Senior Systems Design Engineer

System / Concept Design Engineer

Location: Miami, FL (Onsite Only)
Experience: 7+ Years
Employment Type: Contract (TPC)

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced System / Concept Design Engineer with strong expertise in thermal and energy systems, system architecture, concept development, and engineering analysis. The ideal candidate will have experience developing system concepts, performing engineering trade studies, evaluating design alternatives, and supporting multidisciplinary system integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform system-level sizing and engineering assessments.
• Develop and evaluate system architecture concepts and design alternatives.
• Conduct engineering modeling and simulation to evaluate design concepts.
• Perform trade studies considering performance, cost, technical feasibility, risk, and integration impacts.
• Support allocation of system requirements to subsystems.
• Define preliminary system, subsystem, and external interfaces.
• Evaluate system performance against defined requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Support preliminary cost assessments and design-to-cost activities.
• Participate in technical risk and hazard identification, including FMEA.
• Develop preliminary Verification & Validation (V&V) strategies.
• Maintain system architecture assumptions, design decisions, interfaces, and configuration-controlled documentation.
• Prepare technical documentation and engineering evidence for Concept Design Reviews (CDR).
• Support closure of CDR comments and technical action items.

Mandatory Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of thermal and energy systems.
• Experience in system architecture and concept development.
• System sizing and engineering analysis.
• Requirements engineering and traceability.
• System modeling and simulation.
• Engineering trade studies and performance/cost analysis.
• System and subsystem interface definition.
• Multidisciplinary system integration.
• FMEA and technical risk analysis.
• Verification & Validation (V&V) planning.
• Experience supporting Concept Design Reviews (CDR).
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Knowledge of SysML / Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work onsite in Miami, Florida.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Excellent technical communication and collaboration skills.