Lead Systems Engineer

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Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 11,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

Lead Systems Engineer

As the Lead Systems Engineer, you will be the technical engineering leader for several of Allegion’s product platforming subsystems that are used in door devices, locks, and access control systems for the Residential or Commercial environments. In this role, you will lead a team of cross-functional product development engineers and be responsible for overall definition, architecture development, requirements, and system integration activities that span software, firmware, electrical, and mechanical design components.

You will be primarily focused on product development and product life cycle activities within the platform engineering team focused on electronics.

Hybrid

At Allegion, we are driven by a bold vision: redefining safety while empowering our employees to thrive. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that values innovation, purpose, and excellence.

This role offers the benefits of our dynamic hybrid work model—combining in-person collaboration for meaningful moments with the flexibility of remote work. Since hybrid arrangements can vary based on the needs of the individual, team and business, your talent acquisition partner will provide specific hybrid details about this role.

We are committed to fostering a healthy work-life balance and building meaningful connections, ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support needed to excel in any environment. Together, we’ll unlock your potential and create a lasting impact.

While this is the current structure and we currently have no plans to change, we reserve the right to make changes to the hybrid schedule as needed at the Company’s discretion.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position.

What You Will Do

• Work with platforming, engineering, and business leaders to define requirements that meet customer, marketing, and internal stakeholder needs
• Work directly with the technical program manager to plan and communicate budget, resources, and schedule throughout the program
• Coordinate creation of engineering development timelines and track development activities to meet delivery and cost commitments
• Lead Risk Management for engineering deliverables
• Lead Technical Design Reviews at all product development process milestones highlighting engineering progress, issues, and risks
• Present design trade-offs as necessary to ensure the highest level of product performance and quality when considering product cost, manufacturability, and available technologies
• Ensure designs meet requirements (functional, cost, quality, reliability, etc.) and that requirement risks are evaluated and mitigated early in the process
• Lead problem-solving activities utilizing the appropriate tools, such as fault-tree analysis, 5-why analysis, and fishbone diagrams to get to the root cause
• Provide clear communications to technical team members as well as to other leaders and managers

• BS in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• At least 8 years’ experience in access control, consumer products, automotive,…