Staff Engineer, Mechanical

Dover Corporation

Shift: Full time

At Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), we are taking fueling and convenience retail to the next level. We are passionate about cultivating excellence in everything we do, but what really fuels us is our people. They’re the heart of our company. As an employee, our promise to you is that you’ll work on new and innovative products and solutions, be mentored by managers and teammates who are collaborative, caring, and act with integrity, and have the opportunity to grow in ways that are meaningful to you. Unique and interesting projects – both locally and globally – will challenge you and allow you to pursue different and rewarding career paths. We are #EnergizedByGrowth. DFS is part of a legacy of leadership that spans back generations, made up of some of the most trusted, leading-edge brands in the industry. As part of Dover Corporation and with our talented, innovative, outstanding people, we are doing great things and redefining what is possible in fueling and convenience retail. Providing advanced fuel-dispensing equipment, including clean energy solutions, systems and payment, automatic tank gauging and wet stock-management solutions, DFS comprises the product brands of Wayne Fueling Systems, OPW Fuel Management Systems, ClearView, Tokheim, ProGauge, Fairbanks, LIQAL, AvaLAN, and Bulloch Technologies. Headquartered in Austin, TX, DFS has a significant technology development and manufacturing presence worldwide, including facilities in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Position Summary: The Staff Systems Engineer is a senior individual contributor and technical leader responsible for defining, integrating, and delivering complex product systems throughout the product lifecycle. Serving as the Technical Lead for major New Product Development (NPD) programs, this role ensures the complete product meets customer, business, performance, quality, regulatory, manufacturability, serviceability, and safety requirements. The role supports the development of fuel dispensers, payment terminals, and electric-vehicle charging products. Working across electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and other product-development disciplines, the Staff Systems Engineer develops cohesive system solutions aligned with technical requirements and business objectives. The position provides system-level technical direction, leads cross-functional engineering execution, mentors engineers, and advances common systems-engineering methods and standards. Position Responsibilities: System Integration and Technical Ownership Own the system-level technical solution and integration across electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, quality, manufacturing, and service disciplines. Coordinate system interfaces and dependencies with Software Technical Leads when software is included in the product scope. Define system design, interfaces, operating concepts, trade studies, integration strategy, technical risks, and system-level design decisions for complex product changes. Ensure interfaces are documented, compatible, and validated; resolve cross-functional integration issues and technical tradeoffs with architecture and component teams. Lead and, where assigned by program scope and resource plan, personally execute detailed system-level CAD design for product enclosures, assemblies, tube routing, cable/wiring integration, and configuration matrices. Define the associated system requirements, interfaces, integration constraints, and acceptance criteria; coordinate detailed work with Component Engineering and other discipline owners. Create and maintain system engineering documentation, including product design descriptions, interface documentation, wiring diagrams, system ECOs, and product matrices. NPD Technical Lead and Project Leadership Serve as technical lead for assigned NPD programs, coordinating engineering work to meet program scope, schedule, cost, quality, and technical-readiness objectives. Translate the Marketing Requirement Document (MRD), customer needs, applicable standards, business case, and product strategy into a clear, measurable, and traceable Product Requirement Specification (PRS). Lead MRD-to-PRS gap analysis; resolve ambiguous or missing requirements with Product Management and cross-functional stakeholders; obtain required reviews and approvals. Maintain requirements traceability through design, verification, validation, and release. Partner with Program Management to develop engineering scope, schedules, resource needs, prototype strategy, cost inputs, and risk-mitigation plans. Lead core-team technical activities, including design reviews, risk reviews, technical issue resolution, tollgates, and Engineer Review Board (ERB); make timely decisions and escalate unresolved issues. Verification, Validation, Risk, and Compliance Define clear, measurable, testable, and traceable system requirements, including acceptance criteria, operating conditions, interfac