NODA AI

Senior Engineering Manager, Systems

Austin · Senior

No sponsorshipDetected 12 days ago

LinuxCybersecurityEmbedded SystemsSystems Engineering

About the role

This is a high-ownership, still-technical manager role.
Your work will focus on the seams: the places where one unowned handoff, one gap left behind by another team, or one integration nobody traced end to end can break the orchestration.
You will think vertically enough to root-cause a single hard failure all the way down, and horizontally enough to see how a fix in one domain breaks another.

Hire, level, and develop engineers across software, networking, RF, and hardware-adjacent debugging to build the bench NODA needs as headcount scales
Personally profile systems and root-cause the issues too ambiguous or too cross-cutting for anyone else to cleanly own
Own crash-to-root-cause analysis and the verification evidence behind release go/no-go calls
Treat security and CMMC-derived constraints as first-class design inputs, not a parallel compliance track
Translate field, customer, and BD requirements into constraints your team can build against
Represent Systems Engineering at cross-team design sessions and the Architecture Review Board, and escalate system integrity and delivery risk per the Systems Engineering charter
L5 - Technical Lead, Systems Engineering: hands-on across software, networking, RF, and hardware boundaries; informally mentors engineers; builds the cross-domain credibility this role is built on
Working understanding of DoD security and compliance frameworks (e.g. CMMC) as they apply to system design, or demonstrated ability to ramp fast

8+ years of engineering experience, with substantial hands-on time debugging distributed, real-time, or multi-domain systems in production
2+ years managing engineers, ideally across more than one technical domain
A real track record as an expert debugger, the person teams bring the hardest, most ambiguous cross-system issues to, regardless of layer
Working knowledge of networking fundamentals and real-time or low-latency middleware
U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a security clearance
U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance
Success in this role requires the ability to grow the bench from where it is today into the multi-pod team NODA needs, while defining how Systems Engineering operates along the way.

Experience scaling a cross-domain engineering team 2x+ in under a year
Experience in defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical or regulated environments
Direct CMMC Level 2 (or similar) experience in a systems engineering context
Experience with embedded and edge-constrained systems (embedded Linux, RTOS, bare-metal)
Familiarity with SIL and HIL pipelines and sim-to-field validation
Experience authoring or overseeing ICDs, requirements traceability, or MBSE artifacts
Strong debugger and root-cause analyst, with the discipline to trace hard failures across layers rather than stopping at the first plausible symptom

Systems thinker comfortable operating across software, networking, RF, firmware, and hardware boundaries
Effective team-builder and coach, capable of teaching cross-domain judgment as a repeatable team capability
Detail-oriented approach to system reliability, security, and release readiness in mission-critical applications
Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across engineering, autonomy, and integration teams
Bias for action, with the judgment to escalate cross-team gaps with clear options rather than just problems
Mission driven, with a personal commitment to supporting the nation's defense
Hybrid work environment
Competitive pay, including equity
Flexible time off
Generous PTO policy
Federal holidays
Generous health, dental, and vision benefits

L6 - Engineering Manager, Systems Engineering: manages a pod; hands-on in debugging and profiling day-to-day; executes System Health with architect guidance
Experience owning system health, performance monitoring, or release-readiness processes
manages the full implementation bench; owns System Health outcomes independently; sets technical direction multiple pods execute against; represents the team at the Architecture Review Board

NODA is a veteran-owned, venture-backed technology company that is transforming how unmanned systems collaborate in complex, mission-critical environments.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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