Senior Electrification Systems Architect

DENSO; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DENSO in Michigan is seeking a Senior Electrification Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration and validation of electrification systems across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and vehicle domains.

You will evaluate architectures, develop requirements, perform trade studies, and coordinate with NA/global teams to ensure scalable, reliable and cost-effective solutions for advanced powertrains and energy storage systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in electrified vehicles and powertrain technologies.
• Ability to work independently with periodic leadership review.
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, thermal, controls, and software interfaces.
• Experience with system requirements, architecture, and verification.
• Strong communication with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Independently execute electrification system and subsystem design, development, integration, and validation activities from concept through production support.
• Develop and evaluate system architectures, requirements, interfaces, specifications, and verification plans across electrical, mechanical, thermal, controls, software, and vehicle domains.
• Apply working knowledge of electrified powertrain and energy systems, including electric machines, power electronics, high-voltage distribution, batteries, charging, DC-DC conversion, thermal systems, controls, and mechanical interfaces.
• Perform system-level trade-off studies considering performance, efficiency, range or energy use, thermal capability, packaging, mass, reliability, manufacturability, cost, safety, and customer requirements.
• Coordinate component and subsystem requirements to ensure compatibility, interface alignment, and effective integration within the overall vehicle or equipment architecture.
• Identify and resolve technical issues using structured engineering methods such as root cause analysis, design of experiments, tolerance analysis, and failure mode and effects analysis.
• Analyze test, simulation, and field data to identify performance gaps, technical risks, and improvement opportunities; recommend and implement corrective actions.
• Support development of new concepts, materials, manufacturing approaches, and design solutions that improve system performance, quality, reliability, or cost.
• Plan and coordinate engineering activities with North American and global teams, including design reviews, technical decisions, test execution, issue resolution, and project risk management.
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, program management, and other engineering functions to align technical requirements and deliverables.
• Prepare and present clear technical recommendations, status updates, risks, and decision requests to engineering teams and management.
• Provide day‑to‑day technical support and knowledge sharing to less‑experienced engineers while escalating high‑impact or highly complex decisions to appropriate technical leaders.
• Maintain awareness of relevant industry technologies, standards, regulations, competitive developments, and emerging electrification trends.
• Travel to company affiliates, customer and supplier locations, test facilities, and technical conferences as business needs require, including international travel.

Skills

System architectures

Electrified powertrains

Requirements analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Systems Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

DENSO in Michigan is seeking a Senior Electrification Systems Engineer to lead the design, integration and validation of electrification systems across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and vehicle domains.

You will evaluate architectures, develop requirements, perform trade studies, and coordinate with NA/global teams to ensure scalable, reliable and cost-effective solutions for advanced powertrains and energy storage systems.