On-Site Systems Lead – Photonics & AI Compute

Ayosemi

Boston (MA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Ayosemi in Boston is seeking a Systems Lead to join our engineering team. You will sit at the intersection of photonics, electronics, hardware, and AI, turning integrated concepts into working prototypes and products.

This high-visibility role owns system-level models, schedules, risk management, and interfaces with customers and government programs, empowering you to drive technical rigor and deliver impact across disciplines. Fully on-site in Boston with real ownership and equity.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, or related field.
  • Experience with photonic systems.
  • Experience with systems engineering practices (requirements definition, verification planning, cross-team coordination).
  • Strong written and verbal communication and ability to produce technical reports and stakeholder-facing presentations.
  • Experience building system-level models or simulations.
  • Comfortable engaging with technical work not personally designed.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate across photonics, electronics, hardware, and AI teams to align interfaces and timelines.
  • Drive cross-team projects from kickoff to completion and resolve bottlenecks.
  • Ensure data collection and models/simulations validate system-level performance.
  • Serve as primary technical and programmatic contact for government and commercial customers.
  • Support proposals for government and commercial customers.
  • Translate system-level requirements into scoped technical work across teams.
  • Build milestone-based execution plans with scheduling, resources, and risk management.
  • Track milestones, risks, and dependencies at the system level.

Skills

Photonic systems
Systems engineering
Cross-team coordination
System-level modeling
Technical communication
Multi-discipline hardware

Education

Electrical Engineering
Photonics
Physics

Job description

Ayosemi in Boston is seeking a Systems Lead to join our engineering team. You will sit at the intersection of photonics, electronics, hardware, and AI, turning integrated concepts into working prototypes and products.

This high-visibility role owns system-level models, schedules, risk management, and interfaces with customers and government programs, empowering you to drive technical rigor and deliver impact across disciplines. Fully on-site in Boston with real ownership and equity.

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