Vehicle System Integration Lead

HYDAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION•Glendale Heights, IL

1d•$130,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

HYDAC is seeking a Systems Integration Lead to join their Advanced System Teams. This team focuses on developing and implementing innovative vehicle systems and advanced technology solutions for the mobile market, utilizing HYDAC's hydraulic, electronic, control, and fluid conditioning products. The role involves working closely with Product Divisions and Sales teams to develop advanced controls and fluid power systems, including equipment/vehicle automation and electrification. The Systems Integration Lead will collaborate with customers to understand their needs, capture vehicle requirements, and develop system approaches at the vehicle level, working alongside a multi-disciplinary engineering team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (Master’s degree is preferred)
Electronics and fluid power knowledge
Minimum of 5 year of experience developing electrohydraulic solutions for vehicle

Nice To Haves

Highly motivated
Technically competent in fluid power and electronic controls
Vehicle design expertise
System functional safety expertise
Ability to develop value proposition for HYDAC and its products/solutions
Ability to develop and foster customer relationships
Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to develop cross-functional relationships
Ability to lead system FMEA’s and develop system, component, and software requirements
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including writing business correspondence, reports and presentation skills
Ability to lead a matrix team of engineers and technicians
Strong project management skills
Willingness to travel
Ability to use the Internet, Project Management software, spreadsheets and word processing software

Responsibilities

Work with customers and sales group in determining and documenting the customer's needs and requirements.
Develop and propose the fluid power and electronic controls approach to the vehicle system architecture.
Develop and present system proposals.
Perform vehicle system FMEA’s.
Assist customers with system functional safety analysis and drive system architecture and components requirements accordingly.
Work with controls team to develop software requirements.
Organize and perform the design, installation, debugging and validation of systems.
Interface with Germany on key technologies and system approaches.
Work on developing standard advanced systems and subsystems integrating our different product groups (i.e. – steer by wire solutions).
Provide Voice of Customer (VoC) to our Product Divisions for new product development.
Represent HYDAC with customers and accompany Sales Managers to customer locations selling our technology and advanced systems.
Aid the Application Engineer-System in the sales organization on advanced technology and system solutions.
Present TecDay modules to our customer base.