Top Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Own rapid-response experiments and integration across AI hardware, software, and customer teams. Run LLM inference workloads on simulators and hardware emulators, profile performance, analyze counters and traces, and explain bottlenecks. Support host-side runtime and driver integration, then convert investigations into reusable models, scripts, experiments, and regression tests. The role requires strong systems programming, hardware proximity, Linux proficiency, and the ability to deliver repeatable results from loosely defined requests.

Design and own multi-chip distributed simulation infrastructure for AI inference accelerators. Build host-to-chip and chip-to-chip simulators, model communication timing and failure modes, compose simulations across fidelity levels, scale runs to full racks, and correlate results with emulation and hardware measurements. Collaborate with chip modeling, SDK, and runtime teams while developing primarily in Rust, C/C++, and Python.

Supports the design, integration, and testing of complex aerospace and defense systems. Responsibilities include architecting test stands, developing LabVIEW and MATLAB test software, creating test solutions and algorithms, troubleshooting measurement issues, deriving test requirements, specifying test equipment components, and producing engineering documentation. The role also involves project planning, technical presentations, corrective action implementation, and collaboration with engineering teams.

Own the company’s identity, endpoint, and IT service management strategy. Administer Jira and Jira Service Management, Microsoft Entra, Jamf-managed macOS devices, Microsoft 365, Slack, and Confluence. Build access, device trust, onboarding, offboarding, automation, and email security workflows. Lead SaaS governance, endpoint security, troubleshooting, and internal tooling improvements while partnering cross-functionally in a hybrid Boston office environment.

Design, build, and maintain backend systems for payments, subscriptions, billing, and revenue workflows. Develop APIs, integrations, event-driven processing, database models, reconciliation tools, access controls, testing, monitoring, and reliability safeguards. Own complex initiatives from architecture through production, investigate incidents, collaborate with finance and product teams, and provide technical guidance while using AI-assisted development tools responsibly.

Leads technical pre-sales activities for federal civilian customers, translating business needs into enterprise storage and data platform solutions. Partners with sales teams, account managers, and channel partners; manages evaluations, benchmarks, configurations, RFP responses, and technical presentations. Provides expertise in distributed storage, file systems, cloud-native architectures, networking, virtualization, and competitive positioning while developing new opportunities and supporting customer technical wins.

Build and operate core components of Elasticsearch’s distributed Serverless offering. Improve concurrent indexing, cluster coordination, data allocation, scalability, performance, and resilience across large distributed systems. Investigate and resolve complex concurrency, stability, and performance issues end to end, while collaborating across teams and supporting engineers with difficult technical problems.

Design, deploy, operate, and automate reliable large-scale EDA infrastructure services on NVIDIA hardware. Build tools that reduce manual work, support distributed private and public cloud systems, define service-level objectives, improve observability, and participate in incident response and on-call rotations. The role also provides systems-design guidance to peer teams and may involve Kubernetes, OpenStack, Docker, Slurm, multi-cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and GPU-based systems.

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.

Provide technical support to NVIDIA Enterprise customers by triaging and resolving issues, working with engineering on reproductions/logs, applying AI/ML and agentic AI to build support tools and products, documenting interactions and knowledge, and owning cases to resolution (occasional weekend/holiday support).

Designs, deploys, administers, and troubleshoots Linux-based infrastructure supporting US Antarctic Program systems. Responsibilities include RHEL administration, virtualization, OpenShift clusters, backups, monitoring, security hardening, automation, DNS, Git, documentation, technical leadership, and 24x7 escalation support. The role may involve temporary Antarctic deployments and requires U.S. citizenship, Public Trust clearance, and NSF physical and dental examinations.

Provides systems engineering and architecture support across the defense acquisition lifecycle for Department of the Air Force Battle Network capabilities. Translates operational requirements into technical requirements, develops system-of-systems architectures, assesses risk and trade spaces, supports verification and validation, and coordinates integration across government, industry, joint, and coalition stakeholders. The role is onsite at Hanscom AFB and requires a Top Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and 10% travel.

Lead cybersecurity engineering and software development for HPE Block Storage products. Responsibilities include designing security architecture, implementing cybersecurity features, supporting certification and compliance activities, evaluating security technologies, remediating vulnerabilities, influencing security standards, and mentoring engineers. The role requires expertise in cybersecurity engineering, software development, compliance frameworks, scalable security solutions, and technical leadership.

Provides advanced systems engineering for NETGEAR ProAV customers across the North Central U.S. Responsibilities include customer onboarding, technical training, AV-over-IP solution design, field troubleshooting, commissioning, pre-sales support, system demonstrations, automation tool development, documentation, and industry presentations. The role requires expertise in multicast networking, timing protocols, AV technologies, multi-vendor integrations, and complex deployments, with travel of up to 60%.

Build NeMo Evaluator and agentic AI infrastructure using Python APIs, SDKs, plugins, and evaluation workflows. Develop systems for agent execution data, regression detection, observability, reliability, and performance across distributed, cloud-native environments. Collaborate across research, product, platform, and infrastructure teams while providing technical leadership, mentoring, and ownership of complex cross-component problems.

Provides Oracle-based digital finance and systems integration consulting for clients. Responsibilities include analyzing financial processes, designing and implementing business application solutions, integrating enterprise platforms, supporting NetSuite adoption, managing projects and budgets, applying agile methodologies, documenting deliverables, and maintaining stakeholder relationships. The role also provides client training, technical support, and optimization advice across financial planning, reporting, and operations.

Design, implement, and ensure quality of systems stack, tools, and SDK integration for AI frameworks. Collaborate with hardware and ML teams, apply engineering principles, write low-level/high-performance code, define architecture, estimate scope, and drive coding standards.

Lead battery system architecture, integration, validation, and sustaining engineering for wearable products. Develop requirements, power budgets, verification strategies, reliability assessments, and manufacturing controls. Integrate charging, fuel gauging, protection, thermal sensing, firmware, and mechanical systems. Investigate failures using test data and telemetry, collaborate with engineering and external partners, qualify designs, support compliance, and evaluate battery technologies. Travel up to 15% to suppliers, manufacturing partners, and testing facilities.

Own and administer Salesforce applications in a HIPAA-regulated environment, including Apex, LWC, Flows, integrations, releases, security, data protection, and production troubleshooting. Manage Five9, Twilio, OwnBackup, AWS integrations, vendors, and CI/CD workflows. Partner with Operations and Product, translate business needs into requirements, support campaigns and communications, and use AI coding tools and Salesforce AI features to improve efficiency.

Lead and contribute to the design, integration, deployment, and sustainment of mission-focused systems. Translate stakeholder needs into technical requirements, architectures, interface definitions, deployment patterns, and operational processes. Partner with software engineers and data scientists to integrate applications, data pipelines, infrastructure, and external systems. Support testing, verification, troubleshooting, operational readiness, documentation, and reliability improvements for secure, scalable, data-intensive systems.

Provides enterprise-wide technical leadership for network and information systems infrastructure across multiple sites. Designs, deploys, monitors, and modernizes LAN, WAN, wireless, voice, server, storage, identity, virtualization, and cloud environments. Leads complex incidents and major network projects, establishes technical standards, evaluates emerging technologies, supports security and compliance, mentors engineers, and advises senior leadership on architecture and operational performance.

Lead systems engineering for safety-critical embedded robotic platforms. Responsibilities include defining architectures and firmware requirements, maintaining requirements-to-verification traceability, coordinating safety firmware and test teams, developing HIL/SIL validation plans, conducting HARA, FMEA, and FTA analyses, and compiling safety-case evidence. The role bridges hardware, firmware, and testing while supporting functional safety features, low-level communication protocols, board bring-up, and automated verification.

Develop and integrate embedded software for Riverlane’s quantum error-correction hardware and customer quantum computer systems. Responsibilities include technical workshops, system deployment, software and data-system evaluation, experiment design, benchmarking, scripting, troubleshooting, QA collaboration, documentation, and customer advocacy. The role also provides product feedback, creates system dashboards, and mentors junior engineers while serving as a technical interface for customers.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and sustains WalkMe and other digital adoption solutions. Translates business requirements into in-application guidance, workflow automation, and user-support experiences. Builds Smart Walk-Thrus, Launchers, SmartTips, Surveys, and related content; uses analytics to improve adoption and user experience. Troubleshoots web applications, validates cross-browser functionality, documents designs, manages technical risks, and collaborates with business stakeholders, application owners, and technical teams.

Develop platform software using container runtimes and Kubernetes to enable GPU-accelerated applications. Design systems software for container orchestration, cloud-native environments, and distributed systems. Integrate software across NVIDIA engineering teams while addressing performance, security, reliability, and evolving priorities. The role involves Rust and Go development, Linux system internals, container sandboxing, confidential computing, virtualization, and GPU resource management.