Senior E/E Systems Engineer - ECU/Software Lead

Mercedes-Benz Group; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent compensation with 401k

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in Ladson, South Carolina seeks an experienced senior E/E engineer to lead electrical/electronic systems support in production and development. You will drive diagnostics, testing, and readiness across ECUs and networks, while guiding strategic fixes and long-term robustness.

You will mentor engineers, influence leadership on risks and trade-offs, and collaborate with R&D to ensure compliant, secure vehicle electronics across the North American region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in electrical engineering, mechatronics, automotive engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent education and experience; advanced degree beneficial.
• 8+ years of progressive automotive E/E experience with sustained technical leadership in production support or development.
• Deep development ECU/software experience and proven systemic problem-solving across organizational boundaries.
• Experience establishing methods, advising leadership, and developing technical leaders; automotive lifecycle and launch experience preferred.
• Knowledge and Skills: Deep ECU/software expertise and broad E/E architecture, sensor/actuator, power, grounding, and production knowledge.
• Systems thinking across CAN, LIN, automotive Ethernet, hardware/software dependencies, and workstreams.
• Expert judgment in diagnostics, root-cause strategy, uncertainty, systemic risk, and validation alternatives.
• Strong change-governance, deviation, configuration-traceability, and launch-maturity knowledge.
• Guide authorized diagnostic, measurement, and flashing practices, addressing software limitations, compatibility, safety, and cybersecurity.
• Establish scalable methods with owners; balance production needs and long-term robustness while coaching technical leaders.
• Business-fluent English, executive technical communication, intercultural negotiation, and constructive challenge.
• Knowledge of Monaco software required. Proficiency with engineering data, documentation, and issue tools; translate diagnostic trends into improvements.
• Mercedes-Benz development and documentation/change-management familiarity preferred; German beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Shape E/E support priorities, diagnostic methods, and long-term engineering capability.
• Lead specialist-supported resolution of systemic ECU, software, and network concerns across hardware, configuration, and production interfaces.
• Guide major ECU/software change feasibility, compatibility, implementation, and readiness across systems.
• Align containment, permanent corrections, and deviation validity and closure with accountable owners.
• Guide development ECU/software test strategies and evidence standards; advise on supplier evaluations and certification support as applicable.
• Challenge launch and update readiness; align traceable development configurations, production-release separation, and approval controls with owners.
• Align Charleston and North American E/E support needs with Research & Development team.
• Promote traceable issue, change, deviation, and milestone records. Guide production and field risk assessments; advise on corrective strategies, trade-offs, maturity, and decisions. Escalate unresolved risks or higher-approval decisions to owners.
• Mentor senior engineers and build specialist networks and technical judgment without personnel management
• Drive prevention and measure readiness, recurrence reduction, and resolution quality

Skills

Electrical engineering

E/E automotive

ECU software

Diagnostics expertise

Systems thinking

CAN/LIN

Automotive Ethernet

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s in electrical engineering or related

Advanced degree beneficial

Tools

Monaco software

MB.OS Knowledge

Job description

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in Ladson, South Carolina seeks an experienced senior E/E engineer to lead electrical/electronic systems support in production and development. You will drive diagnostics, testing, and readiness across ECUs and networks, while guiding strategic fixes and long-term robustness.

You will mentor engineers, influence leadership on risks and trade-offs, and collaborate with R&D to ensure compliant, secure vehicle electronics across the North American region.