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The Senior Systems Engineer will lead the creation of structured intake mechanisms—such as customer expectation sheets, system sizing templates, and high-level specifications—that will form the foundation of scalable engineering practices. By bridging customer needs, leadership vision, and technical execution, this role ensures that innovation and repeatable processes come together to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality. Acting as the bridge between leadership vision and technical execution, this role ensures that innovation is translated into structured, testable, and achievable product development plans.
Job Responsibility:
Design and implement an intake process for new initiatives across sites, sales and new customer innovation capturing customer data, expectations and sizing needs, to guide design and deployment
Establish and continuously improve Symbotic’s systems engineering practices, scaling the discipline across teams and initiatives
Capture and translate customer and business needs into system-level requirements and solutions
Conduct impact assessments for proposed changes, evaluating cross-team dependencies and trade-offs
Ensure requirements are complete, verifiable, and aligned with customer and business priorities
Act as the connective layer between leadership (CEO, CIO, VPs) and development teams
Work cross functionally across silos to ensure interfaces and dependencies are identified and managed
Support leadership by preparing and presenting system-level updates and recommendations
Requirements:
Minimum of 8 years' experience in Systems Engineering
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Computer Science. Masters or MBA preferred
Proven effectiveness in engineering leadership
Strong ability to translate abstract ideas and business goals into structured engineering requirements
Familiarity with systems engineering processes, product lifecycle management, and verification/validation frameworks
Demonstrated success in cross-functional collaboration, especially in bridging technical and non-technical teams
Excellent organizational and communication skills
able to synthesize complex information for diverse audiences
Background in robotics, automation, or highly integrated technical systems a plus
Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations
The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed bi-weekly