Senior Electrification Systems Engineer

DENSO•Southfield, MI

About The Position

The Senior Electrification Systems Engineer develops and integrates electrification system solutions across electrical, mechanical, thermal, controls, and vehicle interfaces. The engineer applies broad working knowledge of electrified vehicle architectures to independently execute system design, analysis, integration, and validation activities with periodic technical oversight. The role evaluates design trade-offs and supports decisions that balance performance, efficiency, reliability, manufacturability, cost, safety, and vehicle-level requirements. Areas supported traction, generation, energy storage, charging, power conversion, thermal management, and related electrification technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
7+ years of relevant engineering experience in electrified vehicles, electric powertrains, power electronics, electric machines, energy storage, charging, high-voltage systems, thermal systems, controls, or related technologies.
Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex engineering assignments while seeking alignment or escalation when decisions exceed assigned scope or authority.
Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems and the interactions among hardware, controls, software, thermal management, and vehicle-level requirements.
Experience with system requirements, architecture, interface definition, integration, testing, data analysis, and technical problem-solving.
Ability to communicate technical information effectively with engineers, management, customers, and suppliers in written and verbal formats.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in an engineering discipline or systems engineering.
Experience with multiple electrification domain, product types and development lifecycle.
Experience with model-based systems engineering, simulation, requirements management, functional safety, cybersecurity, EMC/EMI, or high-voltage safety.
Experience working with global engineering teams, automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and manufacturing organizations.

Responsibilities

Independently execute electrification system and subsystem design, development, integration, and validation activities from concept through production support, with periodic review by technical leadership.
Develop and evaluate system architectures, requirements, interfaces, specifications, and verification plans across electrical, mechanical, thermal, controls, software, and vehicle domains.
Apply working knowledge of electrified powertrain and energy systems, including electric machines, power electronics, high-voltage distribution, batteries, charging, DC-DC conversion, thermal systems, controls, and mechanical interfaces.
Perform system-level trade-off studies considering performance, efficiency, range or energy use, thermal capability, packaging, mass, reliability, manufacturability, cost, safety, and customer requirements.
Coordinate component and subsystem requirements to ensure compatibility, interface alignment, and effective integration within the overall vehicle or equipment architecture.
Identify and resolve technical issues using structured engineering methods such as root cause analysis, design of experiments, tolerance analysis, and failure mode and effects analysis.
Analyze test, simulation, and field data to identify performance gaps, technical risks, and improvement opportunities; recommend and implement corrective actions.
Support development of new concepts, materials, manufacturing approaches, and design solutions that improve system performance, quality, reliability, or cost.
Plan and coordinate engineering activities with North American and global teams, including design reviews, technical decisions, test execution, issue resolution, and project risk management.
Collaborate with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, program management, and other engineering functions to align technical requirements and deliverables.
Prepare and present clear technical recommendations, status updates, risks, and decision requests to engineering teams and management.
Provide day-to-day technical support and knowledge sharing to less-experienced engineers while escalating high-impact or highly complex decisions to appropriate technical leaders.
Maintain awareness of relevant industry technologies, standards, regulations, competitive developments, and emerging electrification trends.
Travel to company affiliates, customer and supplier locations, test facilities, and technical conferences as business needs require, including international travel.