Senior Systems Engineer: End-to-End Product Leader

Sunrise Systems, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunrise Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to translate customer needs into robust system requirements and lead risk management across hardware and software. You will own verification strategies and mentor junior engineers in a highly cross-functional setting.

Join us in San Diego to drive product lifecycle activities from concept through launch and sustainment, coordinating with Reliability, Software, Electrical, Mechanical, and Quality teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• 3–5+ years engineering experience with systems engineering activities.
• Experience leading complex products or integrated systems.
• Ability to map customer needs to system requirements.
• Experience with risk management, FMEA, hazard analysis.
• Strong writing, speaking, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence across disciplines and functions.
• Detail-oriented with sound organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level engineering across the lifecycle from concept to launch.
• Translate customer needs into testable, traceable requirements.
• Manage requirements development and traceability for hardware/software systems.
• Plan and document risk assessments and design reviews.
• Lead system integration planning and issue resolution.
• Own verification and validation strategy and execution.
• Support reliability planning and data-driven quality improvements.
• Foster collaboration among multiple engineering and business teams.
• Act as technical leader on core project teams and mentor engineers.
• Investigate complex system behavior and performance concerns.
• Champion continuous improvement and DFSS practices.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

Requirements development

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical writing

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Independent work

DFSS knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Engineering/Science

Tools

Model-based systems engineering

Requirements management tools

Job description

Sunrise Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to translate customer needs into robust system requirements and lead risk management across hardware and software. You will own verification strategies and mentor junior engineers in a highly cross-functional setting.

Join us in San Diego to drive product lifecycle activities from concept through launch and sustainment, coordinating with Reliability, Software, Electrical, Mechanical, and Quality teams.