Senior System Engineer (Trailer Brake) RD_I0312-24

Continental • Auburn Hills, MI

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About The Position

The Senior System Engineer for Trailer Brake at Continental is responsible for supporting systems engineering activities for North American OEMs. This role involves system requirement engineering, in-vehicle testing, and system architecture/function development for Body Electronic and Trailer Brake systems. The engineer will collaborate with a regional and global development team, ensuring the implementation of core technologies into OEM platforms, validating system performance, and troubleshooting issues during product development and launch.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 3 years of Brake Development Functions/Features experience
• Understanding of Brake Control Functions such as ABS, ESC, Smart Cruise Control, Front Collision Avoidance, Hill Start Assist
• Good understanding of requirement engineering and system architecture development
• Experience with DOORS for requirement management
• Experience with Vector vehicle network tools
• Experience with model based design language/tools
• Satisfactory skills to adapt/modify Brake SW Functions directly or help SW engineering team to make right changes to the SW functions
• Knowledge of CAN and LIN based tools such as CANalyzer, CANoe
• Experience working with US OEMs
• Experienced with in-vehicle dynamic testing.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering related field
• 5 years of Automotive Engineering experience
• Experience working in embedded software development
• Experience in setting up and executing vehicle test activities independently
• Experienced with in-vehicle dynamic testing including trailers.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and analyze customer requirements and requirements of other stakeholders
• Verify the feasibility of requirements and create the compliance/deviation list
• Author and manage system level specifications for the development of embedded software
• Communicate and negotiate system requirements internally with the platform team and externally with the customer
• Define and evaluate system architecture concepts including Functional Safety mindset
• Act as the customer technical interface for system performance and functionality of the embedded software in automotive products
• Manage selected requirements in corporate tool suite
• Support planning of functional contents of system deliveries with input from all stakeholders
• Support planning and burn down for system topics on a regular basis and report status to project management
• Review the integration test plan and perform system FMEA
• Support development of projects in compliance with the ASPICE framework
• Manage the development and support Vehicle Functional Test Plan validating the implementation of the embedded software in automotive products
• Execute Functional Vehicle Testing validating the implementation of the embedded software as well as system performance
• Lead the analysis of system and integration test results
• Create technical attachment for quotations and for new functions/features
• Estimate R&D effort for system requirement engineering and system architecture development
• Support the development/maintenance of new/existing system functions and features
• Define and evaluate function/system concepts
• Support demonstrator set ups
• Support the presentation of new/existing functions/features to internal and external customers
• Perform calibration and testing activities on bench and in-vehicle.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Tuition & Employee Discounts
• Annual Bonus
• Employer 401(k) Match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 10,001+ employees