Job description
Titan is seeking a highly experienced Senior Systems Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for our hardware engineering organization. This is not a purely analytical or documentation-focused systems engineering position. We are looking for a seasoned engineer who is comfortable working directly with hardware, solving problems on the floor, reviewing designs, coordinating engineering disciplines, and helping a multidisciplinary team execute at a high level. The Senior Systems Engineer will serve as a key technical leader within the Massachusetts engineering team and will help translate product requirements into robust, manufacturable, deployable systems. The ideal candidate has strong systems-engineering fundamentals combined with significant practical engineering experience and the judgment that comes from having designed, built, debugged, and delivered complex equipment.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership to Titan's multidisciplinary hardware engineering team.
- Lead system-level architecture, requirements definition, design reviews, interface management, integration, and verification.
- Translate product and customer requirements into clear engineering requirements and system specifications.
- Coordinate work across mechanical, electrical, controls, automation, sensing, software, and manufacturing disciplines.
- Identify technical risks, system dependencies, interface problems, and integration issues early in the development process.
- Drive disciplined engineering execution from concept through prototype, validation, production, installation, and customer deployment.
- Lead technical design reviews and ensure engineering decisions are documented and closed.
- Establish appropriate system requirements, interface control documents, verification plans, and acceptance criteria.
- Work directly with engineers to troubleshoot difficult multidisciplinary technical problems.
- Support prototype builds, system integration, commissioning, and customer deployments.
- Ensure designs consider reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, safety, cost, and field performance.
- Coordinate engineering priorities and help maintain execution tempo across multiple simultaneous programs.
- Mentor less-experienced engineers and promote strong engineering practices throughout the organization.
- Work closely with Product, Project Management, Operations, Software, and customer-facing teams.
- Serve as a senior technical escalation point when systems do not perform as expected.
- Help improve Titan's engineering processes without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or a related engineering field.
- 10+ years of engineering experience developing complex electromechanical or automated systems.
- Strong practical understanding of systems engineering and multidisciplinary product development.
- Demonstrated experience taking complex equipment from requirements through design, integration, validation, and deployment.
- Experience coordinating mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and other technical disciplines.
- Strong root-cause analysis and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Experience developing and managing system requirements and interfaces.
- Strong understanding of design reviews, verification, validation, and engineering change processes.
- Ability to make sound technical decisions with incomplete information.
- Comfortable working directly with engineers, technicians, prototypes, and production equipment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to lead through technical credibility rather than organizational authority.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:
- Industrial automation
- Robotics and motion-control systems
- Machine design
- Sensors and instrumentation
- PLC and industrial controls
- Automated inspection systems
- Battery manufacturing or battery testing
- Semiconductor or high-volume manufacturing equipment
- Automotive manufacturing systems
- Machine vision or nondestructive testing
- Data acquisition systems
- Factory equipment integration
- Design for manufacturing and assembly
- Experience working in a startup, scale-up, advanced technology company, or other fast-moving engineering environment is strongly preferred.
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About this role
About Greentown Labs
Company Overview
Greentown Labs
HeadquartersSomerville, Massachusetts, United States
Founded2010
SizeApproximately 360 employees and has supported startups that raised over $1.5 billion in capital (source: climatebase.org).
What They Do
Greentown Labs is a leading climatetech incubator that focuses on fostering innovation across various sectors, including electricity, buildings, transportation, agriculture, and manufacturing. The organization provides shared prototyping facilities rather than developing its own technologies, which allows early-stage climatetech startups to thrive in a supportive environment. With 100,000 square feet of lab space, Greentown Labs offers essential resources such as a wet lab, machine shop, electronics lab, and environmental testing chamber, catering to the unique needs of its member startups (source: climatebase.org). The incubator also provides office space for over 450 entrepreneurs and a 500-person event space, ensuring that startups have access to the tools and facilities necessary for success (source: greentownlabs.com). Greentown Labs has established a curated ecosystem that promotes collaboration, mentorship, and investor introductions, which are critical for the growth of hardware-focused startups.
Projects & Track Record
While Greentown Labs does not execute projects directly, it has played a pivotal role in enabling its member startups to achieve significant milestones. Notable impacts include the success of original tenants like Promethean Power Systems, which developed off-grid refrigeration solutions that have benefited over 17,000 rural farmers in India after prototyping at the incubator (source: news.mit.edu). By 2018, member startups had collectively created over 1,000 jobs and raised $340 million, showcasing the incubator's effectiveness in nurturing innovation. As of recent counts, Greentown Labs has supported over 360 startups that have raised more than $1.5 billion in capital, demonstrating its significant impact on the climatetech landscape (source: climatebase.org). The incubator's ongoing efforts focus on hosting current early-stage companies and expanding its facilities to accommodate the growing demand for climatetech innovation.
Recent Developments
In the past two years, Greentown Labs has not announced any major contracts, acquisitions, or funding rounds for itself, with the focus remaining on historical milestones such as the opening of the Global Center for Cleantech Innovation in 2018 and the establishment of a tool shop in 2021 (source: greentownlabs.com). The organization continues to maintain its status as North America's largest climatetech incubator, with member startups collectively raising $1.5 billion, which highlights the ongoing relevance and impact of Greentown Labs in the climatetech sector (source: climatebase.org). Although specific awards or certifications have not been documented recently, the incubator's reputation as a leader in climatetech innovation remains strong.
Working There
Greentown Labs offers a variety of roles that support its incubator operations, including positions in prototyping labs, events, partnerships, recruitment, and management. The organization is led by CEO Emily Reichert and has a professional staff team that has scaled the organization significantly since its inception (source: news.mit.edu). Job openings are primarily located at the Somerville and Houston campuses, with recruitment inquiries directed to [email protected] for potential staff roles. The company culture emphasizes collaboration, community, and a spirit of entrepreneurship, which is rooted in the founders' shared experiences and challenges. This culture fosters a professional environment where knowledge sharing, investor introductions, and camaraderie among team members are highly valued (source: greentownlabs.com).
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