish governance, MBSE practices, verification/validation, and product assurance while aligning with cross-functional teams including Manufacturing and Quality to deliver reliable, high-performance platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• 20+ years of progressive engineering experience including integrated hardware/software products.
• 10+ years leading global engineering organizations.
• Expertise in systems architecture, requirements management, MBSE, V&V, certification, and product release.
• Experience with functional safety, regulatory compliance, reliability engineering, and PLM.
• Demonstrated success leading complex technical tradeoff decisions and executive stakeholder engagement.
• Experience building engineering organizations, succession pipelines, and technical capability.
• Energy storage, industrial automation, automotive, aerospace, or similar complex industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the long-term Systems Engineering strategy aligned with BU strategy, technology roadmap, and business objectives.
• Establish the global Systems Engineering operating model, organizational capability roadmap, engineering standards, and technical governance.
• Lead investment planning for engineering capabilities including digital engineering, MBSE, simulation, laboratories, HIL infrastructure, and engineering productivity.
• Serve as the executive technical authority for all commercial product platforms, providing final technical approval for architecture decisions, technical tradeoffs, and release readiness.
• Chair architecture reviews and technical design reviews while resolving cross-functional engineering conflicts.
• Own enterprise system architecture, requirements decomposition, interface management, and requirements traceability across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure platform consistency, modularity, scalability, reuse, and technology standardization.
• Own verification and validation strategy, systems integration, certification, functional safety, compliance, and release approval.
• Lead global laboratories, HIL testing, product validation, and engineering assurance.
• Drive field reliability, warranty learning, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes.
• Provide technical leadership from concept through launch, sustainment, and end-of-life planning.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer Success to improve product performance and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Systems architecture

MBSE

V&V

Functional safety

Executive engagement

Product lifecycle

Budget planning

Leadership development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

PLM software

HIL testing equipment

Job description

Fluence, a global leader in energy storage and optimization software, seeks a Vice President, Systems Engineering to drive system architecture, requirements management, and interface definition across the product lifecycle.

The role requires executive leadership to establish governance, MBSE practices, verification/validation, and product assurance while aligning with cross-functional teams including Manufacturing and Quality to deliver reliable, high-performance platforms.