Systems Engineer

About PowerusPowerus is building a next-generation American autonomous systems platform designed to move, protect, and sustain critical assets in high-consequence environments. The company combines advanced autonomy, manufacturing capability, operational expertise, and strategic acquisitions to support defense, national security, critical infrastructure, and commercial operations globally.MissionOur mission is to deliver resilient autonomous technologies that strengthen national security, improve operational safety, and expand the capabilities of organizations operating in complex environments.Why Join PowerusPowerus develops several platforms across airframe, propulsion, avionics, autonomy, and ground software at once. Defense and national security programs require requirements, interface control, and verification evidence as formal artifacts.This role holds the whole vehicle in view: requirements, interfaces, trade studies, and the verification that shows the integrated system meets its requirements.Position OverviewPowerus is seeking a Systems Engineer to decompose customer and mission needs into requirements, control interfaces between subsystems, lead trade studies, and plan verification and validation.Key ResponsibilitiesDecompose mission, customer, and regulatory needs into verifiable system and subsystem requirementsMaintain traceability from stakeholder need through design, test, and acceptanceLead trade studies on architecture, configuration, and components and document the rationaleMaintain system performance budgets for mass, power, endurance, link, and latencyOwn interface control between airframe, avionics, propulsion, payload, flight software, and ground systemsSupport design reviews, configuration management, and change controlPlan verification and validation activities and define acceptance criteriaMaintain system-level risk, failure mode, and safety analyses and track mitigations to closureQualificationsMust be located in the United States, within commuting distance of Rock Hill, SCBachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering, or equivalent practical experienceSystems engineering experience on a complex hardware product, or subsystem experience integrating multiple disciplinesAbility to write unambiguous, testable requirementsExperience with interface definition, trade studies, and verification planningWorking knowledge across mechanical, electrical, and software domainsU.S. Person status required (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)); this role involves access to ITAR- and EAR-controlled technical dataPreferred QualificationsUAS, aerospace, defense, or other regulated hardware program experienceExperience with MBSE, SysML, DOORS, or JamaExperience with FMEA, fault tree analysis, or system safetyExperience with defense acquisition documentation and customer acceptance testingExperience supporting flight test or field trialsActive or prior U.S. security clearanceWhat We Look ForCandidates should have resolved a requirements or interface conflict between disciplines and be able to show how the decision was documented and verified.Equal Opportunity StatementPowerus is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and mission-driven workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.