Senior Platform Engineer – Electric Propulsion Systems

Dana Incorporated; Maumee (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dana Incorporated is seeking an experienced systems engineer to lead the platform definition and execution for an ePropulsion product platform. You will translate strategy into a validated architecture and align mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software teams and suppliers.

This role emphasizes disciplined execution and technical leadership without direct authority. The candidate will drive risk-driven design, manage interfaces, and coordinate cross-domain studies to deliver reusable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related discipline; master’s degree preferred.
• 7+ years of powertrain or ePowertrain engineering experience in system engineering, design, simulation, testing, calibration, controls, embedded software, electrical hardware, or product integration.

Responsibilities

• Define platform targets, priorities, and a continuous-improvement roadmap aligned with product strategy and customer value.
• Develop scalable system architectures and lead cross-domain trade studies balancing performance, durability, cost, packaging, safety, cybersecurity, and reuse.
• Apply structured system risk methods (FMEA, HARA, TARA) to drive architecture, requirements, mitigation, and leadership decisions.
• Own platform-level requirements and interfaces across domains, ensuring alignment from architecture to system integration.
• Lead performance, durability, and cross-domain analysis for architectures including high-voltage motors, inverters, controllers, thermal systems, and gearboxes.
• Coordinate CAD, CAE, and system-modeling studies; resolve interface issues and guide design directions.
• Define and lead system integration and verification activities in test-cell, vehicle, or customer environments; ensure traceability to requirements.

Skills

Systems engineering

Cross-domain architecture

Requirements management

Safety engineering

Embedded software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

FMEA/HARA/TARA methods

Job description

Dana Incorporated is seeking an experienced systems engineer to lead the platform definition and execution for an ePropulsion product platform. You will translate strategy into a validated architecture and align mechanical, electrical, thermal, and software teams and suppliers.

This role emphasizes disciplined execution and technical leadership without direct authority. The candidate will drive risk-driven design, manage interfaces, and coordinate cross-domain studies to deliver reusable