Systems Engineer

Markem-Imaje, A Dover Company, is a trusted world manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions, offering a full line of reliable and innovative inkjet, thermal transfer, laser, print and apply label systems. Markem-Imaje delivers fully integrated solutions that enable product quality and safety, regulatory and retailer compliance, better product recalls and improved manufacturing processes.

Based in Downers Grove, IL, Dover Corporation® (NYSE: DOV). Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $8 billion.

The Role

The Systems Engineer I will be part of a global, cross-disciplinary team developing and integrating systems for Markem-Imaje current and future Drop-on-Demand (DoD) printers. You will have the opportunity to work with talented engineers in a global environment, building complex products — from proof of concept to production — across a variety of printing technologies targeted to meet our customers' needs and the strategic objectives of Markem-Imaje.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary translator between customer needs and engineering execution — decomposing customer requests, primarily software-related, into clear, actionable system and software requirements.

• Author and maintain functional specifications, software requirements specifications, and theories of operation for DoD printer systems and subsystems.

• Work closely with the software engineering team to ensure requirements are well-defined, unambiguous, and implementable, and serve as the point of contact for requirements clarification throughout development.

• Facilitate requirements reviews with cross-functional stakeholders including software, firmware, electrical, and mechanical teams to validate completeness and consistency.

• Define and maintain system-level architecture documentation, including hardware-firmware-software interface definitions and behavioral descriptions.

• Translate product marketing inputs and customer use cases into structured requirements using established systems engineering practices.

• Support verification and validation activities by developing acceptance criteria and traceability matrices linked to system requirements.

• Manage requirements lifecycle using Jira and Ease Requirements, ensuring traceability from customer need through design, implementation, and test.

• Stay abreast of industry trends in embedded systems, software architectures, and inkjet/DoD printing technology.

Job Requirements:

• Hands-on experience with embedded firmware development (C/C++, RTOS environments) and/or electronic hardware design.

• Demonstrated experience with hardware-firmware co-design, PCB bring-up, and debugging at the hardware-software interface.

• Demonstrated experience with embedded firmware and/or software development processes; direct coding experience not required but ability to communicate fluently with software teams is essential.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering.

• Minimum 3–4 years of experience in an engineering individual contributor role within an industrial environment; 1–2 years of systems engineering experience preferred.

• Demonstrated experience writing system specifications, software requirements, or theories of operation in a hardware/software product development environment.

• Experience with SysML/UML modeling is preferred.

• Strong ability to take ambiguous customer or stakeholder inputs and translate them into structured, actionable requirements.

• Experience in all elements of systems engineering: requirements definition through design, integration, verification, and validation (V&V).

• Proficiency with Jira and Ease Requirements for requirements management and agile project tracking is required.

• Experience using quality tools (FMEA, 5 Whys, etc.).

• Knowledge of marking and coding equipment, especially using drop-on-demand inkjet technology, is highly desirable.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to define a path to solve complex problems, share that vision, and support the team for execution.

• Innovative, autonomous, and…