Senior Systems Integration Engineer

Frequentis; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Frequentis USA Inc. is seeking a senior Mechanical/Systems Engineer to lead the mechanical design and production engineering for mission-critical VCS solutions in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure ergonomics, maintainability, serviceability, and manufacturability while meeting environmental and customer requirements. You will mentor junior engineers, coordinate with suppliers, develop manufacturing documentation, and drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in system integration, production or manufacturing engineering.
• Strong background designing equipment cabinets, racks, or similar electromechanical systems.
• Experience producing mechanical drawings and production documentation.
• Hands-on experience integrating hardware and software systems.
• Strong knowledge of electronics, power distribution, grounding, cabling, and installation practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design and layout of system cabinets and operator consoles.
• Create rack elevation drawings, cabinet layouts, and manufacturing documentation.
• Design cable routing, packaging, cooling, and serviceability considerations.
• Develop installation standards for production floor assembly.
• Coordinate with suppliers and manufacturing on components and fabrication.
• Drive continuous improvement in production workflows, quality, and system integration processes.
• Lead integration of hardware, software, networking, and subsystems into VCS solutions.
• Configure and validate servers, networking, storage, audio devices, and workstations.
• Troubleshoot system-level issues involving hardware, software, networking, and mechanical interfaces.
• Develop and maintain integration plans and test methods.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to juniors.
• Review engineering documentation and build packages for accuracy.
• Maintain build records and support audits.

Skills

Mechanical design

System integration

Production engineering

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related engineering discipline

Job description

Job Introduction

Frequentis USA Inc. is dedicated to creating a safer world. With over 75 years of experience, Frequentis understands controllers in safety critical situations encounter new challenges daily. Our mission is to develop and market highly reliable, optimized, custom-tailored, and user centric communication and information systems for mission critical solutions. As an industry leader in voice communication data information systems, we create a safer world through integration, digitalisation, and automation while maintaining world class safety standards. We proudly serve many U.S. government agencies including the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Safety as our number one priority pushes us to constantly learn about the ever-changing needs in safety critical environments to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Tasks

Mechanical Design & Production Engineering

• Lead the mechanical design and layout of system cabinets, equipment racks, operator positions, consoles, and supporting infrastructure.
• Create and maintain rack elevation drawings, cabinet layouts, assembly drawings, mounting specifications, and manufacturing documentation.
• Design and optimise cable routing, mechanical packaging, cooling solutions, equipment placement, and serviceability considerations.
• Develop installation standards and best practices for production floor assembly.
• Verify mechanical designs meet environmental, ergonomic, maintenance, and customer requirements.
• Perform mechanical reviews for manufacturability, maintainability, transportation, and field installation considerations.
• Coordinate with suppliers and manufacturing personnel regarding custom mechanical components and fabrication requirements.
• Support product improvement initiatives focused on reducing build complexity, installation time, and production costs.

Hardware & System Integration

• Lead integration of hardware, software, networking, and communication subsystems into complete operational VCS solutions.
• Configure and validate servers, networking equipment, storage systems, audio devices, operator workstations, and communication gateways.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system-level issues involving hardware, software, networking, audio, and mechanical interfaces.
• Develop and maintain integration plans, procedures, test plans, and verification methods.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical direction and mentorship to junior integration engineers and production technicians.
• Review engineering documentation, procedures, and build packages for technical accuracy.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to production workflows, quality, and system integration processes.

Documentation & Compliance

• Generate and review system-level assembly documentation, wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, network diagrams, and configuration records.
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, configuration management processes, quality requirements, and customer specifications.
• Maintain accurate build records and support configuration audits.
• Support regulatory and customer compliance activities.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in system integration, production engineering, manufacturing engineering, or technical system assembly environments.
• Strong mechanical engineering background with experience designing equipment cabinets, control consoles, rack-mounted systems, or similar electromechanical solutions.
• Experience developing mechanical drawings and production documentation.
• Hands‑on experience integrating complex hardware and software systems.
• Strong understanding of electronics, power distribution, grounding, cabling, and equipment installation practices.
• Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead technical activities while working in a fast-paced production environment.

Our Values

Frequentis USA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Around 2,100 employees are committed to creating a safer world with their innovative strength and technology orientation. Our culture is based on a working environment characterised by fairness and trust, mutual respect and appreciation. As an international company, we value this diversity and recruit regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. We value fair and good working conditions, an optimum work‑life‑balance and offer all our employees equal development opportunities. In doing so, we focus on long‑term working relationships in order to keep the valuable know‑how of our employees stable.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts
• Competitive 401(k) Plan with company match and immediate vesting
• Employee Life Insurance & AD&DD
• Company-paid Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous holidays, including a full week off from December 25 to January 1
• PTO that scales with tenure and sick leave
• Company-sponsored team‑building activities to boost morale and productivity.