Systems Engineer III

Sigma Design is a product development, engineering, and manufacturing firm. Based out of the Pacific Northwest, we offer innovative concept through production services to diverse clients around the globe. Sigma Design believes in hiring, developing, and recognizing the best. We offer competitive compensation, a 401(k) with up to 4% company match, quarterly bonus program, 15-days of accrued PTO and 9 company paid holidays. In addition, Sigma Design has multiple options for medical insurance and dental insurance. We also offer voluntary benefits: vision, long-term disability, and life insurance. 

Position Details:

• This position will be Hybrid
• The hiring range for this role is typically between $104,000 and $127,000 annually, with the full range extending to $150,000 annually, based on experience, internal equity, and career progression

Primary Function:
The Systems Engineer will utilize multidisciplinary engineering experience and knowledge to guide the engineering process for complex projects while integrating a cross-functional team into a cohesive effort, working towards a common goal so that the implemented system meets the project objectives and requirements in an efficient way. They will provide technical leadership to the project team; client stakeholders, project managers, and engineering disciplines.

Essential Job Functions - Responsibilities:

• Product Project requirements: gather, define, refine and continuously manage. Create and maintain requirements related documentation; ensure sufficient consideration of safety, reliability and regulatory needs.
• Systems architecture: define system and constituent subsystem interfaces; conduct physical/mathematical modeling, simulation and analysis; arbitrate interdisciplinary trade-off decisions; experimentally validate concepts through rapid prototyping.
• Technical leadership: act as technical representative both internally (between engineers and project managers) and externally (between project team and clients) to assess and ensure requirements compliance, minimize misunderstandings, convey status, ask questions, provide answers; ensure internal engineering standards and review processes are adhered to.
• Follow Business Technology policies to protect sensitive data and reduce information security occurrences.

Education and Experience: (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities)

• Bachelors in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics. Master’s Degree preferred.
• At least 7 years professional experience (4 years w/ Masters) in one or more engineering disciplines. Systems Engineering experience required.
• Has extensive breadth and depth of knowledge in a specialized field of engineering and is familiar with practical engineering practices related to Electrical/Electronics, Software, Firmware, and Mechanical disciplines.
• Experience developing system architecture, including defining high-level system structure, subsystem interactions, and interface requirements across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and translating customer and client requirements into clear, actionable engineering specifications.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams to align on requirements, resolve technical challenges, and drive project execution.
• Capable of clearly defining technical approaches and solutions.
• Experience with structured design approaches, systematic problem solving, root cause analysis, reliability analysis, and design for safety and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with physical and mathematical system modeling and the use of tools such as Python (numpy/scipy, pandas, Jupyter); Mathcad; MATLAB; Mathematica; or similar.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to collaborate across internal cross-functional teams and clients while exercising professionalism, diplomacy, sound judgment, and confidentiality.
• Demonstrate commitment and adherence to Sigma Design Core Values.
• Pass a post-offer background verification.

Work Environment
Standard office environment with normal amounts of office related conditions. Occasionally may be required to work in environmental conditions that emulate typical user environments in order to facilitate design testing and validation.  Occasionally may be required to travel as required to other facilities, clients, or suppliers.