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You will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for turning high-level product goals into precise functional requirements, allocation budgets, and Interface Control Documents (ICDs) spanning Control Algorithms, Embedded Firmware, and Cloud SW Platforms. While you will not manage mechanical CAD or structural design directly, you will act as the primary systems partner to our Mechanical and Electrical Engineering teams to ensure physical realities align seamlessly with our digital controls architecture.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. Systems Architecture & Requirements Decomposition\nLead top-down requirements engineering: translate product roadmap goals into technical system-level specifications, performance budgets (latency, power, bandwidth), and safety metrics\n\nOwn system-level functional breakdown and allocation across Controls, Embedded Software, and Cloud SW layers\n\nAuthor and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs), system state machines, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test plans\n\nDrive architectural trade studies balancing multiple solutions against customer and organizational needs\n\n2. Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Alignment\nBuild, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of Systems and Controls Engineers\n\nDrive tight technical alignment with partner engineering teams:\n\nEmbedded SW: Partner on RTOS task allocation, driver APIs, and execution time budgets\n\nCloud SW: Partner on telemetry schemas, remote command interfaces, edge-to-cloud security, and Over-the-Air (OTA) update frameworks\n\nMechanical & Electrical: Collaborate on sensor/actuator selection, dynamic plant modeling, pinouts, dynamic load limits, and thermal envelopes\n\nEstablish modern Systems Engineering processes (Model-Based Systems Engineering, automated requirement traceability, CI/CD for HIL testing)\n\n3. Controls & Algorithmic Integration\nOversee the design, modeling (C++/Python), and validation of closed-loop control systems, state estimation, and sensor fusion algorithms\n\nEnsure control models translate cleanly to target hardware execution without violating timing or memory constraints\n\nQualifications & Key Requirements\nEducation: B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a related quantitative field\n\nExperience: 8+ years total engineering experience in complex connected physical systems (e.g., robotics, autonomous systems, medical devices, IoT hardware, aerospace, or automotive), with 2+ years in technical leadership/people management\n\nSystems Mastery: Proven track record owning the Systems V-model, writing system specifications, defining ICDs, and conducting system-level trade studies\n\nFull-Stack Context:\n\nDeep knowledge of closed-loop control theory (PID, state-space, trajectory planning, system identification).\n\nStrong working knowledge of embedded real-time systems (C/C++, RTOS, SPI/I2C/CAN buses)\n\nPractical understanding of cloud architecture patterns (MQTT/gRPC APIs, fleet management, telemetry pipelines, OTA architectures)\n\nPartner Alignment: Comfort working closely with Mechanical Engineers to incorporate physical dynamics, mass properties, and thermal/kinematic limits into digital system models\n\nNice-to-Have\nExperience with Model-Based Systems Engineering\n\nFamiliarity with functional safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or IEC 62304)\n\nHands-on experience developing HIL automated test benches for system validation","description_format":"text","description_chars":3762,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Industrial Engineering","Data Centers"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T07:01:37Z"}],"liveness":{"score":89,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.894,"p_room":1,"age_days":14,"expected_fill_days":84,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":198000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/mainspring-energy-embedded-controls-systems-engineering-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/mainspring-energy-embedded-controls-systems-engineering-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T18:53:28Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}