Senior Systems Engineer, Vehicle Access & Passive Safety
About The Position
The Senior Software Systems Engineer (Vehicle Access) will lead development of requirements for software used in vehicle access features, including immobilizers, key cards, key fobs, and digital keys. The role works with cross-functional stakeholders to establish performance requirements, review signal chains, capture interface definitions, document state machines, and coordinate verification and validation for hardware and software implementation of vehicle features. The engineer leads bring-up and validation activities as software is delivered and supports vehicle system functionality and performance throughout the product life cycle. The role also conceptualizes, designs, engineers, develops, and supports the launch of next-generation vehicle platform architectures for electric vehicles. The position is hybrid, with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- Strong understanding of systems engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them to automotive concepts.
- Experience and working knowledge of systems development, electrical architecture, functional architecture, and system integration.
- Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools.
- Experience defining complex cross-functional features and functions and driving them to implementation.
- Experience creating and executing component- and system-level test procedures.
- Experience using Git in a collaborative development workflow.
- Excellent teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic, high-performing team environment.
- Systems-oriented approach to design and development, with curiosity and commitment to delivery execution and continuous improvement.
Nice To Haves
- >5 years of experience in a systems engineering or similar role.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
- Expertise in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools.
- Experience with embedded C, Python, MATLAB, Simulink, SPICE, IQ-FMEA, or similar tools and methods.
- Experience with cryptography, cybersecurity, certificate/key exchanges, or similar areas.
- Experience with near-field communication (NFC), Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE), and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technologies.
Responsibilities
- Lead feature and function development for Vehicle Access systems, define requirements, iterate through stakeholder reviews, and enable software development teams.
- Define, test, and validate combined hardware and system requirements for Vehicle Access platform features and functions.
- Lead and manage integration of initial prototype systems, including debugging and engineering tests for prototype bucks, lab cars, and vehicles.
- Conduct architecture investigations and trade-off studies to optimize design strategies for experience, cost, and performance.
- Author and manage interface definitions, including CAN and Ethernet signal definitions.
- Lead software bring-up and validation activities and support vehicle system functionality and performance throughout the product life cycle.
- Coordinate verification and validation to deliver vehicle features through hardware and software implementation.
- Support the launch of next-generation vehicle platform architectures for electric vehicles.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
- Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance.
- Established and active employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
