Top Systems Engineer Jobs in Seattle, WA

Lead systems engineering for a next-generation unmanned aircraft system. Responsibilities include defining system architecture, behaviors, requirements, interfaces, fault responses, and traceability; integrating avionics, autonomy, propulsion, sensors, and mission systems; conducting MBSE modeling, trade studies, safety analyses, flight testing, and performance validation; and coordinating cross-functional teams, DoD stakeholders, and government partners through development and operational deployment.

Design, build, and operate Cloudflare’s globally distributed cache and reverse-proxy data plane. Responsibilities include improving Pingora-based asynchronous systems, cache performance and correctness, purge and Tiered Cache services, APIs, observability, reliability, and production operations. The role owns features end to end, including design, implementation, testing, staged rollouts, incident response, and cross-team collaboration.

Build and maintain high-throughput, low-latency distributed data systems across ingestion, storage, and retrieval. Optimize delivery pipelines, scale analytical database clusters (ClickHouse), develop GraphQL and log delivery solutions, monitor performance with observability tooling, troubleshoot production issues, and collaborate cross-functionally and with open-source communities to evolve the data platform.

Build and operate CoreWeave’s multi-cloud internal infrastructure across GCP, Azure, and AWS. Manage cloud foundations, IAM, networking, Terraform infrastructure as code, monitoring, logging, CI/CD, backups, disaster recovery, and production reliability. Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and application issues, support cloud migrations and acquisitions, implement secure architecture patterns, and contribute to incident response and root-cause analysis. Mentor junior engineers and communicate technical decisions across teams.

Develop and integrate inertial navigation systems across design, testing, qualification, and production. Analyze inertial sensor and system performance data, conduct simulations, trade studies, FMEA, root-cause analysis, and requirements assessments. Create systems engineering documentation, support design reviews and customer communications, contribute to proposals, and provide technical guidance to junior engineers. Collaborate with multidisciplinary aerospace teams on verification, validation, certification, and technical issue resolution.

Build and maintain lead-to-order business systems across Salesforce and connected platforms. Design complex applications, declarative automation, Apex and Lightning solutions, integrations, APIs, data models, and security controls. Remediate technical debt, lead migrations and tool rollouts, manage testing and cutovers, and ensure production systems are observable, documented, and governed. Partner cross-functionally to translate business requirements into scalable solutions while supporting AI capabilities in go-to-market workflows.

Leads interdisciplinary systems engineering for space payloads and advanced technologies. Responsibilities include establishing and tracing requirements, validating and verifying system needs, defining system architectures and interfaces, managing cross-domain interactions, and developing system models to support lifecycle decisions. The role requires an active U.S. Top Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and may involve up to 10% domestic or international travel.

Supports sustaining engineering for DigitalOcean’s server fleet, including hardware, firmware, cabling, and networking throughout their operational lifecycle. Responsibilities include monitoring and resolving Jira issues, providing Tier 2 escalation support, participating in 24/7 on-call rotation, developing operational standards, creating tooling and runbooks, coordinating monitoring and alerting, troubleshooting failures, and collaborating with infrastructure, firmware, qualification, and operations teams.

Develops technical work documents and provides hands-on electrical engineering support for submarine overhaul, repair, and modernization. Responsibilities include interpreting specifications and drawings, troubleshooting shipboard systems, resolving execution roadblocks, evaluating nonconforming conditions, supporting testing and certification, and collaborating with shipyard teams, skilled trades, engineers, and Navy personnel. The role requires shipyard and submarine work, physical access to confined spaces and scaffolding, travel to off-site facilities, and eligibility for a DoD Secret clearance.

Leads technical safety due diligence and integration assessments for autonomous vehicle partners. Defines safety criteria, conducts Safety Risk Assessments, evaluates V&V and regulatory compliance, and improves partner onboarding processes. The role bridges Uber and external engineering teams, communicates complex technical risks to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, and evaluates responsible AI/ML applications for safety validation.

Designs, deploys, configures, supports, and troubleshoots Esri ArcGIS Enterprise environments across on-premises, Azure, and AWS infrastructures. Responsibilities include system design, automation scripting, security, licensing, disaster recovery, backups, documentation, updates, third-party integrations, incident response, and root-cause analysis. Collaborates with geospatial, network, and development teams to support enterprise GIS systems for internal and external clients.

Leads the design, implementation, scaling, and modernization of hybrid infrastructure platforms, particularly large-scale NFS and S3 object storage systems. Translates architecture into automated deployment patterns, drives IaC and CI/CD practices, supports high-availability production services, leads incident response, and mentors engineers across complex, multi-team initiatives.

Lead systems engineering for a next-generation autonomous UAS, including system architecture, requirements decomposition, behavior modeling, avionics and autonomy integration, safety analysis, trade studies, flight testing, and performance validation. Collaborate with hardware, software, propulsion, manufacturing, flight operations, DoD stakeholders, and government agencies to develop a mission-ready aircraft from clean sheet through first flight and deployment.

Own the architecture, validation, deployment, and lifecycle management of distributed edge systems, including kiosks, compute, networking, power, cameras, access systems, and peripherals. Design standards, qualify hardware and vendors, build prototypes, test failure recovery, manage remote fleets, document systems, troubleshoot production issues, support field deployments, and improve reliability. Partner cross-functionally with software, security, network, product, and field teams while participating in on-call support.

Own the aircraft fuel system from requirements and architecture through design, procurement, integration, testing, flight, and operational support. Design and analyze tanks, pumps, valves, plumbing, venting, sensing, and pressurization systems across demanding flight conditions. Lead supplier engagements, technical reviews, testing, data analysis, failure investigations, and corrective actions while collaborating with propulsion, airframe, manufacturing, supply chain, test, and flight teams.

The Systems Engineer will provide leadership in designing, integrating, and testing complex aircraft mission systems. Responsibilities include managing requirements, conducting trade studies, and evaluating design alternatives for mission capabilities.

Leads platform bring-up, system validation, debugging, and risk mitigation for cloud hardware spanning hardware, firmware, and software. Collaborates across architecture, silicon, validation, manufacturing, and customer teams to develop scalable AI, compute, storage, networking, and accelerator solutions. Drives technical requirements, resolves critical platform issues, and supports deployment of new hardware technologies in Microsoft data centers.

Lead Azure hardware platform validation and debugging from post-silicon bring-up through production deployment. Develop validation strategies, automation, tooling, and qualification processes; investigate complex hardware, firmware, operating system, driver, and cloud-service issues; and drive corrective actions. Collaborate across architecture, security, manufacturing, performance, and infrastructure teams to improve platform availability, reliability, performance, observability, and operational scale.

Leads the design, modeling, simulation, testing, validation, and integration of fluid and thermal systems for autonomous aircraft and ground platforms. The role applies first-principles engineering, develops system and custom models, manages suppliers, supports component sourcing, and mentors engineers. It requires deep expertise in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, thermal management, testing, CAD, and aerospace or defense system development.

Designs, integrates, tests, certifies, and supports installation of electrical systems for commercial, VIP, and special mission aircraft interiors. Develops wire diagrams, technical documents, system architectures, verification procedures, and FAA-compliant design packages. Coordinates with clients, vendors, FAA designees, modification facilities, and project engineers to resolve issues and meet cost and schedule targets. Reviews peer work, supports bids and scheduling, and provides technical guidance to other engineers.

Architect and develop safety- and mission-critical real-time software for autonomous aircraft mission-computing systems. Define system architecture, interfaces, data flows, resource budgets, and deterministic performance strategies. Integrate sensors, communications, navigation, autonomy, and mission systems with hardware and systems teams. Lead verification across simulation, laboratory, flight-test, and deployed environments while supporting requirements traceability, certification, cybersecurity, resilience, and lifecycle technical ownership.

Serves as the senior technical authority for enterprise network operations and engineering. Architects secure voice, video, wireless, and data networks; develops HLDs and LLDs; integrates Cisco technologies; and leads modernization, automation, risk assessment, and technical decision-making. The role advises customer leadership, resolves complex enterprise issues, validates solutions through hands-on engineering, mentors technical teams, and maintains the enterprise technology strategy and roadmap.

Provide pre-sales technical leadership, solution design, demonstrations, proofs of concept, and deployment support for enterprise wired and wireless networking solutions. Design secure Wi-Fi, switching, routing, cloud-managed, and Zero Trust environments. Support post-sales escalations, channel partners, and customer success while relaying technical feedback to Product Management. Conduct RF planning, deliver technical training, and maintain expertise in enterprise networking trends and competitive products.

Develop and support Oracle-based enterprise financial, billing, and revenue management solutions. Design OIC integrations connecting Oracle Fusion applications with external systems, configure ORMB modules, build middleware components, optimize performance, troubleshoot issues, and support upgrades. Collaborate with technology, finance, infrastructure, and operations teams while ensuring secure, compliant data exchange and maintaining technical documentation.

Design, build, monitor, and maintain large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting distributed S3-compatible object storage across multi-cloud environments. Responsibilities include kernel and storage optimization, network and hardware troubleshooting, automation with Chef or Ansible, observability, forecasting capacity, technical leadership, project coordination, mentoring, documentation, and on-call support.