Robotics Systems Engineer — Lead Projects & Deployment

Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical insurance

Retirement savings plan

Tuition benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Life and AD&D insurance

Free Pittsburgh bus pass

Family Concierge for childcare

Fitness center access

Job summary

Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) seeks a dynamic Systems Engineer to guide projects from conception through deployment in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with team leaders across CMU’s NREC to balance technical rigor with agility, tackling robotics and automation challenges across industries.

You will lead requirements, architecture, MBSE artifacts, and risk management while coordinating with engineers and managers to deliver field-ready

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, plus 1–3 years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Proven ability to lead and collaborate within a team.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Define high-level and detailed requirements, establish priorities, and deliver projects through collaboration with partners, managers, and engineers to build consensus around architectural solutions.
• Lead effort analysis, issue resolution, change and risk management, QA using tracking tools and software development systems (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and others).
• Lead creation and maintenance of documentation and MBSE artifacts across the project lifecycle for multi-domain systems.
• 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 or small projects.
• Contribute to organization-wide methods and standard methodologies for system and project engineering.

Skills

Team collaboration

Self-motivated

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Cross-disciplinary experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Git

Job description

Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) seeks a dynamic Systems Engineer to guide projects from conception through deployment in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with team leaders across CMU’s NREC to balance technical rigor with agility, tackling robotics and automation challenges across industries.

You will lead requirements, architecture, MBSE artifacts, and risk management while coordinating with engineers and managers to deliver field-ready