Senior Systems Engineer - Autonomous Rail Vehicle Integration

Engg; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallel Systems is building autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles to modernize freight transportation. We are seeking a hands-on Senior Systems Engineer to interface with customers and end users to define the product.

You’ll architect the system and use best Systems Engineering practices to define requirements, lead design reviews, and execute validation campaigns. This position straddles hardware and end-user command and control software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience working on 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

Systems engineering

Requirements management

FMEA

Cross-functional collaboration

Python

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Eng/CS

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Parallel Systems is building autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles to modernize freight transportation. We are seeking a hands-on Senior Systems Engineer to interface with customers and end users to define the product.

You’ll architect the system and use best Systems Engineering practices to define requirements, lead design reviews, and execute validation campaigns. This position straddles hardware and end-user command and control software.