Job Description Summary：

The Systems Engineers are members of the Chief Engineer Organization. System Engineers play a crucial role in leading New Product Introduction and developing successful products within iRobot. The Chief Engineer Org members are considered leaders in engineering and are responsible for the full life cycle of product creation; from concept development to end of production. The System Engineer’s mission includes working closely with iRobot’s engineering and manufacturing partners, leading through technical decisions, identifying and managing risks, developing performance tests, and ensuring timely and high-quality product launches.

Job Description：

• What You Will Do
• Define the tangible, social, and professional tasks of the role, with adjectives describing the quality of work. Also, emphasize the 4-6 outcomes that should be accomplished within the first 12 months.
• iRobot is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer in our Guangzhou office to work with a global team of engineers. In your role as a technical leader on a consumer robot development team, you are crucial in ensuring the product meets or exceeds customer expectations.  You'll support and at times lead cross-functional teams in system and subsystem architectures, requirements generation, partner collaboration, design execution, and product validation.  You will use your skills and experience to evaluate tradeoffs and define the best technical path forward. Using the voice of the customer you will generate requirements, write theories of operation, and run trade studies.  You will lead engineers using pragmatic risk management through integration, trouble shooting and test. You'll work on both hardware and software, helping to choose realistic and ambitious product goals while managing technical risk.
•  To Be Successful You Will Have
• Describe the functional, personal, and knowledge-based skills that are critical to the role.
• You possess in-depth knowledge in at least one core area (software, mechanical, electrical) and a good understanding of the other two. You can quickly learn new technologies through self-teaching or consulting with experts. You have experience with most systems engineering methods and a good understanding of iRobot product technologies.  You have a strong technical voice providing guidance through a mix of leadership, collaboration, and consensus. Your experience involves creating consumer products displaying technical leadership.

• Qualifications:
• Expertise in one and broad technical knowledge in several of the following topics: Embedded systems, hardware - software interactions and dependencies, interfaces, optical sensors, Wi-Fi, navigation, batteries and power electronics, and motion control.
• History of leading cross functional teams with a record of meeting commitments.
• Facility with many Systems Engineering tools and methods: Use case ideation, requirements development, risk analysis, trade space decision-making, root cause analysis.
• Experience (5+ years) in new, high volume consumer product development.
• BS in Engineering or related field. Deep knowledge in one of the core disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Software) and a solid knowledge of the other two.
• MS preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to learn quickly.
• Ability to work proactively and independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and trades clearly and concisely to fellow engineers.
• Demonstrated systems thinking.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills with a mastery of the English language.
• Additional Qualifications and experience of the ideal Candidate:
• Robotics experience
• Knowledge of software architecture
• Knowledge of mechatronic hardware architecture
• Embedded systems experience
• High volume manufacturing
•  In Return You Can Expect
• Outline the reasons why someone should accept the job. Speak to the culture and structure of the company as well as the department.
• iRobot is a highly technical environment that moves extremely fast, and our Systems Engineers help drive that. The team members are technical leaders in their programs enabling them to make connections with engineers and operations personnel of all stripes. Opportunities to learn new technologies, processes and techniques abound. There is a strong sense of team and camaraderie within the department, throughout iRobot and with our partners, which makes for a fun and rewarding experience.