Software Requirements Engineer III

Daimler Truck North America•Portland, OR

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Inside the Role Daimler Trucks North America is the market leader in commercial vehicles and the industry’s technology trendsetter. We are agents of change working to create a cleaner, safer, and more efficient world for today and tomorrow. The Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Highway Safety team is part of a global community that is developing the safest vehicles on the road. This highly collaborative team exudes creativity, inspiration, passion and innovation. We deliver industry leading safety and driver comfort features such as emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping and more. This role will lead the regional feature development for Active Lane Assist and Lane Departure Warning, and be the local responsible for the system interfaces with the steering wheel and steering systems, including automated steering and steer by brake. A regional feature owner works cross functionally with the global development team and numerous local DTNA teams to create regional requirements, and support development and validation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Control Systems or other related fields with 5+ years of relevant experience
High level of proficiency in general office applications such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
High level of proficiency in engineering design review and feature-level specification authoring
High level of proficiency in system validation and troubleshooting
Moderate level of proficiency in programming and control systems modeling
High level of proficiency in technical feature management and cross functional engineering
High level of proficiency in verbal and written skill, preparing and giving technical presentations, and status reports to various levels of management

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of ADAS features
Proficiency in vehicle communication network protocols
Familiarity with automotive regulations
German language

Responsibilities

Manage high-profile global ADAS features for the North American Market: Active Lane Assist and Lane Departure Warning
Act as the lead for the local interface and integration of active safety features with steering systems.
Interface with key stakeholders end-to-end across the organization including product strategy, embedded software developers, product validation, and aftermarket field service.
Responsible for gathering and specifying software requirements for DTNA
Act as the local feature owner, accountable for the development progress and issue management
Act as the local feature expert
Vehicle configuration management for all North American vehicle platforms.
Support validation activities and analyze data from field test, functional test, reliability growth and customer test to generate ADAS performance metrics and resolve defects
Model and analyze performance of ADAS systems across a variety of vehicle platforms using both internal and external resources.
Communicate proactively with all involved personnel to identify problems and create solutions
Participate in and support regulatory and compliance activities relating to driver assistance and safety systems
Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures and tools throughout the development lifecycle
Ensure compliance with environmental, motor vehicle, and other regulations
Improve competitive market position by keeping abreast of state of the art developments in the commercial vehicle industry and applying knowledge to new designs
Mentor and develop junior engineers