Systems Engineer
Emerson
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Elyria • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Define the initial, critical, and detailed mechanical system architecture for new products.
- Establish system-level and subsystem-level mechanical requirements based on product-level requirements that guide design, integration, and verification.
- Identify required subsystems (structural, thermal, motion, safety, packaging, sealing, etc.) and specify the performance and interface requirements for each.
- Identify opportunities to leverage common mechanical subsystems, components, and design methodologies across product categories.
- Lead efforts to develop and maintain reusable subsystem libraries, best-practice templates, and standard interface definitions.
- Evaluate tradeoffs between bespoke design and platform reuse based on performance, cost, manufacturability, and NPD speed.
- Collaborate closely with the Electrical Systems Architect to develop holistic product-level technical architectures and ensure mechanical–electrical–software coherence.
- Partner with Industrial Design to align mechanical architecture with user experience, ergonomics, form factor, aesthetic intent, and brand consistency.
- Engage Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Product Management, and Service to ensure mechanical architecture decisions are viable, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
- Work with Lead/Principal Engineers on category teams to ensure projects start with clear, intentional, and complete product requirements.
- Facilitate architectural reviews focused on early alignment, risk identification, and integration readiness.
- Provide early identification of technical risks and guide research, prototyping, or analysis activities needed to de-risk architectures in collaboration with the Lead Engineer.
- Monitor mechanical architecture implementation across projects and ensure learnings feed continuous improvement.
- Evaluate emerging mechanical technologies, materials, and design approaches for potential application in future products.
- Drive innovation in mechanical integration, miniaturization, motion systems, sealing strategies, structural solutions, and other domain-relevant areas.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field
- 5+ years of experience in mechanical system design, systems engineering, or architecture roles
- Experience developing complex electro-mechanical products
- Experience with consumer or industrial hardware NPD in multidisciplinary environments.
- Experience defining mechanical system architectures or leading early-phase concept development.
- Proficiency with CAD tools and simulation/analysis methods (FEA, thermal analysis, tolerance analysis).
- Familiarity with DFMA, reliability engineering, and design controls.
- Experience integrating mechanical designs with embedded electronics.
Benefits
- Providing a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee resource groups
- Recognition programs
- Flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
mechanical system architecturemechanical requirementssubsystem designelectro-mechanical product developmentCAD toolsFEAthermal analysistolerance analysisDFMAreliability engineering
Soft skills
collaborationleadershiprisk identificationinnovationcontinuous improvement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering