Staff Systems Engineer — Additive Manufacturing Systems

Carbon; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Carbon is hiring a Staff Systems Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to help design and build the next generation of additive manufacturing systems. You’ll join a small, cross-disciplinary team tackling hard problems across the full product lifecycle.

You will own systems engineering from concept to release, work with Electrical, Firmware, Software, Optics, Mechanical, and Materials teams, and write tests and documentation to enable the company to ship reliable equipment.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 7+ years developing complex, multi-disciplinary systems.
• Strong systems intuition for how mechanical, electrical, software, and materials choices interact and where the failure modes hide.
• Comfort working across mechanical, electrical, and software/scripting domains to develop, integrate, and test equipment.
• Hands‑on experience writing test plans, building test fixtures, and running tests at both the subsystem and system level.
• Able to analyze large, messy datasets, draw out what matters, and communicate findings clearly to a broader audience.

Responsibilities

• Own Systems engineering across the full product lifecycle, from early concept through release and sustaining work on launched products.
• Lead requirements development, functional KPI derivation, system integration, and testing for product and feature releases.
• Partner closely with cross-functional engineering teams across Electrical, Firmware, Software, Optics, Mechanical, and Materials from requirements through prototyping, integration, test, and release.
• Become an expert on the system’s requirements, design, and behavior, analyzing design options, running design reviews, writing and executing test plans, and troubleshooting issues as they arise.
• Write and maintain the documentation that enables the rest of the company to build on your work.
• Collaborate with Operations, Product support, and Customer service to make sure the infrastructure and processes are ready for what you’re shipping.

Skills

Systems engineering

Cross-functional teamwork

Test planning

Data analysis

Scripting

Electro-mechanical integration

Production environment

Education

B.S. in Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Test fixtures

Motion control

Machine vision

Scripting languages

Job description

Carbon is hiring a Staff Systems Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to help design and build the next generation of additive manufacturing systems. You’ll join a small, cross-disciplinary team tackling hard problems across the full product lifecycle.

You will own systems engineering from concept to release, work with Electrical, Firmware, Software, Optics, Mechanical, and Materials teams, and write tests and documentation to enable the company to ship reliable equipment.