Systems Engineering Manager
- Salary
- $200,000 - $250,000 per year
- Level
- Lead
- Work type
- On-site · Palo Alto
Not stated in the posting: visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
ALSO's standard text
About ALSO.
We’re ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We’re a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO—replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient.
ALSO is looking for a Systems Engineering Manager to lead requirements and feature development across our electric mobility vehicle platforms.
What You'll Do
- Drive architecture and requirements development for a cross-functional micromobility vehicle platform program (Electrical Engineering, Firmware, Product Design) from a systems engineering perspective, ensuring alignment from concept through validation
- Serve as the primary technical interface between customers and ALSO leadership to capture product intent and translate it into clear system artifacts, including user stories, CONOPS, and use cases
- Define and manage requirements at the system, subsystem, and hardware module levels, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders across low-voltage electronics, battery and energy storage systems, drivetrain and actuators, connectivity and telematics, HMI, and sensor systems
- Ensure end-to-end traceability across user stories, features, system requirements, subsystem requirements, and verification/validation test cases
- Develop and maintain system architectures for distributed embedded controllers, including interface definitions and communication protocols, functional decomposition and allocation, and fault detection, handling, and system-level robustness
- Collaborate closely with software engineers, electrical engineers, product designers, product managers, and UI/UX teams to drive CONOPS, activity diagrams, feature design, development, and validation
- Develop state machines, such as power states for the platform
- Support end-to-end feature validation, contributing to the definition and execution of test cases and test plans across bench and HIL testing, vehicle-level bring-up, and system integration and performance validation
What You'll Bring
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- 8+ years of professional experience in systems engineering or embedded software development
- Understanding of Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
- Experience working with embedded systems
- Extensive knowledge of automotive communication protocols (CAN, CAN FD, SPI)
- Requirements management tools such as JAMA, or Polarion and using model based systems engineering
The salary for this position ranges from $200,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience, qualifications, and location.
ALSO's standard text
Perks & Benefits
- Robust health coverage — excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options
- One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates
- Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny
- Flexible time off
- 401(k) match
Why ALSO.
We’re passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there—wherever it is you’re headed.
We’re located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces.
Together we’re working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges.
What this role asks for
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The team: Vehicle Engineering
This role is one of 4 open in Vehicle Engineering.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
CAN bus (2 of 4), Embedded Systems (2 of 4), Jira (2 of 4), MATLAB (2 of 4), Python (2 of 4)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Reliability Engineer posted Jul 27
- Staff Vehicle Test Engineer posted Jul 16
- Staff Systems Integration Engineer posted Jul 16
From the team and dates on ALSO's own job board.
Salary context
5 other open postings titled Systems Engineering Manager state a salary: median USD 185,000 to USD 250,000 a year.
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