Location: Dearborn, MI
Position: Long Term Contract
Job Type: Hybrid (4 days per week in the office / Monday to Thursday)
Title: 330429 - Senior Automotive Systems Engineer (Vehicle Feature Development)
Job Description:
- Seeking a highly technical Feature Systems - Software Systems Developer to lead the definition, architecture, and development of next-generation vehicle features from concept through production.
- This position is focused on early-stage systems engineering and feature development, not primarily software testing or validation.
- The successful candidate will translate customer and business needs into system requirements, functional specifications, logical architectures, and software implementation requirements while working across software, electrical, mechanical, and vehicle integration teams.
- The ideal candidate has demonstrated ownership of complex vehicle feature development, has led cross-functional engineering decisions, and has successfully guided features from concept through production launch.
Responsibilities:
- Developing system architectures, defining feature behavior, writing engineering requirements, creating System Boundary Diagrams, DFMEAs, verification plans, functional safety assessments, cybersecurity assessments, and supporting software implementation using Model-Based Systems Engineering methodologies.
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of Automotive Systems Engineering experience.
- Minimum 3 years of Software Engineering experience supporting complex embedded systems.
- Demonstrated experience writing engineering requirements, functional specifications, and implementation specifications.
- Experience creating DFMEAs, System Boundary Diagrams, and other engineering quality documentation.
- Strong understanding of the Systems Engineering V-Model.
- Experience developing vehicle features from concept through production.
- Strong understanding of vehicle electrical systems including networking, wiring, power distribution, body systems, chassis systems, and CAN communication.
- Experience collaborating across multiple engineering organizations to resolve complex technical issues.
Preferred:
- 5+ years of Automotive Systems Engineering experience.
- Experience leading complete feature development throughout the product lifecycle.
- Experience developing logical system architectures using Model-Based Systems Engineering tools.
- Experience performing Functional Safety and Cybersecurity assessments.
- Experience supporting software implementation through detailed functional specifications.
- Electrical D&R experience.
- Strong systems thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience leading multi-functional engineering teams and technical trade-off discussions.
- Experience progressing customer use cases through architecture, design, development, testing, and production integration.
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related discipline.
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field Preferred.
Additional Information:
- Hybrid (4 days per week in the office / Monday to Thursday)
Zobility is RGBSI's workforce management and staffing division. RGBSI is a multi-national corporation headquartered in Troy, MI with branches throughout the USA, Canada, Germany, and India.
