Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to join Bose Audio Lab in a highly visible technical leadership role.

• Assist in shaping platform strategy, define system architecture, and guide cross-functional teams in delivering advanced audio and sound management solutions that span across embedded systems, AI/ML algorithms, mobile applications, cloud services, and third-party software integrations for consumer, and automotive products.
• Lead platform and system requirements for advanced audio and sound management capabilities across consumer, and automotive platforms from cradle to grave.
• Partner with architects and leads from various engineering disciplines to translate technical strategy into clear system requirements.
• Champion end-to-end systems engineering activities, including integrating stakeholder needs, requirements definition, architecture development, trade studies, risk analysis, verification, and validation.
• Identify opportunities for platform reuse, architectural commonality, and clear variation points to support scalable product line engineering.
• Influence software and hardware design decisions by applying systems thinking across DSP and AI/ML algorithms, embedded systems, acoustics, cloud-connected experiences, and mobile applications.
• Use model-based and analytical approaches to evaluate alternatives, guide trade-off decisions, and maintain traceability across stakeholder needs, requirements, architecture, and verification intent.
• Support critical architectural decisions, including make-versus-buy choices, reuse strategy, and technology selection, with clear rationale tied to business and product goals.
• Partner across teams to identify and mitigate technical, safety, cybersecurity, and compliance risks early in development.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends and help turn innovation into differentiated product experiences.
• This is an ideal opportunity for a systems thinker to influence the future of audio, shape foundational platform decisions, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver technologies that delight customers around the world.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Systems, Electrical, Software, Acoustics, DSP, Audio Engineering), or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience leading complex platforms from concept through launch, with substantial experience in systems engineering, systems architecture, or related technical leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in at least two relevant technical domains, with working knowledge across others such as DSP algorithms, acoustics, analog and digital electronics, sensors, AI/ML, embedded systems and firmware, cloud engineering, data analysis, and mobile applications.
• Experience defining system architectures, managing technical trade-offs, and maintaining traceability across needs, requirements, architecture, and verification.
• Strong understanding of ecosystem, platform, and system-of-systems relationships in complex platforms as well as requirements development, system decomposition, and verification/validation.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills to build alignment across disciplines and organizational levels.
• Strong problem-solving skills, sound engineering judgment, and navigate ambiguity, conflicting requirements, and complex decisions.

• INCOSE ASE/CSEP certification or equivalent experience applying systems engineering first principles and best practices.
• Experience in consumer audio, automotive audio, wearables, or other complex embedded product domains.
• Experience using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approaches to support architecture development and trade studies.
• Experience working in Agile environments and leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience driving organizational change, engineering transformation, or adoption of new processes and tools.
• Comfort using modern engineering productivity tools, including AI-assisted tools, to improve efficiency and learning speed.

The hiring range for this position in the primary work location of Framingham, Massachusetts is:…