Systems Engineer: Requirements (6-Month On-Site Contract)

Gilder Search Group; Forest Lake (MN); On-site; USD 44,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental insurance

Paid holidays

MN Earned Sick & Safe Time

Weekly paychecks

Overtime eligible

Job summary

Konik is partnering with a leading manufacturer of electromechanical products to support systems engineering initiatives during a critical requirements-management transition. This is a six-month, on-site contract opportunity that offers visibility across engineering teams and a chance to help establish best practices for requirements development and traceability.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 2 years of product or subsystem design experience, plus

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 2 years of product or subsystem design engineering experience within a structured stage-gate development environment.
• Experience creating, managing, refining, or validating engineering requirements.
• Working knowledge of systems engineering processes, including requirements decomposition, verification, and validation.
• Requirements management tool experience such as Codebeamer, DOORS, Jama, RequisitePro, or similar platforms.
• Strong ability to collaborate across technical teams while managing multiple priorities and deliverables.
• Local availability for predominantly on-site work in the north metro area.

Responsibilities

• Support the migration, organization, and improvement of engineering requirements within a modern requirements management platform.
• Partner with design, subsystem, and systems engineers to refine, streamline, and document requirements that are clear, testable, and traceable.
• Apply systems engineering principles and industry best practices to improve requirement quality, verification, and validation processes.
• Maintain relationships between vehicle, subsystem, and component requirements to ensure alignment with stakeholder needs and design intent.
• Assist with interface definition and integration activities across multiple engineering disciplines and product areas.
• Support development of verification methods, test plans, and validation approaches tied to requirement fulfillment.
• Coach engineering teams on effective use of requirements management tools, workflows, and documentation standards.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Cross-functional collaboration

On-site availability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Codebeamer

DOORS

Jama

RequisitePro

Job description

Konik is partnering with a leading manufacturer of electromechanical products to support systems engineering initiatives during a critical requirements-management transition. This is a six-month, on-site contract opportunity that offers visibility across engineering teams and a chance to help establish best practices for requirements development and traceability.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 2 years of product or subsystem design experience, plus