Senior Systems Research Engineer, Mechanical

You’ll bridge the gap between research and engineering, designing experiments, simulations, and hardware-in-the-loop tests that reveal how real-world phenomena - like faults, shocks, or environmental events - translate into measurable signals. Your work will strengthen the grid’s “reflexes,” enabling faster detection, smarter response, and safer communities.

At Gridware, our devices act like the nervous system of the electrical grid - sensing mechanical and electrical disturbances across thousands of miles. As a Senior Systems Research Engineer, you’ll help decode those signals, uncovering the physics behind what our sensors detect and turning that knowledge into better sensing performance and reliability.

• Develop physical experiments and hardware-in-the loop testbeds to emulate real-world phenomena and answer scientific questions about technology performance.
• Lead the development of product requirements for physical measurements: define the performance needed to measure the meaningful mechanical phenomena that occur around the electrical grid. Select and test sensors to these requirements using methods you develop.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, product development engineers, and product managers.

This is a highly hands-on, experiment-driven role at the intersection of physics, engineering, and data - ideal for someone who loves using physical intuition, computation, and experimentation to solve real-world problems.

• Hands-on experience designing and executing physical experiments, ideally involving dynamic or vibration-based systems.
• Strong fundamentals in dynamics, kinematics, mechanics of materials, vibrations, and/or robotics.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional research initiatives with tight timelines.
• Proficiency in MATLAB or Python for simulation, data analysis, and scientific computing.
• Experience prototyping and testing mechatronic or robotic systems end-to-end (design → build → test → analyze).
• MS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 7+ years of industry experience, or PhD with 5+ years.
• Familiarity with IoT or sensor-integrated systems that capture dynamic, real-world data.
• Understanding of measurement system theory, calibration, and validation.
• Own and be the subject matter expert for our product measurement chains: from the underlying physics of the mechanical phenomena we detect, to their translation into sensor voltage changes, to their algorithmic implementation in firmware.
• Strong background in applied mathematics (linear algebra, ODEs, numerical methods, or dynamical systems).
• Proven track record developing and validating performance requirements for physical, mechatronic, or sensing systems.

“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.

Company-paid training

Commuter allowance

Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)

Alternating day off (every other Monday)

Paid parental leave