Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

Time type: full time

Posted on: December 09, 2025

Job requisition id: R5966

Who we are

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.  

What we need

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.

What you’ll do

• 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.

What you’ll need

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. Masters or MBA preferred.

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience in Mechanical and Systems Engineering with proven success as an engineering leader.

• 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.

Our 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.

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The base range for this position in the posted location is $180,000.00 - $247,500.00 however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K, PTO and/or other benefits.