Assistant System Engineer Trainee Jobs in Minnesota

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

Tennant Company is building advanced robotic and autonomous machines that operate in demanding realworld environments. We're looking for an Experienced Systems Engineer who enjoys working close to the hardware, thrives in crossfunctional teams, and wants to see their work move from concept to production.

In this role, you'll support the definition, integration, and verification of complex electromechanical and softwareenabled systems, with a strong emphasis on electrical integration, machine controls, and execution. You'll collaborate daily with electrical, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams-helping turn product requirements into wellintegrated, verifiable, and buildready solutions.

This is an ideal opportunity for a systemsminded engineer who is technically curious, handson, and eager to grow deeper into robotics and complex system development.

What You'll Work On

Systems & Requirements Engineering

• Support development and maintenance of system and subsystem requirements, including decomposition, allocation, and verification.
• Define functional requirements and performance targets for electrical power, controls, communications, and safetyrelated subsystems.
• Create and maintain system artifacts such as requirements, interface definitions, and verification documentation.
• Use modern requirements and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Jama, Visure, or similar.

Electrical Integration & Controls

• Support integration of electrical systems, including:
• Wiring harnesses, connectors, and cable routing
• PCBAs and controller hardware
• Interfaces between hardware and embedded software
• Power distribution, protection, and grounding strategies
• Assist with development and integration of machine control systems, including closedloop control functions.
• Help integrate and test communication interfaces such as CAN, RS232, Ethernet, and USB.
• Participate in handson electrical and controls troubleshooting across development and production environments.

Verification, Testing & Compliance

• Support verification and validation activities, ensuring strong traceability from requirements to test results.
• Participate in design risk assessments using DFMEA, HARA, or similar tools.
• Assist with regulatory and compliance efforts (UL, IEC, EMC, etc.).
• Help identify and resolve systemlevel integration issues through testing and structured problem solving.

Prototyping, Execution & Manufacturing Support

• Contribute to proofsofconcept and early prototypes to validate design assumptions and reduce risk.
• Participate in design reviews, providing subsystemlevel technical input.
• Support new product launches by working closely with manufacturing-ensuring designs are practical to assemble, test, and support.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Work closely with Systems, Electrical, Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and external partners.
• Communicate technical information clearly to engineers, manufacturing teams, and leadership.
• Contribute to root cause analysis and structured problemsolving efforts.

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in systems engineering, electrical engineering, or controlsfocused roles.
• Handson experience with electrical system integration, testing, or deployment in complex products.
• Experience working on crossfunctional engineering teams.
• Familiarity with requirements development, verification, and technical documentation.
• Experience using tools like Jira for task tracking and issue management.

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to robotics, autonomous systems, or advanced electromechanical products.
• Experience with batteries, chargers, power electronics, or machine control systems.
• Programming experience in C#, Python, C++, or similar.
• Exposure to manufacturing support, production rampup, or endofline testing.
• Working knowledge of analysis or modeling tools such as MATLAB, MathCad, PSpice, or similar.

What Makes You Successful Here

• Strong electrical and systems foundation with a desire to keep learning and growing.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and untangling complex system interactions.
• Handson, executionoriented, and willing to dive into problems.
• Clear communicator and effective collaborator across disciplines.
• Naturally curious and excited by robotics, controls, and advanced technology.

Why Tennant Robotics?

At Tennant, you'll work on real robotic products deployed at scale, with tangible impact on performance, reliability, and customer experience. You'll collaborate with experienced engineers, learn complex systems endtoend, and help bring robotic solutions from early concepts all the way into production.

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $85,200 - 127,600.

Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Tennant Co. reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualifications of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity. Total Compensation = Base Salary + Benefits

Benefits = A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid time off, and voluntary benefits!

Begin your journey with us. Let's reinvent how the world cleans. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other basis protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.