Top Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

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.

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, 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.

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.

Lead the architecture, hydraulic design, documentation, integration, manufacturing readiness, controls coordination, and commissioning of liquid-cooling and mechanical distribution systems for modular AI data centers. Own P&IDs, calculations, equipment and valve schedules, interfaces, standards, and performance validation. Collaborate with thermal, electrical, controls, manufacturing, commissioning, supply chain, OEM, and field teams to create scalable, serviceable, repeatable systems for deployment across multiple sites.

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.

Administer and secure identity, email, network, firewall, and collaboration infrastructure for a distributed workforce. Responsibilities include Okta or equivalent SSO management, email security controls, incident response, network administration, routing, switching, VPNs, firewall policies, documentation, vendor management, and infrastructure improvement. The role partners with Security and Help Desk teams, troubleshoots complex issues, supports onboarding and offboarding, and manages moderately complex projects independently.

Designs, builds, governs, secures, and optimizes Magna’s Azure and hybrid cloud environment. Partners with development and infrastructure teams on IaaS, PaaS, container, serverless, identity, networking, and connectivity architectures. Owns cloud governance, stability, cost management, monitoring, documentation, change management, and platform updates. Supports Microsoft 365 adoption, resolves cross-team issues, communicates service performance, and develops IT staff.

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.

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.

Supports the IHS Electronic Health Records Modernization program by designing, integrating, installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining biomedical and end-user devices. Develops solutions for complex device engineering, infrastructure, security, backup, and redundancy challenges; maintains technical documentation; collaborates with cyber and implementation teams; and may lead or mentor others. The role is fully remote, requires Oracle Health experience, and may involve up to 25% travel.

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.

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.

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.

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.