Senior Systems Engineer

Kidde Global Solutions; Bradenton, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Kidde Global Solutions in Bradenton, FL, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead development for embedded firmware and software-controlled life safety systems. You will translate product needs into system requirements, coordinating across architecture, design, verification, and production readiness.

You will also contribute to standard work, tools, and repeatable engineering practices, ensuring safety and quality across multiple projects in a global team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 5+ years of systems engineering, or 8+ years in related engineering domains.
• Master’s degree preferred in Systems, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system requirements for fire alarm systems.
• Analyze, decompose, document, and manage system and safety-critical requirements.
• Drive requirements decomposition aligned to system architecture and technical trade studies.
• Define system boundaries, inputs/outputs, data flows, and processing needs.
• Establish requirements based on VoC sessions, quality incident tickets, and technology improvements.
• Plan and coordinate verification/validation activities to ensure requirements coverage.
• Lead, facilitate and contribute to design, DFMEA, RRCA, and product safety reviews.
• Own assigned engineering workstreams across multiple projects or disciplines.
• Perform difficult or complex engineering activities and create standard works for common procedures.
• Manage significant work packages within complex engineering projects.
• Support customer documentation development.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety-critical systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Systems/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

DOORS

Rhapsody

Visio

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer

Location: On-site in Bradenton, FL

Base Salary Rate: $115,247 - $135,585 per year

Job type: Full-time position

About This Role

This Systems Engineering role leads development efforts for embedded firmware and software-controlled life safety systems, including fire detection, notification, control, communications, and connected products. The role translates product needs into clear system and sub-system requirements while ensuring alignment across architecture, design, verification, validation, and production readiness. The candidate will develop systems engineering work products, identify requirement and interface risks, coordinate cross-functional technical inputs, support safety and failure mode analysis, and help improve standard work, tools, and repeatable engineering practices across multiple projects in a global team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system requirements for fire alarm systems and associated equipment
• Analyze, decompose, document, and manage system and safety-critical requirements
• Drive requirements decomposition aligned to system architecture and technical trade studies
• Define system boundaries, inputs/outputs, data flows, and processing needs
• Establish requirements based on VoC sessions, quality incident tickets, and technology improvements.
• Plan and coordinate verification/validation activities to ensure requirements coverage
• Lead, facilitate and contribute to design, DFMEA, RRCA, and product safety reviews
• Own assigned engineering workstreams across multiple projects or disciplines
• Perform difficult or complex engineering activities and create standard works for common procedures.
• Manage significant work packages within complex engineering projects
• Support customer documentation development.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degreein Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, or 8+ years of experience in an engineering domain such as electrical engineering, embedded firmware, software, product development, or safety-critical systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Systems, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering
• ASEP/CSEP, or equivalent systems engineering certification
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, DOORS, Rhapsody, Visio, or equivalent engineering lifecycle tools
• Demonstrated experience applying system architecture, UML/SysML, DFMEA, Pugh Matrix, requirements management, QFD, and verification traceability
• Experience creating or improving standard work, engineering procedures, templates, or process guidance
• Knowledge of KGS organization, processes, tools, programs, or systems is strongly preferred
• Experience in the Fire Protection industry