Automotive Controlled Brakes System Architect

BWI GROUP; Piemonte; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working opportunities

Global collaboration with R&D teams

Professional development and training

Job summary

BWI Group is seeking an Automotive Controlled Brakes System Architect to lead the definition and development of system architectures for next-generation braking products, including ESC, brake-by-wire concepts, and modular architectures.

You will coordinate across hardware, software, hydraulic, and validation teams, translate vehicle requirements into architecture, and ensure safety conformity per ISO 26262 while supporting global projects.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Automotive, Electronics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Control Engineering, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain system architectures for Controlled Brakes products.
• Translate customer and vehicle requirements into robust system interfaces.
• Define allocation of braking functions across ECUs and hydraulics.
• Lead architecture reviews and ensure cross-project consistency.
• Collaborate with Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and Validation teams.
• Support verification activities including HIL/SIL and vehicle testing.

Skills

System architecture

Brake-by-wire

ISO 26262

Electrical engineering

Vehicle dynamics

HIL/SIL

Matlab/Simulink

SysML

Enterprise Architect

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in Automotive, Electronics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Control Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

SysML

Enterprise Architect

ASPICE

Job description

BWI Group is a premier chassis supplier that designs and manufactures brake and suspension systems for the automotive market. We are a fast-paced, global organization employing some of the best and brightest minds in the industry.

Do you have extensive experience in automotive braking systems and system architecture development?

Are you passionate about defining innovative Electro Hydraulic Brakes and brake-by-wire solutions, optimizing system performance, and integrating complex hardware and software technologies?

We are currently hiring an Automotive Controlled Brakes System Architect to strengthen our global Controlled Brakes Engineering organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining and developing system architectures for next-generation braking products, ensuring optimal functional allocation, system performance, safety, scalability, and integration across hardware and software domains.

We Offer

• Exciting and diversified projects in next-generation automotive braking technologies.
• The opportunity to shape the architecture of advanced electronic and electrohydraulic braking systems.
• Collaboration with global R&D teams and leading automotive customers.
• A high level of technical responsibility and autonomy.
• Close cooperation with Systems, Software, Electronics, Hydraulic/Mechanical Engineering, Functional Safety, and Validation teams.
• An international working environment and exposure to innovative technologies.
• Smart working opportunities.
• Continuous professional development and technical training.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain system architectures for Controlled Brakes products, including ESC, One Box, and Two Box brake-by-wire systems, EMB.
• Translate customer expectations, vehicle-level requirements, regulatory constraints, and product strategies into robust and scalable system architectures.
• Define system boundaries, interfaces, functional allocation, and responsibilities across electronic control units, hydraulic components, sensors, actuators, and software functions.
• Develop and maintain system architecture specifications, functional block diagrams, interface definitions, and architecture documentation.
• Define the allocation of braking functions between actuation and modulation units in Two Box architectures, including system coordination and degradation management.
• Establish architecture principles, design guidelines, and technical standards to promote product reuse, modularity, scalability, and cost competitiveness.
• Evaluate alternative architectures and technical concepts, balancing performance, safety, complexity, cost, and development effort.
• Drive architecture reviews and technical decisions, ensuring consistency across projects, products, and development regions.

System Requirements & Functional Design

• Define and decompose system-level requirements into subsystem and component requirements, ensuring completeness, consistency, and traceability.
• Lead functional analysis and allocation across system, hardware, software, hydraulic, and mechanical domains.
• Define system operating modes, control strategies, interfaces, dependencies, and operating constraints.
• Define system-level fault handling, degradation strategies, fallback functions, and availability requirements.
• Ensure consistency between system requirements, architecture, functional design, and verification and validation activities.
• Manage technical interfaces with vehicle systems, including vehicle dynamics control, powertrain, chassis control, ADAS, and autonomous driving functions.
• Support customer technical discussions and translate vehicle integration needs into appropriate system-level solutions.

Performance, Safety & Reliability

• Define and optimize system performance targets for braking capability, pressure generation, response time, controllability, pedal feel, and vehicle stability.
• Evaluate system performance under nominal, boundary, and degraded operating conditions.
• Define system-level safety concepts and architecture constraints in collaboration with Functional Safety Engineers, in accordance with ISO 26262.
• Ensure that safety requirements, fault detection, fault containment, and degraded operating strategies are reflected in the system architecture.
• Collaborate with Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Reliability, and Quality teams to ensure compliance with applicable standards and product requirements.
• Support system-level risk analyses, including FMEA and fault-tree analysis (FTA), and drive the resolution of critical technical risks.
• Ensure that architecture decisions address robustness, diagnostic capability, reliability, serviceability, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead System Design, Architecture, Requirements and support implementation on Subcomponents level.
• Coordinate system integration activities across software, electronics, hydraulic/mechanical components, and vehicle interfaces.
• Define system integration strategies and support the development of verification and validation plans.
• Establish system-level test scenarios and acceptance criteria covering functional performance, fault handling, degradation, and system interactions.
• Support SIL, HIL, test bench, and vehicle testing activities, ensuring appropriate coverage of system requirements and architecture assumptions.
• Analyze system-level issues, identify root causes across engineering domains, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support prototype integration, customer evaluations, technical reviews, and product release decisions.
• Ensure that lessons learned from testing, field issues, and previous product generations are incorporated into future architectures.

Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the technical reference for system architecture across Controlled Brakes development projects.
• Coordinate Systems, Software, Electronics, Hydraulic/Mechanical Engineering, Functional Safety, and Validation teams to ensure an integrated system solution.
• Drive resolution of cross-functional technical conflicts and architecture trade-offs.
• Support platform and product-line strategies, identifying opportunities for common architectures, reusable functions, and standardized interfaces.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and assess emerging technologies relevant to future braking systems.
• Promote technical best practices, architecture reviews, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence across global development teams.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Automotive, Electronics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Control Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in automotive system engineering, system architecture, or the development of electronic braking systems.
• Strong knowledge of automotive braking systems, preferably ESC, electrohydraulic braking, Integrated Brake Systems, One Box, and Two Box brake-by-wire architectures, EMB.
• Proven experience defining system architectures, functional allocation, system interfaces, and system-level requirements.
• Strong understanding of braking functions, hydraulic pressure generation and modulation, electronic control units, sensors, actuators, and embedded control software.
• Knowledge of vehicle dynamics and braking performance, including ABS, ESC, traction control, regenerative braking coordination, and vehicle-level integration.
• Experience with system engineering methodologies, requirements management, traceability, and the V-model.
• Knowledge of ISO 26262 Functional Safety and its application to system architecture, including safety concepts, fault handling, and degraded operation.
• Experience in system integration, troubleshooting, and validation using simulation, test benches, HIL/SIL environments, and vehicle testing.
• Ability to evaluate technical trade-offs involving performance, safety, complexity, cost, and product scalability.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and technical decision-making skills.
• Fluency in English and ability to work effectively with international engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the development of brake-by-wire systems and redundant braking architectures.
• Knowledge of system modeling and architecture tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, SysML, Enterprise Architect, or equivalent tools.
• Experience with ASPICE and automotive system development processes.
• Knowledge of ISO 26262 safety analyses, including FMEA, FTA, and dependent failure analysis.
• Familiarity with automotive communication protocols, diagnostics, cybersecurity, and vehicle electrical/electronic architectures.
• Experience in defining common platforms, modular architectures, product variants, and scalable product concepts.
• Experience working directly with automotive OEMs on system architecture, technical specifications, and vehicle integration.
• Exposure to ADAS and automated driving braking requirements, including braking availability and fault-tolerant operation.

Personal Attributes

• Strong system-level thinking and the ability to understand complex interactions across engineering domains.
• Proactive technical leadership, ownership, and accountability for architecture decisions.
• Ability to challenge technical proposals constructively and drive decisions based on objective engineering analysis.
• Structured and analytical approach to complex problems and technical trade-offs.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across multidisciplinary and international teams.
• Ability to balance innovation, performance, safety, cost, and development feasibility.
• Passion for advanced braking technologies and the development of robust, competitive automotive products.