Project Systems Engineer — Lead Rugged Embedded Systems (Onsite)

Elma Electronic AG; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Elma Electronic is seeking a Project Systems Engineer to lead the execution of complex embedded computing projects for aerospace, defense, and other mission-critical applications, spanning proposal handoff, engineering execution, manufacturing readiness, delivery, and customer platform integration.

This onsite Fremont, CA role combines technical leadership with customer interaction, risk management, and cross-functional coordination to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery of rugged computing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical projects and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Strong organizational, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing project risks, technical issues, schedules, and deliverables.
• 5-10 years of experience in systems engineering, embedded computing, system architecture, or project engineering.
• Experience with VPX, VME, CompactPCI, OpenVPX, VITA standards, SOSA, and rugged embedded computing architectures.
• Experience supporting military, aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned systems projects from proposal transition through engineering execution, delivery, and customer integration.
• Partner with Embedded Computer Architects to translate customer requirements into executable system designs and engineering plans.
• Develop system requirements, architecture documentation, interface definitions, configuration records, and technical review packages.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, procurement, and program management teams.
• Identify and manage technical risks, design gaps, schedule concerns, and project dependencies.
• Support customer reviews, architecture reviews, PDRs, CDRs, production readiness reviews, and integration activities.
• Serve as a primary technical interface with customers, suppliers, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Help ensure successful product delivery while maintaining schedule, cost, quality, and technical performance objectives.

Skills

Project leadership

Systems engineering

Cross-functional teams

Risk management

Documentation

Customer interaction

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering / related field

Tools

VPX/CompactPCI tools

OpenVPX/SOSA/VITA standards

Rugged embedded computing

Job description

Elma Electronic is seeking a Project Systems Engineer to lead the execution of complex embedded computing projects for aerospace, defense, and other mission-critical applications, spanning proposal handoff, engineering execution, manufacturing readiness, delivery, and customer platform integration.

This onsite Fremont, CA role combines technical leadership with customer interaction, risk management, and cross-functional coordination to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery of rugged computing