Lead System Engineer - Phone as a Key

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA.•Northville Charter Township, MI

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

FORVIA HELLA is seeking its next great Lead Systems Engineer – Phone as a Key to join our growing body team. The primary function of this position will be to partner with internal and external stakeholders to drive development of our next generation product design. If chosen for this opportunity you will gain access to product engineering focused on the next generation body functions. FORVIA - HELLA is a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier operating under the umbrella brand FORVIA. Within this factual group, HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, the Company covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special-purpose vehicles with its Lifecycle Solutions business group. HELLA has around 36,000 employees at more than 125 locations worldwide and generated sales of €4.4 billion in the seven-month short fiscal year 2022.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field, with 5+ years of automotive industry experience.
Excellent communication skills with customer-facing experience supporting issue resolution and requirement discussions.
Ability to manage cross domain engineering assignments while maintaining composure in global, cross functional environments; strong intercultural collaboration skills required.
Experience evaluating functional and technical architecture at both system and component levels.
Proficiency with MS Office tools and engineering tools such as PTC/MKS and DOORS (or equivalent).

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of BLE, UWB, RF communications, cybersecurity, and functional safety (ISO 26262) is preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Act as overall technical contact person for the customer, focusing on technical themes, having sight of cost & timing issues, working closely together with Project Manager.
Lead discussions on change management, customer error tickets, system requirements, architecture, and emerging technologies (digital key, CPD, intrusion detection, kick sensor).
Creating system engineering planning, ensuring that the defined standards are complied with within the system development framework.
Responsible for System Change Control Boards (CCB).
Support system integration, verification, and validation activities such as DV/PV planning, vehicle level testing, issue debugging, and test failure recovery coordination.
Manage technical governance including change control, risk tracking, quality reviews, and ownership of the System DFMEA and technical risk register.