Automotive Systems Engineer - Freelance

NTT DATA Europe & Latam; Emilia-Romagna; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA Romania is seeking an experienced System Engineer to support the development of complex automotive systems and products on a freelance/contractor basis.

You will contribute to system definition, requirements management, architecture development, and product integration throughout the lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams and customers to meet performance, safety, and quality objectives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience in system engineering within automotive or another complex product development environment.
• Strong knowledge of requirements management, traceability, and system development processes.
• Hands-on experience with system risk and reliability analysis methods such as DFMEA and FTA.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support end-to-end system engineering activities across automotive development programs.
• Define, analyze, document, and manage system and customer requirements using requirements management tools.
• Ensure requirements traceability, consistency, completeness, and alignment throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain system architecture, interfaces, and functional concepts.
• Perform and support system safety, reliability, and risk analysis activities, including DFMEA and FTA.
• Coordinate closely with hardware, software, mechanical, validation, and other engineering disciplines to ensure successful system integration.
• Act as a technical interface for customers and internal stakeholders, supporting technical reviews, requirement clarifications, and issue resolution.
• Manage development documentation, work items, configuration, and traceability using engineering lifecycle management tools.
• Support Functional Safety and Cybersecurity-related engineering activities in accordance with applicable automotive standards.
• Participate in design reviews, technical assessments, audits, and risk management activities.
• Support problem-solving and root cause analysis for system-level issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of system engineering processes, methods, and development practices.

Skills

Requirements management

System engineering

Cross-functional teamwork

English communication

Automotive standards knowledge

Education

Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering degree

Tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

NTT DATA Romania is seeking an experienced System Engineer to support the development of complex automotive systems and products on a freelance/contractor basis.

You will contribute to system definition, requirements management, architecture development, and product integration throughout the lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams and customers to meet performance, safety, and quality objectives.