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The Company’s primary focus is to develop distributed power generators that can operate on various fuel sources to future-proof against an ever-changing energy economy.\nJob Purpose\nThe Senior Systems Engineer is a key technical leader responsible for the high-level architectural design of the full KARNO generator system’s mechanical, electrical, and fluid hardware, ensuring it satisfies customer and product requirements from concept through delivery. This role owns the translation of customer and product manager inputs into detailed technical requirements and leads the engineering and validation testing effort needed to prove the system out.\nWorking across mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid systems disciplines, the Senior Systems Engineer partners closely with project management, production, and manufacturing teams to keep the product on schedule, while also providing technical mentorship to less experienced members of the engineering team, with the ability to step into hands-on design work directly when needed. This role advances KARNO’s development through disciplined systems thinking, clear requirements ownership, and strong cross-functional leadership.\nAI at Hyliion\nAt Hyliion, AI is core to how we work. We equip every team member with leading AI tools and count on you to use them - to move faster, solve harder problems, and help us realize the full potential of KARNO technology for the world.\nDuties and Responsibilities\nSystem Architecture & Design\nLead and execute the high-level architectural design of the full KARNO generator system to satisfy customer requirements\nMake system-level design trade-offs across mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid subsystems\nEnsure architectural decisions align with performance, cost, manufacturability, and reliability goals\nPerform system-level assembly layout in 3D CAD to support architectural design and packaging decisions\nRequirements Definition\nLead efforts to convert customer and product manager requests into detailed technical requirements for design execution\nEnsure requirements are clear, testable, and traceable through the design process\nFlag conflicts or gaps between customer intent and technical feasibility early\nTest Planning & Validation\nPlan and lead the engineering and validation test effort for the KARNO generator system\nDefine test strategies and acceptance criteria that confirm the system meets its requirements\nReview test results and drive design changes where performance gaps are identified\nCross-Functional Program Support\nSupport project management, production, and manufacturing groups to assure on-time delivery of the product\nCommunicate design status, risks, and technical trade-offs to stakeholders across the organization\nParticipate in design reviews and program milestones as the systems-level technical lead\nTechnical Mentorship & Leadership\nProvide technical mentorship and leadership to younger members of the engineering design team\nGuide junior engineers through design execution, reviewing their work and unblocking technical issues\nStep in and perform design work directly when required to keep the program on track\nDocumentation & Communication\nMaintain clear documentation of system architecture, requirements, and test results\nCommunicate complex system-level trade-offs clearly to cross-functional stakeholders\nEnsure traceability between customer requirements, design decisions, and validation outcomes\nAdditional duties and responsibilities as assigned, needed, or required for the business.\nQualifications\nReasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nQualifications include:\n Education, Experience and CertificationsBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field\n5+ years of experience designing mechanical, electrical, or fluid system components for aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment, or similar applications, with demonstrated experience carrying designs beyond laboratory validation into fielded operation; experience with components deployed and operating in field environments is strongly preferred\nDemonstrated experience resolving competing physical design trade-offs across mechanical, electrical, or fluid subsystems on a complex hardware product\nExperience serving as a component design owner, with responsibility spanning the full component lifecycle including design, manufacturing quality (e.g., non-conformance disposition), and field support\n\nSkills and AbilitiesBasic foundation in mechanical, electrical, thermal, and controls engineering - whether from a formal engineering degree or equivalent practical experience - combined with strong systems-level thinking across mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid disciplines\nAbility to translate customer and product requirements into detailed technical specifications, grounded in direct experience owning and trading physical hardware constraints\nProficiency with MATLAB, Python, Excel, or similar tools for system modeling to support architecture trade studies and to correlate models against test data\nAbility to support project management, production, and manufacturing teams to keep programs on schedule\nDemonstrated ability to mentor and provide technical leadership to junior engineers, supported by sufficient hands-on design experience to assume execution responsibilities directly when program needs require it\nExperience contributing to the planning, design, construction, and execution of engineering tests, with prior exposure to laboratory test equipment; extensive test experience is not required, but some direct exposure is expected\nStrong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills across subsystems and disciplines\nClear and concise technical communication, both written and verbal\nExperience with a 3D CAD package such as NX, Creo, SolidWorks, or similar; this role requires performing system assembly layout directly in 3D CAD\n\nRole Classification and Working Conditions\nThis is a salaried, exempt-level position. This position typically works in an office environment; and given the nature of our business is also exposed to operations/warehouses/production environments.\nPhysical/Other Requirements\nAbility to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.\nCrouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.\nReaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.\nStanding: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.\nWalking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.\nTalking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.\nHearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and making fine discriminations in sound.\nRepetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.\nThe worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.\nThe noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.\nTolerance for flying.\nBenefits: \nMedical Plans, with PPO or HDHP options\nDental Plans, with buy-up option\nVision Plan\nLife Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Plans, with buy-up options\nShort Term Disability, paid for by the company\nLong Term Disability, paid for by the company\nFlexible Spending Accounts (FSA)\nHealth Savings Account (HSA)\n401k/Roth 401k\nVoluntary Accident Plans\nVoluntary Critical Illness Plans\nHospital Indemnity Plan\nHyliion is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, disability, veteran status. 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