Lead Systems Engineer - Software Defined Vehicle (SDV)
About The Position
The Lead Systems Engineer supports Honda’s Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) initiatives and digital product portfolio development. Working under the direction of the Digital Product LPL, the role delivers system requirements documentation to functional software development groups and serves as the primary translation point between product planning, system design, and software development. The position ensures requirements are clearly defined, aligned, and traceable throughout the development lifecycle. The role is the cross-functional process owner for defining digital product system requirements and domain definitions, and for validating system-level outputs before market deployment through OTA updates or vehicle launch. It supports system verification and validation to confirm delivered functionality meets product requirements, and oversees in-vehicle requirements related to cross-domain electrical architecture, app development, and agile process implementation. The individual may also serve as the Digital Product Team ALPL. This is an onsite position. One remote workday per week may be possible with prior departmental approval.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 8 years of relevant automotive industry experience.
- Prior experience in vehicle software application or digital application development.
- Ability to translate product and user requirements into clear technical requirements, system interactions, and architectural intent for engineering teams.
- Experience defining system architectures, interfaces, and requirement allocation across distributed domains.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with emphasis on high-quality, consistent, and traceable system and software requirements.
- Effectiveness collaborating across cross-functional software, hardware, and validation teams with minimal supervision.
- Experience in automotive systems engineering, including Automotive SPICE, system requirements documentation, and requirements/architecture tools.
Responsibilities
- Own development, structure, interaction, and maintenance of system-level requirements for SDV digital products across domains and systems, in coordination with Digital Product LPL and SDV strategy leadership.
- Translate user, product owner, and stakeholder inputs into clear, complete, traceable system requirements documentation for downstream function-group development.
- Define system scope, assumptions, constraints, and high-level interactions across domains.
- Coordinate between team leadership, strategy and product planning, system design, and software development teams.
- Lead requirement-correlation discussions to resolve ambiguity, conflicts, or gaps before development execution.
- Ensure shared understanding of product intent, terminology, and system expectations across organizations.
- Coordinate completion of system architecture design and facilitate documentation with subject-matter experts in each functional area.
- For products requiring Japan office support, correlate requirements and related work with GO members.
- Own digital product system requirements processes, including domain definition, documentation standards, and requirement quality governance.
- Establish and maintain system-level requirement workflows supporting SDV development, OTA readiness, and vehicle launch timing.
- Improve requirements processes, clarity, and efficiency.
- Validate system-level outputs against original product intent before market deployment, including OTA and launch implementations.
- Ensure requirements enable downstream verification through clear acceptance criteria, testability, and traceability.
- Identify system-level risks related to requirement gaps or misalignment and drive mitigation with stakeholders.
- Support digital product releases by ensuring system requirements are complete, aligned, and validated for release readiness.
- Coordinate with function groups to confirm delivered software achieves system-level intent and required documentation supports release and post-launch activities.
- Advance products with system validation to the OTA backlog when necessary.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, with pay based on factors including geographic location and work experience.
- Regional bonus when applicable.
- Manager Lease Car Program, including car, maintenance, and insurance at no cost.
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription benefit plans.
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and shutdown.
- Company-paid short-term and long-term disability.
- 401(k) plan with company match and an additional contribution.
- Relocation assistance if eligible.
- Advancement opportunities and career mobility.
- Education reimbursement for continued learning.
- Training and development programs.
- Lifestyle Account.
- Childcare Reimbursement Account.
- Elder Care Support.
- Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Repayment.
- Wellbeing Program.
- Community Service and Engagement Programs.
- Product Programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
