Senior Systems Engineer — Architecture & Tech Maturation Lead

Rite-Hite Company; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Well-being benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Rite-Hite is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the evaluation, architecture, integration, and maturation of multidisciplinary product systems. You will translate customer needs into system requirements, develop architectures, and guide proofs of concept and TRL assessments.

You will mentor engineers, conduct trade studies, and ensure safety, reliability, cybersecurity, and scalability across product platforms.

Qualifications

• BS in Systems Engineering (or related field) with 5+ years of product development experience.
• INCOSE ASEP/CSEP certification preferred but not required.
• Experience with system requirements, architecture, integration, controls, embedded systems, sensing, connectivity, verification.
• Strong communication, product liability awareness, and decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional system architecture and technology-evaluation activities.
• Define system boundaries, interfaces, and performance requirements.
• Conduct trade studies, risk assessments, feasibility analyses, and make/buy evaluations.
• Translate product and business needs into clear, actionable system requirements with Product Management and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Mentor less experienced engineers in systems design and testing.

Skills

Systems engineering

Architecture design

Requirements management

Cross-functional collaboration

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering

Tools

Spice

MATLAB

Job description

Rite-Hite is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the evaluation, architecture, integration, and maturation of multidisciplinary product systems. You will translate customer needs into system requirements, develop architectures, and guide proofs of concept and TRL assessments.

You will mentor engineers, conduct trade studies, and ensure safety, reliability, cybersecurity, and scalability across product platforms.