Top Systems Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Design, implement, maintain, and automate enterprise IT systems spanning identity, endpoint management, SaaS platforms, integrations, and access lifecycle management. The role handles projects and technical escalations end to end, documents configurations and runbooks, measures system impact, supports security audits, and participates in after-hours on-call. It requires foundational systems administration, device management, scripting, APIs, SSO, SCIM, and AI-assisted troubleshooting skills.

Own the design, administration, reliability, security, and roadmap of enterprise identity, endpoint, and SaaS systems. Lead SSO, SCIM, device management, integrations, automation, and AI-assisted workflow projects end to end. Translate ambiguous business needs into scalable solutions, troubleshoot complex incidents, maintain audit-ready controls, evaluate vendors, document systems, mentor engineers, and participate in an after-hours on-call rotation.

Leads complex audio product development from concept through launch, coordinating multidisciplinary internal teams, external partners, and contract manufacturers. Designs and integrates acoustics, DSP, algorithms, firmware, software, hardware, and SoC elements. Drives engineering plans, feasibility assessments, risk resolution, technical deliverables, regulatory compliance, and product-cost targets. Develops and validates audio algorithms and system-level processing architectures using C, MATLAB, Simulink, and real-time DSP techniques.

Lead the architecture, design, development, integration, testing, and deployment of advanced radar systems. Research RF sensing approaches, translate customer needs into system concepts, define requirements and architectures, conduct simulations and performance analysis, and guide multidisciplinary teams across software, hardware, integration, and test. The role also involves customer briefings, technical reviews, modeling in Cameo, verification planning, and technical leadership of advanced development projects.

Lead systems engineering for a next-generation unmanned aircraft system. Responsibilities include defining system architecture, behaviors, requirements, interfaces, fault responses, and traceability; integrating avionics, autonomy, propulsion, sensors, and mission systems; conducting MBSE modeling, trade studies, safety analyses, flight testing, and performance validation; and coordinating cross-functional teams, DoD stakeholders, and government partners through development and operational deployment.

Design, implement, test, and refine real-time feedback and adaptive feedforward noise-cancellation algorithms for headphones, earbuds, and automotive applications. Conduct electroacoustic and vibration measurements, analyze results, develop software and validation tools, support legacy algorithms, and collaborate across research and development teams. The role requires embedded algorithm deployment, control theory, adaptive filtering, DSP, MATLAB and Simulink expertise, with occasional customer-support travel.

Manage WHOOP’s Mac and Windows endpoint fleets throughout the device lifecycle, from deployment through disposition. Engineer MDM, vulnerability patching, security policies, monitoring, observability, reporting, and automation aligned with HIPAA standards and SLA commitments. Reduce support tickets and manual toil, contribute to AI-first IT operations, support large-scale IT implementations, mentor colleagues, and communicate endpoint strategy clearly across technical and business teams.

Lead system architecture and technical strategy for WHOOP wearable hardware platforms. Define requirements, interfaces, architecture documentation, and verification and validation strategies across electrical, mechanical, firmware, sensing, and algorithm teams. Drive technical decisions, design reviews, risk mitigation, supplier and manufacturing collaboration, and product roadmap recommendations. Mentor engineers and establish systems engineering best practices. The role requires up to 15% domestic and international travel and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Build and maintain lead-to-order business systems across Salesforce and connected platforms. Design complex applications, declarative automation, Apex and Lightning solutions, integrations, APIs, data models, and security controls. Remediate technical debt, lead migrations and tool rollouts, manage testing and cutovers, and ensure production systems are observable, documented, and governed. Partner cross-functionally to translate business requirements into scalable solutions while supporting AI capabilities in go-to-market workflows.

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.

Build and deploy AI-native tools, agents, automations, and integrations supporting go-to-market teams. Develop LLM-powered workflows for CRM enrichment, account scoring, deal intelligence, and outreach. Partner with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Revenue Operations, Finance, Product, Engineering, and Data teams to define measurable solutions. Own projects end to end, including prototyping, backend services, deployment, monitoring, evaluation, data-quality guardrails, adoption measurement, and continuous improvement across the GTM technology ecosystem.

Develop and lead mechanical and ocean engineering solutions for uncrewed undersea systems, including vehicles, buoys, pressure vessels, hydrodynamic structures, and sensor subsystems. Responsibilities include modeling and simulation, prototyping, fabrication, integration, testing, peer reviews, technical documentation, and collaboration across mechanical, electrical, acoustic, software, and systems teams. The role supports advanced defense and ISR research involving fielded undersea systems.

Lead end-to-end mission systems engineering for advanced unmanned aircraft, including architecture, requirements, payloads, avionics, communications, weapons, integration, certification, and flight testing. Drive system-of-systems trade studies, integration campaigns, technical maturity, and compliance with aerospace standards. Serve as a technical subject matter expert while coordinating with program management, customers, partners, and suppliers to deliver fielded mission capabilities.

The Systems Engineer will provide leadership in designing, integrating, and testing complex aircraft mission systems. Responsibilities include managing requirements, conducting trade studies, and evaluating design alternatives for mission capabilities.

Lead architecture, development, and validation of end-to-end aircraft fuel systems. Drive cross-functional integration, system-level modeling (CFD), verification, supplier qualification, ground and flight test support, anomaly root-cause analysis, and mentor engineering teams while contributing to long-term fuel-system technology roadmaps.

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.

Leads systems engineering for a safety-critical surgical robotic platform across its full lifecycle. Defines system architecture, requirements, interfaces, risk controls, verification strategies, and design controls. Coordinates hardware, software, controls, mechanical, clinical, quality, manufacturing, and V&V teams. Supports regulatory submissions, reliability engineering, design transfer, product launches, failure investigations, CAPA, and post-market activities while applying MBSE and UML methods.

The Principal Model-Based Systems Engineer will lead development programs using MBSE approaches, mentor teams, and implement digital engineering goals, focusing on DoD systems.

Provides senior systems engineering support for mission-critical NC3 programs across the systems engineering and acquisition lifecycle. Develops requirements, architectures, specifications, interfaces, technical baselines, and documentation; leads design, integration, verification, validation, and testing activities; assesses risks and technical solutions; reviews contractor deliverables; supports technical reviews, acquisition planning, and program decisions; and mentors junior engineers. Coordinates with government, contractor, program management, and engineering stakeholders at Hanscom AFB.

Lead systems engineering for a next-generation autonomous UAS, including system architecture, requirements decomposition, behavior modeling, avionics and autonomy integration, safety analysis, trade studies, flight testing, and performance validation. Collaborate with hardware, software, propulsion, manufacturing, flight operations, DoD stakeholders, and government agencies to develop a mission-ready aircraft from clean sheet through first flight and deployment.

Manages corporate back-office systems, including patching, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure troubleshooting, documentation, backups, disaster recovery, and security compliance. Administers Windows and virtualization environments, Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, directory integrations, and cloud services. Collaborates with IT teams and vendors, optimizes system performance, supports infrastructure growth, participates in on-call coverage, and performs scheduled off-hours maintenance onsite.

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.

The Lead Model-Based Systems Engineer will utilize their expertise in Systems Engineering and MBSE to design, implement, and deploy advanced software systems that address complex defense and national security challenges.

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.

Lead development and integration of connected consumer and medical products across embedded firmware, mobile applications, cloud services, and backend systems. Drive architecture, requirements, technical execution, debugging, verification, validation, release readiness, and issue resolution. Collaborate with firmware, mobile, cloud, QA, regulatory, and external development teams while contributing hands-on engineering work and supporting regulated software lifecycle processes.