Engineer systems, system engineer

Precision AI is on a mission to transform agriculture with cutting-edge drone technology. Our aerial spraying systems help farmers target weeds with surgical precision, reducing chemical use and increasing yields. We’re a fast-moving, impact-driven team looking for people who want to help build the future of farming.

The ideal Systems Engineer at Precision AI is someone who can see the full system, understand how disciplines interact, and ensure complex UAV platforms come together reliably. You’ll work in a multidisciplinary environment alongside mechanical, electrical, controls, embedded, optics/vision, and AI engineers, owning system-level thinking from concept through flight testing.

If you enjoy bridging hardware, software, and operational realities—translating high-level goals into clear requirements, interfaces, and validation plans—this role will feel like home. You bring strong technical breadth, structured thinking, and the ability to anticipate integration risks before they become field failures.

You’ll spend your days defining system architectures, managing interfaces between subsystems, and supporting integration and test activities. other days you’ll be in the lab or field helping debug cross-disciplinary issues and aligning teams around system-level decisions.

If you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy enabling other engineers to move faster, and want to own the technical glue that holds an autonomous aerial system together, we’d love to meet you.

This role is hybrid in Calgary due to the hands-on nature of system integration, testing, and UAV flight verification and validation.

Define and maintain system-level architectures for UAV and ground platforms, including hardware, software, and operational components.

Own system-level documentation including block diagrams, interface definitions, and data flows.

Organize power budgets, communication budgets, weight and CG, controls margin, and additional engineering budgets that need to be held by the systems engineering team

Perform hazards analysis and Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA) with UI output

Drive trade studies to balance performance, reliability, cost, and schedule at the system level.

Coordinate manuals for equipment, LRUs, Operations, and Maintenance for multiple vehicles

Define and manage interfaces between mechanical, electrical, controls, embedded, vision, and AI subsystems.

Support integration planning and sequencing to reduce downstream surprises.

Identify and resolve cross-disciplinary integration issues during lab and field testing.

Verification, Validation & Risk Management

Develop test plans that span subsystems and validate end-to-end behavior.

Participate directly in integration, ground testing, and flight testing activities.

Track system-level risks and lead mitigation strategies as designs evolve.

Analyze failures and test results to identify root causes that cross subsystem boundaries.

Work closely with engineering leads to align system decisions with execution realities.

Serve as a technical connective tissue across teams, ensuring alignment and shared understanding.

3–6 years of experience in systems engineering, integration engineering, or a technically broad engineering role.

• Strong understanding of how mechanical, electrical, software, and controls systems interact.
• Experience supporting system integration, testing, and field deployments.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to align diverse technical teams.

Hands-on attitude: willing to engage in lab and field troubleshooting.

Willingness to travel 5–10% for field deployments and integration tests.

Bonus

Experience with UAVs, autonomous vehicles, or outdoor robotics platforms.

Background in aerospace, automotive, or agricultural systems engineering.

Research shows that some candidates, especially women, underrepresented groups, and career changers, are less likely to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law.