Top Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Leads systems engineering for wearable hardware programs, including requirements management, system architecture, interface definitions, verification and validation, technical documentation, design reviews, risk resolution, and cross-functional integration across electrical, mechanical, firmware, signal processing, manufacturing, and product teams. Provides technical leadership and mentorship while collaborating with partners, suppliers, and manufacturers through up to 15% domestic and international travel.

Lead systems engineering for advanced audio platforms across embedded, cloud, mobile, and AI/ML domains. Define architecture and requirements, perform trade studies and risk analysis, ensure traceability and verification, drive platform reuse, influence hardware/software decisions, and partner cross-functionally to deliver consumer and automotive audio products from concept through launch.

Provides hands-on engineering support for integrating Identity and Credential Access Management requirements into enterprise systems and applications. Conducts technical research, ensures hardware, operating systems, software, and procedures comply with ICAM requirements, and documents specifications, configurations, project plans, testing, and results. Communicates complex technical designs and project status to varied audiences. Requires five years of engineering and ICAM integration experience, active Security+ or equivalent certification, relevant technical certification, and an active DoD Secret clearance.

Design, develop, optimize, and test real-time acoustic signal-processing algorithms for distributed undersea systems. Implement embedded software across low-SWAP, ARM, DSP, and server-class hardware while meeting stringent performance requirements. Collaborate on hardware integration and validation using C/C++, Python, MATLAB, Linux, Git, containers, and Jira. The role requires embedded systems, signal processing, hardware-interface, optimization, and debugging expertise, plus an active security clearance and eligibility for special access programs.

Integrate and test advanced RF hardware and software systems in laboratory, software-in-the-loop, and field environments. Develop hardware test sets, test software, plans, and procedures; execute testing against system requirements; document results and metrics; support technical reviews and briefings. Collaborate with development and systems engineering teams to integrate verification artifacts into Digital Engineering and MBSE workflows.

Lead the design, administration, security, and evolution of Workhuman’s enterprise Apple endpoint environment. Manage JAMF Pro, Apple Business Manager, macOS and iPadOS deployments, identity integrations, endpoint security, patching, software delivery, and lifecycle management. Build automation with scripting, APIs, and Infrastructure as Code; implement zero-touch deployment and Platform SSO; troubleshoot complex issues; and provide technical leadership while partnering with Infrastructure, Security, Workplace Technology, Endpoint Engineering, and Service Desk teams.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, integrations, data pipelines, automation, and workflows for internal business systems. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions. Ensure system reliability, performance, security, and scalability while contributing to technical strategy, code reviews, engineering best practices, mentorship, and process improvement.

Develop and optimize AI and machine learning algorithms, models, and scalable Python systems. Transform raw data into actionable insights, apply machine learning libraries and NLP techniques, improve data quality, and deliver automation solutions for clients. The role also involves complex data analysis, stakeholder collaboration, client relationship management, and navigating ambiguous business challenges.

Develop and execute systems engineering lifecycle assignments for complex defense, space, electronic, and biotechnology systems. Build and integrate multidisciplinary models, conduct simulation-based analysis and trade-space exploration, assess technical risks, recommend design modifications, and support system-level decision-making. Lead small teams, collaborate with customers and stakeholders, mentor engineers, and apply digital engineering, modeling, machine learning, and data-driven methods across the product lifecycle.

Design, develop, and deploy advanced software systems using systems engineering and MBSE. Derive and document requirements from incomplete software implementations, create SysML models in Cameo, perform capability gap analyses, and maintain traceability across the systems lifecycle. Collaborate with domain experts and software teams on mission planning, ISR management, and decision-support applications. The role requires an active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and supports a hybrid work environment.

Develop and document complex autonomy-system architectures using MBSE, SysML, DoDAF, and service-oriented patterns. Establish modeling standards, ontologies, traceability, and toolchain workflows; integrate systems models and verification activities into CI/CD pipelines. Facilitate architecture sessions, support distributed implementations and multi-system integration, and collaborate with software, platform, and integration teams in DevOps environments. Communicate architectural concepts and maintain alignment across technical baselines and program milestones.

The Senior Model-Based Control Software Engineer will lead the design and development of advanced control systems for smart household appliances using model-based methodologies, focusing on real-time optimization and collaboration with cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Own and improve Onebrief’s corporate security stack across endpoints, identity, SaaS, browsers, Zero Trust, EDR, SIEM, and MDM. Establish secure configuration baselines, detect and remediate drift, integrate telemetry, and build API-driven or infrastructure-as-code automation. Translate CMMC 2.0 and NIST-aligned requirements into continuously validated technical controls and reliable audit evidence. Partner with Corporate IT, Security Operations, GRC, and application owners to strengthen security posture and reduce manual compliance work.

Design, develop, deploy, and support foundational AI systems, including model training, LLM inference, similarity search, guardrails, evaluation, governance, and observability. Optimize large-scale production AI systems for scalability, latency, throughput, cost, and hardware utilization. Partner with engineers, scientists, technical program managers, and product managers while contributing to technical vision, roadmap development, and responsible AI practices. Lead and mentor engineering teams and apply emerging AI research to production systems.

Lead systems engineering for Hivemind-based autonomy products: define and manage requirements, develop system architectures and trade studies, coordinate hardware/software interfaces, support integration/verification/validation and testing, and identify and mitigate technical risks across the system lifecycle.

Lead design and implementation of data architecture and scalable storage solutions, drive AI/GenAI thought leadership, oversee data governance and security, translate business requirements into technical plans, implement FastAPI endpoints, enhance LLMs through prompt engineering, and manage cross-functional teams to deliver advanced data and AI solutions.

Provides systems engineering and system-of-systems architecture support for Department of the Air Force battle network mission integration. Translates operational needs into technical requirements, develops architectures and migration paths, assesses risk, manages requirements traceability, supports acquisition and test strategies, and performs modeling, simulation, trade-space analysis, verification, and validation. Collaborates with government, contractors, military, civilian, joint, and coalition stakeholders throughout the systems acquisition lifecycle.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you'll design high-performance data management systems, optimize for scalability, solve distributed challenges, and collaborate with the team to maintain code quality. Requires strong backend development and systems programming expertise, particularly in Rust.

Develops architectures, requirements, interfaces, models, and performance metrics for autonomous and uncrewed systems. Leads MBSE efforts using SysML tools such as Cameo/MagicDraw, supports system design reviews, and performs system integration, testing, modeling, simulation, and analysis with tools such as AFSIM. Acts as a customer-facing architecture liaison, contributes to proposals, and supports aerospace and Department of Defense systems engineering processes. Requires approximately 15% travel and the ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. DoD security clearance.

Own and automate internal IT systems: identity and access lifecycle, SaaS administration, macOS MDM, email security, JSM request portal, and AI-enabled internal tooling. Build integrations, automate workflows, enforce governance, support LLM tools, and ensure audit-ready controls while collaborating across teams.

Design, build, and deploy a lightweight, high-performance network sensor for OT/ICS environments. Lead system-level design, packaging, CI/CD, kernel and systemd tuning, container and cloud integration, production support, and cross-team collaboration to ensure maintainability and secure deployments.

Design, develop, and maintain secure integrations across NetSuite, Coupa, Leapfin, and other enterprise systems. Build iPaaS workflows, custom connectors, webhook and event-driven automations, bulk synchronization processes, monitoring, error handling, and retry mechanisms. Translate finance requirements into technical specifications and data mappings, support implementation projects, document architectures, and maintain audit readiness. Apply AI-powered tooling to automate finance operations while ensuring compliance, security, and reliable handling of sensitive financial data.

Provide senior-level systems engineering support to DoD/AFLCMC across acquisition lifecycle: requirements, architecture, modeling, test & evaluation, integration, technical reviews, proposals, and stakeholder coordination to deliver and sustain avionics, radar, ATCALS, and communications systems.

Lead systems engineering for Air Force C2ISR and sensor programs: perform portfolio reviews, trade studies, requirements and V&V, configuration and risk management, technical documentation, system integration/validation, and support lifecycle acquisition and sustainment activities.

Support AI integration into product software, collaborate with engineering teams and customers on system integration and technical issue resolution, provide program technical support, and participate in technical reviews and meetings.