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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # System Engineer - **Company:** System One - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, SolidWorks (CAD), Data Systems, Network Interface Controllers, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Requirements Traceability, Systems Integration - **Published:** September 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/59FD418ECD4C4676ADC55112A9FB2F3C/job/ ## About the Role * BS or MS in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronic, Chemical, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. * 5+ years of systems engineering experience supporting multidisciplinary electromechanical products, ideally complex instrument or automated platform development. * Experience supporting at least one program through integration and successful demonstration, beyond the design-review stage. * Strong experience with: * Requirements capture and management * Interface definition and control * Verification planning and execution * Requirements traceability and associated tools * FMEA and technical risk management * Experience within a regulated hardware environment, such as medical devices, pharmaceutical process equipment, in-vitro diagnostics, or a comparable industry. * Working knowledge of SolidWorks, control-system design, PLC programming, and P&IDs. * Ability to maintain detailed requirements, interfaces, and traceability throughout a rapidly evolving development program. * Comfortable operating as the second Systems Engineer while independently owning a defined technical scope. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * Ability to work effectively across international, multidisciplinary, and multi-organizational teams while meeting aggressive project deadlines. Preferred Qualifications * INCOSE training or certification. * Experience with single-use or cartridge-based instruments. * Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE). * Previous experience supporting federally funded development programs. * Biotechnology, biomanufacturing, or complex instrumentation experience involving the integration of hardware, controls, engineering, and biological processes. ## Description * Own requirements capture, development, and management for an assigned group of subsystems. * Develop and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs), ensuring they remain current as system designs and requirements evolve. * Develop verification plans and maintain requirements-to-evidence traceability throughout the development lifecycle. * Facilitate FMEA activities and maintain an assigned portion of the program's risk, assumption, and tradeoff register. * Support development of the interface specification between the manufacturing and analytics systems. * Contribute to system-level size, weight, and power assessments. * Own an assigned portion of the integration readiness record and execute verification activities for assigned subsystems during the build and integration phases. * Support subsystem and system-level integration, troubleshooting, testing, and demonstration activities. * Apply engineering design skills within a SolidWorks environment and collaborate with design engineering teams. * Support control-system design and PLC programming as required for assigned subsystems. * Develop, review, and maintain Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs). * Work closely with the Lead Systems Engineer and multidisciplinary technical teams to identify and resolve interface, integration, and verification issues. * Maintain accurate requirements and traceability documentation throughout the program rather than recreating documentation ahead of formal design reviews. ## Related Videos - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [XR Demystified: Separating Facts from Fiction in 2024](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1117-xr-demystified-separating-facts-from-fiction-in-2024) - [Breaking the Hardware Mindset: Overcoming Barriers to System-Level Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1635-breaking-the-hardware-mindset-overcoming-barriers-to-system-level-innovation) - [The Data Mesh as the end of the Datalake as we know it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/156-the-data-mesh-as-the-end-of-the-datalake-as-we-know-it) - [Google Gemma and Open Source AI Models - Clement Farabet](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1354-google-gemma-and-open-source-ai-models-clement-farabet) ## Related Articles - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Top Characteristics of a Software Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/166-top-characteristics-of-a-software-engineer) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [The Ultimate Software Engineer Career Path Guide for 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/146-the-ultimate-software-engineer-career-path-guide-for-2023)