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Our teams design, build, and deploy advanced systems that combine rugged mechanical platforms with cutting-edge autonomy.\nWe work across the full product lifecycle-from early concepts and prototypes through testing, field deployment, and production. Our engineers solve complex technical challenges while collaborating across mechanical, electrical, software, autonomy, and manufacturing disciplines.\nAbout the Role\n\nStratom is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer specializing in autonomous robotics and complex electromechanical systems to provide technical leadership across the development, integration, and verification of advanced robotic platforms. We welcome candidates with systems engineering experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, heavy-duty equipment, industrial automation, commercial vehicles, aerospace, marine, rail, energy, or defense applications.\nThe ideal candidate combines strong systems thinking with hands-on engineering experience and enjoys solving challenging integration problems in heavy-duty, industrial, autonomous, or defense applications.\nThis is a hands-on technical leadership role with a focus on execution, system ownership, and cross-functional collaboration. The Senior Systems Engineer will spend the majority of their time driving system development activities while providing technical leadership across the organization:\n\n80% - Systems Engineering & Project Execution:\n\nLead hands-on systems engineering activities including system architecture, MBSE modeling, requirements development and traceability, interface definition, integration, verification and validation planning, technical analysis, and support of prototype development, testing, and field deployment.\n\n15% - Technical Project Leadership:\nProvide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams by coordinating engineering activities, guiding system-level decisions, facilitating trade studies, identifying technical risks, and helping drive successful execution across mechanical, electrical, software, autonomy, manufacturing, and test teams.\n5% - Customer & Executive Technical Interface:\n\nSupport technical discussions with customers, partners, and company leadership by communicating system status, technical decisions, risks, and program progress.\n\nLocation:\n\nThis position is based in Louisville, Colorado, with a strong preference for candidates who can work on-site or in a hybrid capacity. Remote work may be considered for highly qualified candidates located in the Maryland/Washington, DC metro area or the Detroit, Michigan area to support collaboration with key team members and strategic program partners. Candidates in these locations should be available for periodic travel and in-person meetings.\n\nDuties and Responsibilities\n\nProvide comprehensive systems engineering leadership across the full lifecycle, from concept through deployment, owning system-level technical decisions and driving successful integration of complex systems.\nLead requirements development, allocation, traceability, and verification/validation activities to ensure alignment with customer, regulatory, and system performance requirements.\nLead system architecture development, interface definition, and technical trade studies to balance performance, cost, schedule, and risk across multidisciplinary engineering teams.\nCollaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, autonomy, and manufacturing engineers to integrate hardware and software components into cohesive robotic systems.\nGuide robotic system development with a fundamental understanding of how system components interact to achieve operational goals and mission requirements.\nSupport safety engineering activities including hazard analyses, FMEAs, and safety case development for autonomous systems.\nCoordinate and lead cross-disciplinary integration activities across mechanical, electrical, software, and autonomy teams, ensuring interfaces are well-defined, verified, and validated.\nMentor engineers through technical guidance, collaboration, and the application of systems engineering best practices, tools, and processes.\n\nQualifications\nEducation + Experience\n\nBachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or related engineering discipline.\n5+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical, industrial, autonomous vehicle, robotics, aerospace, or defense systems.\nDon't meet every qualification? We encourage you to apply. If you're excited about this opportunity and your experience aligns with most of the qualifications, we'd like to hear from you.\nRequired Qualifications\n\nDemonstrated experience leading systems engineering throughout the complete product lifecycle.\nExperience serving as the systems engineering lead or technical integration lead on multidisciplinary engineering programs.\nExpertise developing, allocating, and managing system requirements, interfaces, traceability, and verification strategies.\nExperience leading verification and validation planning and execution.\nExperience leading cross-functional integration across software, electrical, mechanical, autonomy, and manufacturing teams.\nExperience facilitating technical trade studies and system-level design decisions.\nExperience supporting system safety activities including FMEA, hazard analyses, and safety case development.\nAbility to mentor engineers and drive systems engineering best practices.\nWillingness to support hands-on prototype integration, debugging, and field testing.\n Preferred Qualifications\n\nExperience bringing complex electromechanical, autonomous, robotics, industrial, heavy-duty equipment, commercial vehicle, aerospace, marine, rail, energy, or defense products from development into production\nExperience leading architecture development using MBSE methodologies and tools such as Cameo or MagicDraw.\n Experience developing and maintaining system models using MBSE tools to define, analyze, and verify architectures in accordance with MOSA principles.\nStrong understanding of Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA).\nExperience with DoD acquisition programs or government-funded development.\nFamiliarity with ROS/ROS2 and autonomous software architectures.\nExperience with supplier technical management and hardware integration.\nFamiliarity with MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461/464, ISO 26262, or similar standards.\nExperience leading technical planning, risk management, and engineering execution across multiple teams.\nSoft Skills\nExcellent systems thinking and engineering judgment.\nStrong technical leadership and mentoring skills.\nOutstanding written and verbal communication.\nAbility to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution.\nComfortable leading technical discussions across multiple engineering disciplines.\n Additional Requirements\n\nThis position requires eligibility to access information subject to U.S. export control regulations, including ITAR and/or EAR. Employees must meet applicable eligibility requirements including U.S citizenship.\nA DoD Security Clearance is not required to begin employment ,but employees must maintain eligibility to obtain one.\nBenefits\nBenefits\nStratom offers an array of benefits to eligible full-time employees, including health insurance, life and AD&D insurance, a retirement investment plan, annual paid time off, and holiday pay.\nStratom is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of, race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, handicap, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.\nAbout Stratom\nStratom is a global leader in the development of unmanned ground vehicles and autonomous robotic systems that solve the most pressing real-world logistics and operational challenges for commercial and defense applications. Specializing in unmanned cargo movement, robotic refueling, robotic hazardous liquid transfer and autonomous mobile robots (AMR), the company’s military-proven tools, methods, technologies and strategic services solve the most difficult logistics and operational challenges. Whether in a safe, controlled settings or dynamic and challenging terrain, Stratom provides unique solutions to meet each customer’s specific needs. 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