Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

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With its A.I.

-powered robotic technology platform, Symbotic is changing the way consumer goods move through the supply chain. Intelligent software orchestrates advanced robots in a high-density, end-to-end system – reinventing warehouse automation for increased efficiency, speed and flexibility.

Symbotic is revolutionizing the supply chain industry with its AI-powered robotic technology platform. Our intelligent software seamlessly orchestrates advanced robots within a high-density, end-to-end system, reinventing warehouse automation for increased efficiency, speed, and flexibility.

As a Senior Manager, Systems Engineering at Symbotic, your business knowledge and technical skills will play a critical role in implementing technical strategies, evaluating products, and providing a superior level of technical cross-functional support. You will lead a talented team of engineers that demonstrate superb technical competency and possess the interpersonal skills to collaborate with project managers to effectively deliver a product designed to meet customers’ needs.

Qualified Systems Engineers will have a background in robotics engineering or systems engineering and analysis.

This position is specifically for a Systems Engineer in the Mechanical Engineering product space where you will help define and evaluate solution architecture and algorithms.

• Engage with customers to understand their workflows and use cases.
• Define and drive requirement documentation, including theory of operations and metrics, for New Product Development (NPI) and system deployments to guide solution definition.
• Creation of traceability matrix of higher-level requirements to lowest level requirements.
• Provide feasibility and optimization studies for proposed designs.
• Proactively initiate engagement with cross functional teams to review any deviations in requirements or system assumptions as the product or solution is developed and deployed.
• Support validation and verification process throughout the product or component development life cycle with test plan strategies.
• Support the creation and maintenance of system integration test plans, procedures, and reports to demonstrate desired system performance and validate system requirements.
• Perform functional and performance analysis on collected system data; document, root cause and resolve observed issues, anomalies, and provide trouble reports.
• Aid in the development of strategic roadmaps for products and systems.
• Creation of material and presenting in cross functional meetings.

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience in Mechanical and Systems Engineering.
• Cross-disciplinary engineering knowledge and ability to think on a product scale.
• Ability to identify, evaluate, and demonstrate solutions to complex system problems.
• Self-motivated and capable of working with minimal supervision to achieve aggressive project goals.
• Experience with common engineering tools, including Pugh Matrices, 8D, DFMEA.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort with a fast-paced environment.

• Up to 10% of travel may be required. 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.

Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-gen technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency.

As the backbone of commerce the Symbotic platform transforms the flow of goods and the economics of supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit

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