Staff Systems Engineer, Plasma Sensing Platform

SirenOpt, Inc.; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k matching

PTO 20 days

Job summary

SirenOpt is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to define, integrate, and validate its plasma-based sensing platform for deployment into advanced manufacturing environments.

As an early member of the SirenOpt team, you will play a key role in shaping system-level behavior and ensuring technical coherence across hardware, software, and experimental domains, helping establish a strong and scalable technical foundation for the company.

Qualifications

• B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in a technical field with hands-on systems experience.
• Experience developing automated metrology, inspection, or diagnostic systems.
• Proven ability to guide technical direction via experimentation and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Define and own system-level architecture, integration, and validation of SirenOpt's plasma-based sensing platform.
• Guide system-level decisions through experimentation, data analysis, and cross-disciplinary evaluation.
• Lead investigation and resolution of complex system performance issues through structured experimentation and root-cause analysis.
• Establish and evolve the structure used to document experiments, system designs, interfaces, and technical decisions.
• Ensure technical documentation is clear, consistent, and traceable, tightly integrated with hands-on engineering and validation activities.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to guide system integration and resolve non-trivial cross-disciplinary issues.
• Incorporate customer feedback into system-level design evolution and validation strategy.
• Support on-site installation, validation, and system upgrade activities at customer sites as needed.
• Domestic and international travel of approximately 10-15% is expected.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

C

LabVIEW

Data analysis

Education

B.S. in Engineering or Physics

M.S. in Engineering or Physics

Ph.D. in Engineering or Physics

Tools

Jama

JMP

Job description

SirenOpt is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to define, integrate, and validate its plasma-based sensing platform for deployment into advanced manufacturing environments.

As an early member of the SirenOpt team, you will play a key role in shaping system-level behavior and ensuring technical coherence across hardware, software, and experimental domains, helping establish a strong and scalable technical foundation for the company.