Sr. Requirements & Systems Engineer

Blue Bird (NASDAQ: BLBD) is recognized as a technology leader and innovator of school buses since its founding in 1927. Our dedicated team members design, engineer and manufacture school buses with a singular focus on safety, reliability, and durability. School buses carry the most precious cargo in the world – 25 million children twice a day – making them the most trusted mode of student transportation.

The company is the proven leader in low- and zero-emission school buses with more than 25,000 propane, natural gas, and electric powered buses sold. Blue Bird is transforming the student transportation industry through cleaner energy solutions. For more information on Blue Bird’s complete product and service portfolio,  .

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Requirements & Systems Engineer is responsible for defining and driving the system-level architecture, requirements, and integration strategy across complex vehicle platforms. This role sits at the center of vehicle development, translating loosely defined customer, regulatory, and business needs into clear technical requirements and executable engineering frameworks. You will operate in a fast-moving environment where many processes, requirements, and system definitions may be incomplete, outdated, or do not yet exist.

Success in this role requires the ability to create structure from ambiguity, make high-quality decisions with incomplete information, and align cross-functional teams around practical engineering solutions. This is not a maintenance role. This is a hands-on technical leadership position for someone who wants meaningful ownership, thrives in complex environments, and wants to help shape the future of Blue Bird’s vehicle platforms.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES

• Vehicle Architecture & System Definition:
  Support implementation and execution of the vehicle-level architecture through requirements development, interface management, and systems integration activities.
• Requirements Ownership & Creation:
  Create, refine, and manage product and system requirements where none exist or where legacy requirements are incomplete, outdated, or disconnected from current vehicle designs.
• Interface Control & ICD Ownership:
  Develop and manage Interface Control Documents (ICDs) across chassis, body, propulsion, electrical, and controls systems, ensuring compatibility, traceability, and integration readiness throughout development.
• Cross-System Integration:
  Drive integration across mechanical, electrical, software, and controls domains, ensuring vehicle systems function together reliably and without unintended interactions.
• Requirements Traceability & Verification:
  Establish and maintain traceability between customer needs, vehicle requirements, subsystem requirements, and validation activities using tools such as JIRA, or equivalent systems.
• System Trade-Offs & Decision Making:
  Lead trade-off discussions involving performance, weight, cost, manufacturability, serviceability, and program timing. Make timely engineering decisions in ambiguous and fast-paced environments.
• Cross-Functional Technical Leadership:
  Drive alignment across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams. Resolve conflicting priorities through clear technical direction and practical decision-making.
• New Platform & Technology Integration:
  Support the integration of new vehicle platforms, propulsion systems, and advanced technologies into scalable, production-ready vehicle architectures.
• Technical Issue Resolution:
  Lead investigation and resolution of cross-functional integration issues involving electrical communication, controls, packaging conflicts, system interactions, and vehicle-level behavior.
• Regulatory & Functional Compliance:
  Ensure system requirements and integrated vehicle functions align with applicable safety, accessibility, and regulatory standards.
• Process & Systems Development:
  Help establish scalable systems engineering practices, requirements frameworks, and integration processes that improve engineering execution without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

FOR SUCCESS

• Strong understanding of vehicle system architecture and cross-domain…