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# Director, Systems Engineering

- **Company:** GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS INC
- **Location:** Waukesha, WI, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Data Centers, Network Interface Controllers, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Requirements Management, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Modeling Language, Systems Architecture, Windchill, Jama (Software), Teamcenter (Software)
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3517409823&tx=JL6963FFI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or a related field.
 * 12+ years of engineering experience (15+ years for Sr. Director), including 10+ years in the design, integration, or validation of generator sets, reciprocating engines, or comparable heavy-duty power systems.
 * Director: 5+ years leading systems or multidisciplinary engineering teams.
 * Hands-on experience with systems engineering practices: requirements management, interface control, DFMEA/SFMEA, DVP&R, and stage-gate design reviews.
 * Working knowledge of UL 2200, NFPA 110, NFPA 70 (NEC), ISO 8528, and EPA emissions requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering. An MBA is a plus.
 * INCOSE certification (CSEP/ESEP) or Professional Engineer (PE) license.
 * Experience with gaseous-fuel engines (natural gas, propane, biogas, hydrogen blends), including fuel quality and methane number considerations.
 * Experience with paralleling, switchgear, microgrids, and mission-critical applications such as data centers, healthcare, and utilities.
 * Proven success leading global product launches and managing teams and engine/alternator OEM partners across multiple locations.
 * Proficiency with MBSE (SysML/Cameo), requirements management (DOORS, Jama), and PLM (Windchill, Teamcenter) tools., * Generator systems: diesel and gas engines, synchronous alternators, excitation, governing, controls, cooling, and aftertreatment (DOC, DPF, SCR).

## Description

* Own the system architecture for industrial diesel and gas generator sets, including the integration of the engine, alternator, excitation/AVR, governor, controller, cooling, fuel, exhaust/aftertreatment, and enclosure subsystems.
 * Lead requirements engineering: translate customer, application, and regulatory needs into subsystem specifications, with full traceability through verification.
 * Define and govern system interfaces with internal teams and with engine, alternator, and controls suppliers.
 * Direct system verification and validation, including transient/load acceptance, derating, sound, vibration, emissions, and certification testing to UL 2200, NFPA 110, and ISO 8528.
 * Drive the emissions and certification strategy (EPA Tier 4/NSPS, CARB, EU Stage V) with regulatory, OEM, and test lab partners.
 * Lead system risk management (SFMEA/DFMEA, fault tree analysis, DVP&R) and technical trade studies to meet reliability, cost, and performance targets.
 * Own technical design reviews and engineering gate criteria within the stage-gate product development process.
 * Champion model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and simulation to reduce test iterations and time to market.
 * Partner with Quality, Service, and Applications Engineering on field failure root cause analysis (8D, fishbone) and feed lessons learned into design standards.
 * Build, coach, and develop a high-performing systems engineering team, including recruiting, retention, and succession planning.