Senior Systems Engineer - Autonomous Rail & EV Freight

Parallel Systems, Inc.; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallel Systems, based in Los Angeles, seeks a hands-on Senior Systems Engineer to define product requirements and architect the system across vehicle hardware and end-user software. You will interface with customers, lead design reviews, and drive validation campaigns for autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles.

You will own system and subsystem requirements, guide cross-functional reviews, and perform critical trade studies to enable scalable, auditable verification and safety-compliant

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of experience with complex hardware systems.
• Direct experience testing electromechanical systems that integrate hardware, firmware, and software interfaces.
• Strong foundation in electromechanical fundamentals and system integration.
• Experience with system and subsystem validation such as acceptance testing, environmental validation, integration testing, and deployment testing.
• Experience with existing railroad operations and train control software.
• Demonstrated ability to create structured, audit-ready documentation for safety and compliance purposes.

Responsibilities

• Define high level needs, goals, and objectives based on business and customer desires.
• Develop product plans and roadmaps and guide team execution to those plans.
• Lead trade studies to determine best implementation of product.
• Develop system architecture, concepts of operation, and requirements.
• Decompose system level requirements to subsystems requirements with all engineering disciplines.
• Manage and maintain requirements traceability from system requirements through validation evidence.
• Develop interface control documents (ICD).
• Develop compliance matrix, verification and validation plan, integration plan and design verification test (DVT) plan/procedure.
• Lead and perform Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Provide feedback across the design lifecycle to improve testability, reliability, and system robustness.
• Provide technical guidance for engineering best practices.

Skills

System integration

Requirements traceability

FMEA

Technical documentation

Python programming

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Parallel Systems, based in Los Angeles, seeks a hands-on Senior Systems Engineer to define product requirements and architect the system across vehicle hardware and end-user software. You will interface with customers, lead design reviews, and drive validation campaigns for autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles.

You will own system and subsystem requirements, guide cross-functional reviews, and perform critical trade studies to enable scalable, auditable verification and safety-compliant