Top Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

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.

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.

Lead the roadmap, delivery, evaluation, validation, upgrades, and lifecycle maintenance of digital manufacturing data systems, including historians, dashboards, reporting applications, and analytics platforms. Develop software enhancements, troubleshoot root causes, assess system risks, support regulated manufacturing operations, train users, collaborate with global stakeholders, and mentor engineers. The role requires expertise in manufacturing information systems, data technologies, validation practices, and biotech or pharmaceutical environments.

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.

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.

Designs, deploys, and integrates secure enterprise applications, identity solutions, APIs, middleware, and cloud or on-premises services. Develops Zero Trust architectures aligned with NIST, FISMA, and organizational security standards. Implements authentication and authorization using IAM technologies, documents system workflows and dependencies, troubleshoots complex integrations, embeds security controls, and supports audits and compliance activities. Requires strong systems integration, networking, enterprise security, leadership, communication, and documentation skills.

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Distributed Systems, you'll design and implement scalable platforms, optimize data pipelines for durability and low latency, and impactfully contribute to service ownership.

Designs, builds, and operates scalable machine learning platforms, pipelines, and infrastructure for model training, deployment, serving, and monitoring. Develops MLOps tooling, CI/CD workflows, model registries, feature stores, and experiment tracking. Ensures production reliability, observability, security, compliance, and cost efficiency across ML systems. Collaborates with product and engineering teams, integrates platforms with existing systems and data sources, and mentors engineers on reusable ML platform practices.

Design, build, monitor, and maintain large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting distributed S3-compatible object storage across multi-cloud environments. Responsibilities include kernel and storage optimization, network and hardware troubleshooting, automation with Chef or Ansible, observability, forecasting capacity, technical leadership, project coordination, mentoring, documentation, and on-call support.

Build backend services and distributed systems for a cybersecurity and software supply chain security platform. Develop scalable APIs, data pipelines, and platform components handling vulnerability, container, package, runtime, and SBOM data. Work across Linux, Kubernetes, containers, and cloud environments while solving concurrency, performance, reliability, and distributed processing challenges. Own projects from design through deployment, participate in architecture discussions, review code, and collaborate with security researchers and product teams.

Lead systems engineering activities across acquisition, development, integration, test, and sustainment for Air Force programs. Conduct trade studies, risk management per SEAM, requirements analysis in DOORS/Launchpad, system validation, and prepare technical reports and briefings. Support Agile/DevSecOps environments and collaborate with government and contractor teams.

Designs and develops real-time embedded system software for audio platforms. Responsibilities include Linux and U-Boot bring-up, board and hardware debugging, BSP and vendor SDK integration, HAL development, device driver work, system testing, performance optimization, and platform modernization. The engineer collaborates with silicon and component vendors and supports hardware teams across ARM SoCs, microcontrollers, radios, peripherals, and operating system boundaries.