The Role
Lead multidisciplinary systems engineering for product development: define and manage requirements, develop system architecture and interfaces, perform modeling/simulation and prototyping, provide technical leadership to project teams and clients, ensure safety/reliability/regulatory compliance, and follow information security policies.
Summary Generated by Built In
Systems Engineer III
Sigma Design is a product development, engineering, and manufacturing firm. Based out of the Pacific Northwest, we offer innovative concept through production services to diverse clients around the globe. Sigma Design believes in hiring, developing, and recognizing the best. We offer competitive compensation, a 401(k) with up to 4% company match, quarterly bonus program, 15-days of accrued PTO and 9 company paid holidays. In addition, Sigma Design has multiple options for medical insurance and dental insurance. We also offer voluntary benefits: vision, long-term disability, and life insurance.
Position Details:
- This position will be Hybrid
- The hiring range for this role is typically between $104,000 and $127,000 annually, with the full range extending to $150,000 annually, based on experience, internal equity, and career progression
Primary Function:
The Systems Engineer will utilize multidisciplinary engineering experience and knowledge to guide the engineering process for complex projects while integrating a cross-functional team into a cohesive effort, working towards a common goal so that the implemented system meets the project objectives and requirements in an efficient way. They will provide technical leadership to the project team; client stakeholders, project managers, and engineering disciplines.
Essential Job Functions - Responsibilities:
- Product Project requirements: gather, define, refine and continuously manage. Create and maintain requirements related documentation; ensure sufficient consideration of safety, reliability and regulatory needs.
- Systems architecture: define system and constituent subsystem interfaces; conduct physical/mathematical modeling, simulation and analysis; arbitrate interdisciplinary trade-off decisions; experimentally validate concepts through rapid prototyping.
- Technical leadership: act as technical representative both internally (between engineers and project managers) and externally (between project team and clients) to assess and ensure requirements compliance, minimize misunderstandings, convey status, ask questions, provide answers; ensure internal engineering standards and review processes are adhered to.
- Follow Business Technology policies to protect sensitive data and reduce information security occurrences.
Education and Experience: (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)
- Bachelors in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics. Master’s Degree preferred.
- At least 7 years professional experience (4 years w/ Masters) in one or more engineering disciplines. Systems Engineering experience required.
- Has extensive breadth and depth of knowledge in a specialized field of engineering and is familiar with practical engineering practices related to Electrical/Electronics, Software, Firmware, and Mechanical disciplines.
- Experience developing system architecture, including defining high-level system structure, subsystem interactions, and interface requirements across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience collecting, analyzing, and translating customer and client requirements into clear, actionable engineering specifications.
- Experience supporting cross-functional teams to align on requirements, resolve technical challenges, and drive project execution.
- Capable of clearly defining technical approaches and solutions.
- Experience with structured design approaches, systematic problem solving, root cause analysis, reliability analysis, and design for safety and regulatory requirements.
- Experience with physical and mathematical system modeling and the use of tools such as Python (numpy/scipy, pandas, Jupyter); Mathcad; MATLAB; Mathematica; or similar.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to collaborate across internal cross-functional teams and clients while exercising professionalism, diplomacy, sound judgment, and confidentiality.
- Demonstrate commitment and adherence to Sigma Design Core Values.
- Pass a post-offer background verification.
Work Environment
Standard office environment with normal amounts of office related conditions. Occasionally may be required to work in environmental conditions that emulate typical user environments in order to facilitate design testing and validation. Occasionally may be required to travel as required to other facilities, clients, or suppliers.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or Applied Mathematics
- Master's degree
- At least 7 years professional engineering experience (4 years with Master's)
- Systems Engineering experience
- Extensive breadth and depth of knowledge across Electrical/Electronics, Software, Firmware, and Mechanical disciplines
- Experience developing system architecture, defining subsystem interactions, and interface requirements
- Experience translating customer requirements into actionable engineering specifications
- Experience supporting cross-functional teams to align requirements and drive project execution
- Experience with structured design approaches, root cause analysis, reliability, safety, and regulatory requirements
- Experience with physical and mathematical system modeling and tools (Python numpy/scipy, pandas, Jupyter; Mathcad; MATLAB; Mathematica)
- Strong written and verbal communication and client collaboration skills
- Pass post-offer background verification
- Follow Business Technology policies to protect sensitive data
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The Company
What We Do
SIGMADESIGN is a product design and engineering firm headquartered in Camas, WA. We offer product development services from concept through production. SIGMADESIGN provides turnkey solutions for projects through solid engineering, broad experience, and focused execution. We're experts in IoT, Consumer Electronics, Recreational Products, and Aerospace & Defense. The firm was founded in 1994 to serve product design needs of the US Pacific Northwest. With multiple locations in the US and an office in Singapore, we serve a world-wide client base. Our expertise and services can take an idea from concept through production. We enjoy the opportunity to assist at any stage in the process. Services SIGMADESIGN provides services ranging from industrial design through manufacturing. These include: • Industrial Design • Systems Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Software/Firmware Engineering • Soft Goods Development • Rapid Prototyping • Machine Shop/Part Fabrication • Product Testing • Manufacturing • Logistics and Shipping
