Manager, Systems Engineering (m/w/d)

Job Description

Systems Engineering Leadership

• Lead and own the system requirements lifecycle, including stakeholder needs definition, requirements decomposition, allocation, traceability, verification, and change control across hardware, firmware, software, and cloud components.
• Establish and maintain system level technical baselines, ensuring alignment across disciplines and throughout development, integration, and validation phases.
• Guide system architecture decisions with a strong understanding of electrical systems, embedded platforms, communications, power, and interfaces.
• Serve as the organizational expert in requirements quality and management best practices, ensuring requirements are clear, unambiguous, verifiable, and traceable in accordance with recognized systems engineering standards.
• Oversee requirements planning, baselining, and change management.
• Lead systems engineering work within JIRA, leveraging structured workflows, requirement management, and issue tracking.

Team Leadership & Management

• Build, lead, and mentor a high performing Engineering team, providing technical direction, career development, and performance feedback.
• Allocate resources effectively across programs and priorities, balancing near-term execution with longer term architectural and technical needs.

Execution & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product Management and Project Management to translate market and customer needs into executable technical requirements and delivery plans.
• Support risk identification and mitigation through system analyses and early validation strategies.
• Communicate system status, risks, and decisions clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Foster strong collaboration across Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Software, Cloud, Data Science, Product Management, Operations, and Project/Applications teams.
• Continuously improve systems engineering processes, templates, and practices to increase efficiency, quality, and predictability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Systems Engineering (or equivalent discipline with significant electrical systems experience).
• 10+ years of professional experience in systems engineering roles, with demonstrated ownership of system level requirements and architecture.
• Expert level experience in requirements management, including decomposition, traceability, verification, and change control across complex systems.
• People leadership or management experience, including mentoring, performance management, and team development.
• Strong understanding of electrical and embedded systems, including interfaces, power, communications, and system integration.
• Background working in hardware, software, and cloud integrated systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

• Familiarity with Agile or hybrid development environments and lifecycle management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with renewable energy systems, particularly solar power installations and associated power electronics (inverters, charge controllers, DC/DC converters)
• INCOSE Certification (ASEP, CSEP, ESEP), or equivalent.
• Experience supporting products deployed in operational, field-based, or environmental monitoring contexts.
• Proficiency with programming or scripting tools (Python, LabVIEW, etc.) to support test automation or data analysis

Compensation Information:

Base Salary Range: $150,000 - $180,000 USD (Annually)

Actual base salary offered to the hired applicant will be determined based on their level, qualifications, job related skills, as well as relevant education, training and experience.