Senior Systems Engineer - Sensor Selection

May Mobility • Ann Arbor, MI

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About The Position

The Senior Systems Engineer serves as the integration point across multidisciplinary teams developing the Next Gen Autonomous Driving Kit, keeping software, hardware, and product targets aligned throughout development. The role produces polished requirements and specifications, optimizes and negotiates trade-offs across the development process—including with OEM partners—and owns systems integration and validation activities that complement unit-level testing. It also streamlines interfaces among system architects, controls, and OEM platform partners.

The position requires a system-level understanding of products and technologies, strong requirements-management and system-validation capabilities, and the ability to influence alignment across internal teams and external partners. The role evaluates applicable industry and regulatory requirements, performs FMEA analysis, and identifies process gaps and solutions. Standard office working conditions apply, with 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 organizational skills.
• Ability to multitask and adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
• Understanding of agile startup and engineering principles and mindset.
• Systems-thinking ability 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 architecture and in-vehicle networking.
• Curiosity and desire to improve.
• Strong working knowledge of ADAS/autonomous vehicle systems.
• Passion for self-driving cars and their impact on the world.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience integrating and validating combined hardware/software systems at 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, 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 platform performance meets design objectives, complementing unit-level testing.
• Define and develop metrics to verify that systems and subsystems satisfy feature and system requirements.
• Create and maintain requirement specifications by analyzing stakeholder, product, and safety requirements; defining technical system and subsystem requirements; supporting system design and assessing conformance; collaborating with test and validation teams on verification criteria; and reviewing legacy requirements for completeness and correctness.
• Develop requirements and specifications polished for collaboration with OEM partners.
• Identify, negotiate, and resolve cross-functional trade-offs and conflicts, securing agreement from impacted teams.
• Streamline interfaces among system architects, controls, and OEM platform partners.
• Evaluate industry and regulatory requirements for applicability to company products.
• Perform FMEA analysis and track findings through resolution.
• Identify process gaps and propose solutions.
• Follow safe work procedures, use appropriate PPE and workplace tools and equipment as instructed, and promptly report workplace hazards, injuries, and illness.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans; eligible domestic partners who have resided together for at least one year may participate.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior