Electrical Systems Architect — Vehicle Platforms Lead

Ellenco Estágios e Treinamentos; Wauwatosa (WI); On-site; USD 132,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k program

Onsite fitness centers

Employee stores

Employee discounts

Job summary

The Staff Engineer - Electrical Systems Architecture at Harley-Davidson Motor Company provides strategic technical leadership for the development of vehicle electrical systems and components. The role defines system architecture, standards, and governance to shape long-term platform direction.

Responsibilities include leading architecture decisions, managing safety artifacts under ISO 26262, verification planning, and collaborating with suppliers and global teams to ensure launch readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Deep knowledge of vehicle electrical systems, including system and component selection, software integration, electrical design, and system integration.
• Strong technical depth in current vehicle technologies and awareness of emerging technologies, with the ability to influence future product and platform direction.
• Demonstrated problem-solving capability with experience leading issue resolution from data collection and analysis through root cause identification, solution development, and implementation.
• Direct experience in motor vehicle engineering and design is preferred, including automotive, motorcycle, truck and bus, agriculture, or related industries.
• Required experience with Functional Safety, including requirements authoring, test case development, and traceability within a product development process; ISO 26262 experience is strongly preferred, and Functional Safety certification is desired
• Experience with Quality Engineering deliverables, including DFMEAs and Design Validation Plans and Test Reports
• Proven success coordinating internal stakeholders and suppliers to deliver against aggressive quality and performance objectives, with the ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Ability to communicate technical subjects in a clear, concise manner to multiple levels of the organization
• Experience establishing electrical architecture principles, technical standards, and design governance to deliver robust, scalable, and reusable system solutions across programs is preferred
• Experience with requirements and issue management tools such as Helix ALM and Jira, as well as quality and verification methods including DFMEA, DVP&R, bench, HIL, and vehicle validation, is preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition, decomposition, and governance of electrical system requirements and architecture, ensuring requirements are clear, testable, traceable, and aligned with business and technical objectives
• Lead system-level technical decisions and establish architecture principles and technical standards that reduce complexity, improve reuse, and support long-term platform strategy
• Identify system integration risks, architectural gaps, and technical tradeoffs early in development, and lead cross-functional resolution of complex technical issues
• Own Functional Safety work products, including item definition, safety requirements, hazard analysis, traceability, and verification artifacts, to support compliance with product development and ISO 26262 expectations
• Define verification strategies across supplier, bench, HIL, and vehicle validation environments to ensure components and systems meet performance, quality, and functional targets
• Develop software and system verification plans aligned to requirements, traceability, and functional objectives to support robust, intuitive, and launch-ready features
• Support prototype, pre-production, and launch activities, including product testing and evaluation
• Provide strategic technical leadership for vehicle electrical systems by driving architecture direction, leading technical reviews and design governance, and mentoring design engineers and Tier1 suppliers to ensure execution aligns with architecture intent, validation requirements, and launch readiness
• Collaborate effectively with global teams, including internal stakeholders and suppliers; this role may require occasional early morning meetings to support global engagement

Skills

Electrical engineering

Systems thinking

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Helix ALM

Jira

Job description

The Staff Engineer - Electrical Systems Architecture at Harley-Davidson Motor Company provides strategic technical leadership for the development of vehicle electrical systems and components. The role defines system architecture, standards, and governance to shape long-term platform direction.

Responsibilities include leading architecture decisions, managing safety artifacts under ISO 26262, verification planning, and collaborating with suppliers and global teams to ensure launch readiness.