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Posted: 08-Sep-23
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
We are seeking a Senior System Engineer to join our team at the National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Lawrenceville in Pittsburgh. In this role, you will collaborate with other leaders on robotic development projects to ensure team success. This position provides an opportunity to work on projects from conception through deployment and lead team collaboration using a pragmatic system engineering approach in a rapid development environment.
In this role, you may support one or two larger projects and several smaller development efforts. Your leadership will be critical to establishing the appropriate level of rigor for the particular project's needs while also supporting standards for excellence across the organization. Successful applicants will take initiative, seek excellence, enjoy learning and coaching, and likely have experience that spans several disciplines while being deeper in one.
Projects you may support range from industrial machine operator assist systems to agricultural productivity tools and beyond to other automation, autonomy, or safety systems.
Your primary responsibilities are to:
Collaborate with key partners, business managers, and engineers to build consensus around architectural solutions, define high-level and detailed requirements, establish priorities, and deliver projects successfully starting from often ambiguous early understanding of needs.
Guide and perform engineering tasks including design and problem-solving activities making use of tracking tools, methods, and software development systems such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and other custom tools.
Lead and guide team members in project effort analysis, issues resolution, change management, risk management, documentation, quality assurance, scheduling, staffing, and budgeting.
Perform, review, and facilitate trade studies and team discussions to select design solutions among options.
Lead creation and maintenance of model-based system engineering artifacts over the entire project life cycle for systems that span several hardware and software disciplines at an appropriate level of fidelity.
Define expectations for and support system testing and functional demonstrations.
Perform project management tasks when assigned as a project manager or support such tasks in collaboration with project manager when a separate manager is assigned.
Contribute to organization-wide methods and best practices for system and project engineering.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in an engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience
8+ years of professional experience which includes demonstrated systems engineering and leadership skills
Demonstrated success in leading, working, collaborating within teams
Self-motivated, curious, and failure-seeking to achieve continuous improvements and solve problems
Demonstrated ability to apply critical big picture thinking in completing tasks
Highly organized with the ability to work on multiple projects/tasks simultaneously and remain agile given changing priorities
Practices attention to detail, respect for documentation accuracy, and information sharing
Energetic and hands-on leader
Desired Qualifications:
Software development and testing experience
Experience with development operations, configuration management, quality assurance, procurement management, or release management
Experience with procurement of custom equipment or services and acceptance of procured items
Experience with the development of a complex system such as for robotics and automation in a variety of industries, power plant design, rail control systems, automotive systems, or similar.
Experience with applying industry standards and verification and validation methods
Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools and methods
Experience with the use of engineering development tools typical for each discipline including software version control (git), project task tracking (Jira), and data and document/design configuration systems (various)
Experience with scoping of development projects and use of project tracking tools
At NREC, we value diversity, support it, and thrive on it for the benefits of our organization, our employees and our community. Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.
Why NREC?
You will have an impact in shaping the robotics revolution, collaborate with and learn from experts, and build your career in a rapidly growing field. As part of our team, you will develop solutions to solve industrial and government challenges, deploy your technology in real-world situations, work side-by-side with robotics experts, and develop an array of innovative technologies.
Have an Impact!
Remove waste from farming = more food (link)
Make industrial processes environmentally friendly (link)
Make hazardous jobs safer (link)
Improve efficiency in industry & manufacturing (link)
Accelerate screening of pharmaceuticals (link)
Take Control of Your Career!
Select the career pathway that interests you
Influence the direction of projects
Supportive of a non-standard schedule
Maintain work/life balance
Switch between part-time and full-time as life demands
NREC is at the center of the robotics ecosystem in Pittsburgh, PA. With over 100 robotics companies, Pittsburgh is recognized as the Robotics Capital of the World. Geek Wire calls it Robotics Row; others call it Roboburgh. Join the leader in the most exciting time in robotics!
Join the Best Robotics R&D Group
Join our passionate and talented team at NREC, an operating unit within the world-renowned Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
NREC has 25+ years of experience developing and deploying robots into many applications across multiple sectors, such as agriculture, mining, defense, energy, and manufacturing. We strive to provide solutions for real-world challenges where automation and robots impact productivity and improve the safety and comfort of the labor force. Our unique expertise places us at the forefront of unmanned ground vehicle design, autonomy, sensing and perception, machine learning, machine vision, operator assistance, 3D mapping, and position estimation. With over 160 robotics professionals, we solve challenges that no other organization can.
NREC also leads in educational outreach through its Robotics Academy, which builds robotics curricula and software for K-12 and college-level students, and offers professional development certification courses and training to educators.
Opportunities people at NREC have seized:
As a member of NREC, you have the opportunity to take control of your career. People in similar roles have shaped their careers to suit their interests and their needs.
Becoming an in-depth expert in a technical area
Leading projects and fostering client relationships
Receiving mentoring from senior engineers and robotics experts
Mentoring junior engineers
Taking courses at Carnegie Mellon
Staying connected with academic and recreational activities at Carnegie Mellon
Transitioned into a robotics, program management, technical lead, or software architecture roles
Performing consulting during off time
Outreach to K-12 and college-level students
At NREC, we value diversity, support it, and flourish with it for the benefit of our organization, our employees and our community. Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.
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Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Job Function
Engineering, Research and Project Scientists
Position Type
Staff - Regular
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Full time
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