UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN logo

Hardware Systems Architect / Systems Engineering Lead

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Austin, TXJobSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

Evaluate my fit

Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.

Watch jobs like this.

Don't just apply. Show up ready.

Olive works from this exact posting.

At a glance

Compensation
No compensation found
Location
Austin, TX
Work Authorization
Not specified

Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.

Job overview

The Hardware Systems Architect / Systems Engineering Lead elicits system scope and requirements from stakeholders and leads the development, evaluation, and ongoing evolution of hardware systems architecture and design. The role coordinates support across the systems lifecycle, contributes to project planning and scheduling, conducts engineering evaluations, communicates work and results, and mentors junior engineering staff, technicians, and students.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems ArchitectureRequirements ElicitationProject PlanningEngineering EstimationTrade StudiesReliability AnalysisFunctional AnalysisRisk AnalysisStakeholder CoordinationMentoring

Full job description

Elicit system scope and requirements from stakeholders for use in systems designs;Lead the development and evaluation of the hardware systems architecture and design, including scope, requirements, components, interactions, and interfaces, and manage the architecture for the ongoing evolution and update of those systems;Communication of work process, products, and results, including documentation, written reports, and briefs presented to stake-holders;Participate in project planning and project decomposition into components and actionable units of work;Coordinate with and provide support to stakeholders throughout the life-cycle of the systems definition, design, implementation, integration, and deployment;Perform engineering estimates, guide project schedules, and identify dependencies;Conduct engineering evaluations, such as trade studies, reliability analysis, functional analysis, risk analysis assessments;Mentoring of junior engineering staff, technicians and students.Other related functions as assigned.

How this job compares

Set against the 843 open Systems Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$149–285K/yr34 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 50 open Systems Architect jobs in Texas and 843 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
Systems Architect postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 12 years (660 postings).
Education
271 of the 843 open Systems Architect jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

Similar jobs, posted recently

Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.

You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.

Evaluate my fit