Hyliion is committed to creating innovative solutions that enable clean, flexible and affordable electricity production. The Company’s primary focus is to develop distributed power generators that can operate on various fuel sources to future-proof against an ever-changing energy economy. Job Purpose The Senior Systems Engineer is a key technical leader responsible for the high-level architectural design of the full KARNO generator system’s mechanical, electrical, and fluid hardware, ensuring it satisfies customer and product requirements from concept through delivery. This role owns the translation of customer and product manager inputs into detailed technical requirements and leads the engineering and validation testing effort needed to prove the system out. Working across mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid systems disciplines, the Senior Systems Engineer partners closely with project management, production, and manufacturing teams to keep the product on schedule, while also providing technical mentorship to less experienced members of the engineering team, with the ability to step into hands-on design work directly when needed. This role advances KARNO’s development through disciplined systems thinking, clear requirements ownership, and strong cross-functional leadership. AI at Hyliion At Hyliion, AI is core to how we work. We equip every team member with leading AI tools and count on you to use them — to move faster, solve harder problems, and help us realize the full potential of KARNO technology for the world. Duties and Responsibilities System Architecture & Design Lead and execute the high-level architectural design of the full KARNO generator system to satisfy customer requirements Make system-level design trade-offs across mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid subsystems Ensure architectural decisions align with performance, cost, manufacturability, and reliability goals Perform system-level assembly
Salary not disclosed
Check market pay for comparable Advanced Engineer roles before applying.
Role overview
Job description
Hyliion is committed to creating innovative solutions that enable clean, flexible and affordable electricity production. The Company’s primary focus is to develop distributed power generators that can operate on various fuel sources to future-proof against an ever-changing energy economy. Job Purpose The Advanced Engineer, Combustion Aerodynamics is a hands-on technical contributor to the research, testing, and development program for the KARNO generator's reactor and oxidation system. This position executes combustion aerodynamics test campaigns, analyzes experimental and simulation data, and supports development and validation of combustion hardware. The position works closely with mechanical, thermal, and performance engineering to translate combustion test data into system design decisions and supports emissions testing in connection with regulatory certification requirements. AI
…What they are looking for
Skills & requirements
Qualification
The position works closely with mechanical, thermal, and performance engineering to translate combustion test data into system design decisions and supports emissions testing in connection with regulatory certification requirements; Support emissions testing and data reporting for regulatory certification efforts, including EPA, CARB, and SCAQMD requirements; Qualifications include: Education, Experience and Certifications Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering required; Master's degree in a related engineering discipline preferred; All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, disability, veteran status
Department · Engineering
Hiring company
Hyliion
Hyliion's fuel flex linear generators deliver resilient, onsite power generation for data centers, microgrids, defense, & more.
Related opportunities
Similar active roles
Relevant, currently active roles for this market.
$115K – $150K/yr
$30 – $55/hr
🔔 Get job alerts
New Advanced Engineer, Combustion jobs in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, straight to your inbox.
No spam · Unsubscribe anytime