Top Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Design and develop scalable, highly available software systems for NinjaOne’s IT Operations platform. Build Java and Kotlin applications, implement enterprise design patterns, optimize systems serving millions of endpoints, and contribute production code. Responsibilities include REST service development, relational database work, client-server messaging, caching, scalability improvements, and quality testing. The role collaborates with engineers to deliver reliable cloud services supporting worldwide operations.

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.

Designs, implements, administers, and supports critical Linux infrastructure and enterprise systems. Diagnoses system issues, develops remediation plans, supports application infrastructure, and contributes to compliance activities. Builds automation, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code solutions using Linux, cloud, Kubernetes, GitOps, and configuration-management tools. Partners with engineering, security, and operations teams to improve reliability, scalability, security, and deployment efficiency while mentoring junior engineers.

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.

Own embedded firmware and signal processing for process-aware industrial sensors. Develop Zephyr-based drivers, integrate detectors, manage ADC acquisition, filtering, calibration, noise rejection, connectivity, OTA updates, and health monitoring. Collaborate with hardware and machine learning teams to productionize sensing methodologies from prototype through deployment. The role requires strong embedded C/C++, analog and signal-chain expertise, testing discipline, and experience with optical or electrical sensing.

Designs and evaluates complex systems using MBSE and digital engineering practices. Responsibilities include resolving design weaknesses, developing security documentation, supporting accreditation and testing, producing lifecycle engineering artifacts, maintaining SysML models, managing requirements, defining interfaces, conducting trade studies, and promoting MBSE adoption across cross-functional teams. The role requires an active Top Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, systems engineering education, and relevant MBSE tool experience.

Lead power-system studies and resource interconnection analyses for renewable and conventional generation, transmission, distribution, and load applications. Develop and troubleshoot power-system models and automation scripts; conduct power flow, stability, short-circuit, EMT, harmonic, and techno-economic studies. Guide team members, manage technical and commercial project deliverables, engage with RTO/ISO stakeholders, support innovation, and contribute to proposals and customer relationships.

Execute and support an agency-level cybersecurity program. Responsibilities include administering RSA Archer, architecting cybersecurity solutions, troubleshooting security issues, developing remediation recommendations, managing workstations and servers, analyzing security architectures, and advising on NIST, FISMA, information security, privacy, and cloud guidelines. The role also involves security documentation, stakeholder coordination, and security information and event management.

Own the shared data model and internal software supporting robotics maintenance, manufacturing, deployment, tutoring, sales handoffs, and field operations. Design relational schemas, execute migrations, reconcile operational data, build reporting, and translate business processes into software. Develop full-stack systems with TypeScript, React, and Python or TypeScript services. Direct AI coding agents, review their output, support users, and collaborate directly with technicians, plant managers, and operations teams.

Designs and validates fluid, mechanical, and electrical power-generation systems for autonomous naval vessels ranging from 1–50MW. Responsibilities include system architecture, component selection, routing, 3D CAD, sensors and controls integration, FMEA/FMECA, test planning, reliability validation, documentation, producibility, supplier coordination, and vendor management. The role requires strong fluids, thermal, mechanical, and electrical fundamentals, hands-on hardware experience, and a mechanical or aerospace engineering degree.

Support NVIDIA enterprise customers using GPU-accelerated platforms, triage hardware and AI/ML workload issues, collaborate with engineering teams, and drive cases through resolution. Develop support tools and products using AI, document customer interactions, and troubleshoot Linux-based multi-GPU systems, firmware, kernels, drivers, containers, and distributed workloads. The role also requires customer communication, technical analysis, and occasional weekend or holiday support.

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.

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.

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.

Designs and analyzes RF, communications, and digital signal processing systems for complex engineering missions. Responsibilities include waveform and algorithm development, RF modeling, laboratory validation, system integration, customer demonstrations, technical risk mitigation, requirements development, mentoring, cross-functional leadership, and proposal support. The role requires collaboration across disciplines and onsite work in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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.

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.

Supports cybersecurity and systems security engineering for mission-critical NC3 and weapon systems. Responsibilities include RMF authorization and accreditation, security requirements, architecture reviews, threat assessment, risk mitigation, cybersecurity strategy, vulnerability scanning, DevSecOps security reviews, contingency planning, and compliance with DoD and Air Force requirements. The role requires collaboration with government, contractor, vendor, and program management teams.

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.

Lead architecture, integration, deployment, security, and sustainment of the Informatica Data Governance Suite in AWS GovCloud. Design highly available and recoverable infrastructure, implement Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD, establish security and compliance controls, coordinate multidisciplinary engineering work, oversee testing and monitoring, manage technical risks, and transfer operational knowledge to NAVSUP personnel.

Leads solution architecture and engineering for a MuleSoft Anypoint Platform implementation in AWS GovCloud. Designs highly available, secure, recoverable infrastructure; establishes Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, CI/CD, monitoring, and configuration standards; guides API and data integration; and coordinates RMF/ATO, STIG compliance, testing, risk management, deployment, documentation, and production sustainment. Provides technical leadership, stakeholder coordination, Government briefings, and knowledge transfer to Navy personnel.

Lead development and maintenance of internal design system libraries, tools, and Figma plugins. Implement AI solutions to speed design workflows, own medium-to-large features end-to-end, run internal user research, provide support and on-call coverage, conduct design and code reviews, and collaborate with designers and engineers to drive technical strategy and adoption.

Own and evolve Jira, Aha!, and related product and engineering platforms. Configure workflows, permissions, schemas, dashboards, automations, integrations, and reporting while improving governance, data quality, reliability, and adoption. Partner with Product, Engineering, TPM, Finance, and IT teams to translate business needs into scalable systems. Lead implementations, migrations, platform lifecycle management, troubleshooting, documentation, training, and tooling evaluations.

Build and maintain invoicing, reimbursement, revenue recognition, claims, and financial reporting models using SQL and dbt. Reconcile merchant, operational, warehouse, and accounting data; investigate variances; validate expenses; and establish automated financial controls. The role also triages data issues, investigates production APIs, supports audits, partners on merchant configuration, and drives upstream fixes through root-cause analysis and automation.