Systems Engineer

Role Summary

Overland AI is hiring a Systems Engineer to support engineering execution and grow into core systems engineering responsibilities within the Systems Safety and Test (SST) organization.

This role is responsible for keeping engineering moving while contributing to core systems engineering. You will run technical working sessions and integration meetings capture decisions track action items and ensure cross-team work progresses to completion. You will also develop requirements support functional analysis participate in hazard analysis workshops and contribute to integration planning test strategies and safety documentation.

Working directly with software hardware production safety and test teams youll be embedded in real engineering work from day one running meetings taking notes driving follow-through developing requirements and supporting technical analysis. You will gain deep exposure to autonomy systems MIL-STD-882E safety engineering DoD requirements and systems architecture while contributing to system design customer engagements and certification efforts.

Key Responsibilities

In this role the System Engineer will drive engineering execution by leading working sessions integration syncs release readiness meetings and technical reviews capturing decisions risks and action items and owning them through closure. They will coordinate cross-team handoffs across software hardware production safety and test maintaining clear ownership timelines dependencies and execution status while supporting bug triage issue tracking release planning and milestone coordination. This person will develop analyze and maintain system and subsystem requirements in accordance with MIL-STD-961E support functional decomposition interface definition and requirements traceability and participate in design reviews functional hazard analyses and technical trade studies. They will build verification strategies support test planning and acceptance criteria and apply MIL-STD-882E safety processes DoD acquisition standards and systems engineering best practices to produce safety documentation certification artifacts and customer-facing technical deliverables. This person will maintain high-quality engineering records and technical rationale prepare concise updates for systems engineering leadership and program management document requirements analyses test outcomes and design decisions and identify and implement lightweight process improvements that reduce friction increase predictability and help scale the systems engineering discipline as the organization grows.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Aerospace Systems or related) or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of professional engineering experience.

Desired Experience and Qualifications

• Experience working with robotics autonomy mechatronics or vehicle systems (incl. academic projects internships)
• Hands-on experience working with integrated hardware / software systems and development cycles including integration test or quality-related work.
• Familiarity with requirements management functional analysis and verification processes and tools.
• Demonstrated ability to drive follow-through coordination an escalation across teams.
• Strong organizational and technical communication skills including clear note-taking action tracking and driving follow-through across engineering activities.
• Ability to apply core engineering fundamentals (physics dynamics controls analysis) to real-world problems and learn complex technical systems quickly.
• Comfortable working in manufacturing and labStrong environments with required PPE.
• Strong technical curiosity and growth mindset with a track record of proven ownership.
• Willingness to travel regularly to field test sites including Ellensburg WA.
• Experience balancing coordination and hands-on engineering work supporting both execution and technical analysis.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD security clearance.

Location

This position will be onsite in Seattle WA.Must be willing to travel to additional sites as needed.

Compensation

Annual Base Pay: $140000 - $190000

Benefits

• Equity compensation

• Best-in-class healthcare dental and vision plans

• Unlimited PTO

• 401(k) with company match

• Parental leave

Overland AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion creed sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age marital status disability genetic information protected veteran or military status or any other status protected by applicable law.

This position may involve access to export-controlled technology. Employment is contingent on the ability to comply with U.S. export control laws.

Overland AI provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during the application process. Please contact to request an accommodation.

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