Senior Systems Engineer - Sensor Selection
About The Position
The Senior Systems Engineer serves as the integrating function across multidisciplinary teams developing the Next Gen Autonomous Driving Kit (ADK 6.0). The role keeps software, hardware, and product targets aligned throughout development, produces polished requirements and specifications suitable for collaboration with OEM partners, and optimizes and negotiates trade-offs across the development process. The engineer owns systems integration and validation activities that complement unit-level testing, and streamlines interfaces between system architects, controls, and OEM platform partners. The role also defines metrics for verifying system and subsystem requirements, evaluates industry and regulatory requirements for applicability, performs FMEA analysis and tracks findings to resolution, and identifies process gaps and proposes solutions. Work takes place under standard office conditions and includes moderate travel of 5%–15%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
- At least 5 years of experience in automotive engineering working on software, hardware, or combined hardware/software products.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
- Ability to multitask and adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
- Understanding of agile startup and engineering principles and mindset.
- Ability to apply systems thinking and attention to detail.
- Detailed knowledge of requirements management and requirement-based design.
- Demonstrated ability to lead system integration and validation across hardware and software domains.
- Ability to influence, negotiate, and drive alignment across cross-functional teams and external partners.
- Working knowledge of vehicle electrical/electronic (E/E) architecture and in-vehicle networking.
- Curiosity, desire to improve, and passion for self-driving cars and their impact.
- Strong working knowledge of ADAS/autonomous vehicle systems.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Experience integrating and validating combined hardware/software systems at the vehicle or platform level.
- Experience supporting OEM platform programs or working directly with OEM partners.
- Knowledge of automotive and autonomous vehicle technologies such as LIDAR, radar, Ethernet, and CAN.
- Experience with requirements management tooling and requirement-based design.
- Experience in autonomous vehicles, machine learning, robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), or mobile applications.
- Experience working in a startup.
Responsibilities
- Support cross-functional engineering efforts using a system-level understanding of products and technologies.
- Align software, hardware, and product requirements and targets across the ADK 6.0 program.
- Own systems integration and validation activities to ensure the platform performs as designed, complementing unit-level testing.
- Define and develop metrics to verify that systems and subsystems satisfy feature and system requirements.
- Analyze stakeholder, product, and safety requirements to define technical system and subsystem requirements.
- Support system design activities and assess impact and conformance to requirements.
- Collaborate with the test and validation team to define verification criteria for system requirements.
- Review legacy requirements for completeness and correctness.
- Develop and maintain requirements and specifications suitable for collaboration with OEM partners.
- Identify, negotiate, and resolve cross-functional trade-offs and conflicts, gaining buy-in from impacted teams.
- Streamline interfaces between system architects, controls, and OEM platform partners.
- Evaluate industry and regulatory requirements for applicability to May Mobility products.
- Perform FMEA analysis and track findings to resolution.
- Identify process gaps and propose solutions.
- Follow safe work procedures, use appropriate PPE and workplace tools and equipment as instructed, and report workplace hazards, injuries, and illnesses promptly.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans; eligible domestic partners may participate after residing together for at least one year.
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts.
- Retirement benefits including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.
- Paid parental leave and a phased return to work.
- Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays.
- Total Wellness Program with resources for overall wellbeing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
