Top Systems Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

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.

Lead systems engineering for real-time software and complex sensor hardware systems. Apply Model Based Systems Engineering across Agile development, integrate MBSE artifacts with software pipelines, manage requirements, document architectures and APIs, support testing and peer reviews, and collaborate with software engineers and principal investigators. The role supports open architecture standards and requires approximately 5% travel for integration events, customer meetings, and field demonstrations.

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.

Designs, develops, tests, debugs, and integrates storage and systems software enhancements. Leads subsystem development projects, collaborates with internal and outsourced engineering partners, resolves technical issues, communicates project progress, and mentors less-experienced engineers. The role requires software systems design expertise, testing methodology knowledge, strong analytical skills, and the ability to develop software across multiple platform types.

Designs, develops, tests, debugs, and integrates storage and systems software enhancements. Leads portions of complex software projects, coordinates internal and outsourced engineering partners, resolves architectural and integration issues, and communicates project progress to management. Provides technical guidance and mentorship to less-experienced engineers while applying expertise across software systems design, testing, and troubleshooting.

Designs, develops, tests, troubleshoots, and debugs storage systems software and related subsystems. Responsibilities include implementing enhancements, analyzing coding and integration requirements, writing test plans and documentation, resolving software issues, and collaborating with internal and outsourced engineering partners. The role works within established project guidelines with moderate supervision and requires strong analytical, problem-solving, testing, communication, and software systems design skills.

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.

Provide hands-on infrastructure support across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments. Manage compute, virtualization, containers, storage, backups, SAN technologies, Linux systems, monitoring, configuration management, and automation. Support AWS, Azure, or GCP integration, troubleshoot infrastructure incidents, document operational procedures, and participate in a global 24/7 on-call rotation. The role requires 4–6 years of systems engineering experience and may involve regulated environments and AI infrastructure support.

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.

Develop and maintain internal full-stack applications using C#/Blazor or Python. Build CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation with GitLab, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Artifactory, and SonarQube. Partner with cross-functional teams to improve software delivery, code quality, security, compliance, and operational visibility. Implement scalable enterprise solutions, infrastructure as code, secure development practices, and DevSecOps workflows.

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.

Leads RF testing, characterization, and systems integration for implementing a new operational mode on a third-party radar. Defines RF, interface, timing, control, and integration requirements; develops validation strategies; leads integration testing; resolves technical issues with external developers; assesses risks and tradeoffs; and serves as the technical authority for radar integration.

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.

Leads the architecture, design, modeling, prototyping, validation, and production deployment of optical and opto-mechanical systems for semiconductor equipment and metrology. Develops solutions for wafer alignment, process monitoring, materials characterization, and implant verification. Performs optical analysis, experiments, calibration, troubleshooting, and data analysis while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams and vendors. Provides technical leadership, documentation, risk assessment, and mentorship.

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 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.

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.

Design and build advanced applications, integrate external APIs, and contribute to large open-source codebases for global clients. The role requires strong systems programming, networking, memory management, concurrency, operating-system concepts, data modeling, parallelism, API design, and technical documentation skills. Candidates should learn quickly, take ownership, navigate unfamiliar codebases, identify edge cases, and continuously improve through feedback. The process includes a technical assessment, interview, and OSS hackweek.

Maintains client systems and infrastructure by managing user accounts, access permissions, servers, software installations, security patches, backups, and preventative maintenance. Monitors server performance, resolves connectivity issues, supports hardware installations, educates users, and escalates complex technical problems. The role combines systems administration, infrastructure support, troubleshooting, documentation, and customer service in a remote U.S. environment.

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.