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# System Engineer

- **Company:** Trimble Inc.
- **Location:** Dayton, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $115,600.0 - $158,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** CAN Bus, Digital Electronics, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18409613?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18409613%2FSystem-Engineer-Ohio-Dayton

## About the Role

* BS in electrical engineering, mechatronics, or a related field.
 * 5+ years of experience working in embedded product development.
 * Minimum 3 years of experience developing functionally safe products.
 * Familiar with system design - application level problem solving, system architectures, CAN networks, machine integration.
 * Electronics experience; capable of understanding and developing system diagrams and schematics.
 * Experience designing and interfacing with vehicular communication and control systems.
 * Knowledge of electronic hardware and software product development processes and tools.
 * Proven record of applying functional safety principles and practices to product development.
 * Experience contributing to product risk assessments, FMEAs and FMEDAs.
 * Technical leadership - use of influence and experience to achieve goals.
 * Solid analytical and problem solving skills.
 * Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of writing technical specifications and presenting to customers and cross-functional stakeholders.
 * Ability to work independently and as part of a global team.

Bonus Points For:

 * You have worked with Machine Control Systems.
 * Familiarity with functions and usage of construction or agriculture machinery.
 * Deep understanding of industry standards such as ISO 19014, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, and ISO 26262.
 * Experience in the development and management of organizational standards and processes.
 * Ability to reconcile functional and regulatory product requirements, and process them into detailed engineering requirements.
 * You possess expertise in analog and exposure to digital electronic circuit design and risk mitigation strategies.
 * You have a proven track record working with Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), specifically with accelerometers and gyroscopes.

## Description

As a System Design Engineer within CTCT, you will play a vital role in the team developing technology that works for our customers. In this hands-on role, you will be responsible for the specification, design, and integration of future machine control systems for earthmoving and paving machines (excavators, bulldozers, graders, etc.). You'll work with marketing, multi-discipline engineering teams, and machine OEMs, to ensure we develop innovative, high-quality products.

You will utilize your detailed knowledge of practical applications of electrical, software, and mechanical engineering skills to lay out system architecture and the systems that are dependent on them. In addition to your broad-ranging technical skills, you will have excellent interpersonal skills to work within ambiguous situations, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define and develop products, and help transform requirements into product strategy and technical direction, including sometimes serving as the technical lead in engineering teams (leading through influence).

Key Exciting Responsibilities:

 * Create earthmoving and paving machine control system designs
 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams in the creation and application of system architectures, product design, and verification
 * Assist in the decomposition of product system and safety requirements into subsystem requirements
 * Support electronics hardware component selection and design ensuring system needs are met
 * Define machine control networks including layout, system usage, security, and messaging
 * Define communication interfaces including electrical implementation, bus loading analyses, and messaging protocols
 * Coordinate with cross-functional engineering teams on product safety lifecycle and V-model execution
 * Contribute to the creation of product safety concepts and architectures
 * Participate in assessments influencing product safety such as hazard & risk analyses, DFMEA, FMEDA, PFMEA, and common cause failure analysis
 * Technical Leadership: Assume a leadership role in resolving complex technical problems. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and technicians.
 * Travel (including international) is less than 25%