Senior Systems Engineer, Vehicle Access & Passive Safety
About The Position
The Senior Software Systems Engineer (Vehicle Access) leads development of requirements for software involved 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, define interfaces, document state machines, and coordinate verification and validation so vehicle features are implemented successfully through hardware and software. The engineer leads bring-up and validation as software is delivered and supports the functionality and performance of vehicle systems throughout the product life cycle. The position also conceptualizes, designs, engineers, develops, and supports the launch of next-generation vehicle platform architectures for electric vehicles.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, 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.
- Eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment as part of a high-performing team.
- Systems approach to design and development, with curiosity and commitment to exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement.
Nice To Haves
- More than five years of experience in systems engineering or a similar role.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, 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 technologies.
- Experience with cryptography, cybersecurity, certificate/key exchanges, or similar.
- Experience with near-field communication (NFC), Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE), and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technologies.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of Vehicle Access features and functions by defining requirements, iterating through stakeholder reviews, and enabling 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 user experience, cost, and performance.
- Author and manage interface definitions for assigned functions, 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 support successful implementation of vehicle features through hardware and software.
- 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
