Systems Architect

ALTEN Technology•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a Systems Architect to oversee system design and architecture activities. The role ensures that system designs are feasible against the core technical project’s quality, cost, and schedule objectives, while promoting standardization and reuse of functions and components to improve time to market and reduce development costs. The Systems Architect coordinates discipline referents, including analyst engineers, system designers, and component leaders; organizes and conducts system technical reviews; and manages architecture activities and lifecycle results through product lifecycle management (PLM) tools. The position monitors system development through architectural views and data and provides system-level technical status to the project manager. The role also requires expertise in functional architectures and connected automotive services, along with the ability to decompose client needs into vehicle functional groups, understand safety requirements, and enforce configuration management and documentation rigor. ALTEN Technology USA describes itself as an engineering company supporting clients across industries including aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, and rail. It is part of the global ALTEN Group. The company states that it offers mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. Applicants selected for employment must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening.

Requirements

Mastery of functional architectures.
Mastery of connected services related to automobiles, such as authentication, profile, activation, and xcall.
Ability to understand high-level functional needs and identify functional groups within a vehicle.
Ability to break down client needs into functional groups.
Ability to understand safety requirements in a functional vehicle architecture.
Ability to apply editorial rigor in English.
Ability to explain and enforce configuration management on projects.
Knowledge of document structures associated with designing complex systems subject to operational safety and traceability requirements.

Nice To Haves

Five years of experience in functional or system design in a multidisciplinary environment.
Knowledge of vehicle functions, including complex mechanical functions such as engines, gearboxes, braking systems, and ADAS.
Knowledge of modeling electronic architecture using a system engineering tool.

Responsibilities

Ensure system design feasibility against the core technical project’s quality, cost, and schedule objectives.
Promote standardization and maximize reuse of functions and components or parts to improve time to market and reduce development costs.
Oversee and coordinate activities of discipline referents, including analyst engineers, system designers, and component leaders.
Organize and conduct system technical reviews, including System Requirements Review, Systems Functional Review, and Preliminary Design Review.
Organize and control system architecture activities and results through PLM tools, and manage the system lifecycle.
Monitor and control progressive achievement of the desired system product through architectural views and data.
Provide system-level technical status to the project manager.
Apply and enforce configuration management across system actors, managers, and projects.