Senior Systems Architect & Tech Lead

Rite-Hite Corporation; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Rite-Hite Corporation seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead architecture, analysis, and maturation of multidisciplinary product systems. You translate customer and business needs into system requirements and guide proofs of concept toward NPD readiness.

Expect collaboration across product management, engineering, and suppliers. You will mentor engineers, conduct trade studies, and define verification strategies while ensuring safety, reliability, and cybersecurity alignment with company

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level engineering degree with 5+ years in product development or systems engineering.
• Advanced degree and INCOSE certification are a plus but not required.
• Experience with multidisciplinary product development including system requirements, architecture, and verification.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional system architecture and technology-evaluation activities.
• Develop technical maturation plans, TRL criteria, and proof-of-concept objectives.
• Define system boundaries, architectures, interfaces, and performance requirements.
• Conduct trade studies, risk assessments, feasibility analyses, and make buy evaluations.
• Define system verification, validation, and acceptance strategies.
• Translate product and business needs into clear, actionable system requirements with Product Management.
• Evaluate supplier technologies and their fit within product architectures.
• Mentor engineers in systems design and testing.
• Maintain a pipeline of technologies and document readiness for NPD.
• Analyze complex components or systems for design life and performance.
• Model analytically using calculations or simulation tools (e.g., MATLAB, Spice).
• Write test procedures, execute tests, and analyze data to draw conclusions.
• Interface with engineers, designers, technicians, manufacturing, and cross-functional teams.
• Attend field trips to install/troubleshoot prototypes and field models (overnight travel possible).
• Stay current with technology advances for product and manufacturing improvements.
• Support quality systems and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Architecture

Embedded systems

Sensing

Connectivity

Verification

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or related field

INCOSE ASEP or CSEP (preferred)

Job description

Rite-Hite Corporation seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead architecture, analysis, and maturation of multidisciplinary product systems. You translate customer and business needs into system requirements and guide proofs of concept toward NPD readiness.

Expect collaboration across product management, engineering, and suppliers. You will mentor engineers, conduct trade studies, and define verification strategies while ensuring safety, reliability, and cybersecurity alignment with company