Staff Systems Engineer

Allient; Village of Williamsville (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Allient Inc. in Buffalo, NY, is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to join our corporate innovation center and headquarters.

The role leads system-level engineering for customer applications and collaborates with leadership, sales, engineering teams, suppliers, and customers across multi-site projects. Key focus areas include defining system architecture from customer requirements, managing requirements and traceability, and using modeling and simulation to verify performance, reliability, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering with 11+ years of experience.
• Master’s degree with 9+ years of experience is acceptable.
• Experience with actuation systems (motors, gearing, electronics) preferred.
• Proven ability to interpret diagrams and technical instructions.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex system design across multiple tech domains (electrical, mechanical, software, actuation).
• Define system architecture from customer requirements and standards.
• Manage requirements, tolerances, and traceability.
• Use modeling and simulation to verify performance, reliability, and safety.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices.
• Support proposals with technical definitions and compliance documentation.

Skills

System-level engineering

Leadership & mentoring

Requirements management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering + 11 years’ experience

Master’s degree + 9 years’ experience

Tools

MATLAB

Simscape

Modeling & simulation

Job description

Allient Inc. is in growth mode and currently seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to join our team at our corporate innovation center and headquarters located in Buffalo, New York!

The Systems Staff Engineer leads system-level engineering for customer applications, working closely with leadership, sales, engineering teams, suppliers, and customers. This role supports major multi-site projects built around Allient’s core technologies: Motion, Control, Power, and Lightweighting.

Responsibilities:

• Lead complex system design & analysis across electrical, mechanical, software, actuation, and composite technologies.
• Define system architecture from customer requirements and applicable standards.
• Manage requirements, including subsystem definitions, derived requirements, tolerances, and traceability.
• Use modeling and simulation to verify performance, reliability, safety, and risk mitigation.
• Create and manage test plans, procedures, fixtures, and tooling globally.
• Perform subsystem testing and support integration into customer vehicles or applications.
• Evaluate new and modified product designs to ensure performance meets specifications.
• Present technical information to support strategic, multi-site planning.
• Review and critique design work from others and promote best practices.
• Collaborate directly with customers and internal teams on requirements, project updates, and test results.
• Contribute to standard process and procedure development.
• Mentor engineers at various levels.
• Serve as a technology expert and help guide innovation for products and processes.
• Support proposals, including technical definitions, diagrams, and compliance documentation.
• Operate with a high degree of independence; only major deliverables require senior review.
• Work across multiple projects and locations simultaneously.
• Some limited travel may be required (20% typical)
• Other duties as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering + 11 years’ experience, or Master’s degree + 9 years’ experience.
• Experience with actuation systems (motors, gearing, ball screws, electronics, software).
• Extensive experience using MATLAB and Simscape for dynamic, thermal, and power-flow analysis.
• Knowledge of composites/lightweighting preferred.
• Experience with military/defense programs or government contracting preferred.Strong ability to interpret and develop technical instructions, diagrams, and abstract concepts.
• Proven technical expertise in one or more engineering disciplines.

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