Senior Systems Engineer
REGENT · North Kingstown
At REGENT, we’re on a mission to revolutionize regional transportation between coastal cities. We're not just building vehicles, we're creating a new category of transportation: the Seaglider. These groundbreaking wing-in-ground-effect craft travel just above the water’s surface, combining the speed of an airplane with the low operating costs of a boat. Capable of 180 miles at 180 mph on today's battery tech (and up to 400 miles with next-gen batteries), Seagliders will unlock fast, affordable, and sustainable coastal transit for passengers and cargo - connecting cities, islands, and communities like never before.
Backed by leading investors and powered by a team of passionate, forward-thinking engineers, builders, and operators, we’re now scaling from a breakthrough prototype to full production - and building the team to make it happen.
Role Overview
Every certified vehicle runs on a foundation of requirements, and some parts of that foundation are simply harder than others - more ambiguous, more cross-cutting, more consequential if they're wrong. As a Senior Systems Engineer on our Certification team, you'll take on those problems directly, working alongside our existing systems engineers.
This is a hands-on technical role. You'll own, manage, and verify the requirements and safety analyses for the most difficult systems on Viceroy, our commercial Seaglider program, contribute ideas and effort to improving how the team works, and regularly review requirements, verification procedures, and safety artifacts that your teammates produce — offering an experienced second set of eyes. You'll manage all of it in our requirements management tool, where traceability has to hold up to regulatory scrutiny. Your influence here comes from the quality of your work and judgment.
If you've built your career owning the hardest systems engineering problems on safety-critical programs, you'd rather earn trust through your work than through authority, and you want to help an entirely new category of certified vehicle get its systems engineering right, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Do
Own complex systems problems. Take direct responsibility for Viceroy’s most ambiguous and cross-cutting systems engineering challenges, driving them from requirements and analysis through verification and resolution.
Partner with multidisciplinary design teams. Work closely with electrical, mechanical, software, test, and other engineering teams to understand their systems, provide systems engineering guidance, and help teams converge when requirements, interfaces, or technical priorities pull in different directions.
Lead system safety analysis. Perform Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for complex systems, and provide technical review and guidance on teammates’ analyses.
Own requirements and traceability. Derive requirements from regulatory documents, standards, safety analyses, and system needs; maintain audit-ready traceability; and work through cases where no existing standard cleanly applies to a wing-in-ground-effect craft.
Drive verification and certification readiness. Develop verification approaches for requirements without established means of compliance, and partner with Certification leadership to ensure systems and technical artifacts support domestic and international certification.
Work across system boundaries. Bring systems-level judgment to interfaces, dependencies, and technical trades across disciplines, helping surface risks early and working with the right owners to resolve them.
Raise the bar for the team. Review requirements, verification procedures, and safety artifacts; be a resource to teammates working through difficult problems; and improve the tools, templates, and practices the team uses as Viceroy moves toward certification and production.
What You'll Bring
Demonstrated experience with safety-critical systems in a regulated environment such as aerospace, maritime, medical, nuclear, or another highly regulated industry.
A track record of owning complex systems engineering problems, especially those that span disciplines, involve significant ambiguity, or require developing a path where one doesn’t already exist.
Strong requirements and test management experience, including requirements development, traceability, verification planning, system-level testing, and hands-on use of tools such as Jama, Polarion, DOORS, or equivalent platforms.
Deep system safety experience, including developing and reviewing analyses such as Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA).
The technical depth to work across disciplines, with a background in areas such as aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, electrical systems, mechanical systems, or controls.
A collaborative approach to technical leadership, with experience reviewing others’ work, helping teammates solve difficult problems, and improving systems engineering processes, tools, and practices without needing formal authority.
Flying, sailing, or boating experience is a plus!
Who We're Looking For
Collaborative Systems Thinker: You know the hardest systems problems rarely belong to one team. You build strong working relationships across disciplines, listen to different technical perspectives, and help teams work through competing requirements, interfaces, and tradeoffs toward the best overall solution.
Comfortable in Ambiguity: You’re energized by problems that don’t have a clear precedent or established path forward. You can break down complex questions, identify what matters most, and use sound technical judgment to move the work forward even when all the answers aren’t known yet.
Thoughtful Technical Partner: You bring strong opinions and technical depth without needing to be the loudest voice in the room. You ask good questions, challenge assumptions constructively, give useful feedback, and help teammates arrive at stronger solutions.
Builder Mindset: You don’t just work within the systems and processes that exist today. You look for ways to make the work better - improving tools, processes, and technical practices in ways that help the team operate more effectively as REGENT grows.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation including a robust equity incentive plan.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance - we cover 100% of your premiums.
401(k) with company matching, so you can plan for the future.
Generous flexible time off, paid parental leave, and company-wide holiday breaks.
Relocation packages available for those moving to join our team.
Daily, free catered lunches
Learning & professional development opportunities
If you’re ready to take on an exciting challenge, grow with us, and make a lasting impact, we want to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, but you see yourself contributing to our mission, we encourage you to apply! We value diverse skillsets and experiences and believe in the potential of passionate individuals to make a big impact.
Equal Opportunity Employer
REGENT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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