Senior Systems Designer – Automotive Architecture & AEC

Daimler Truck North America; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Daimler Truck North America is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to drive system design leadership across the vehicle development process. You will derive high-level requirements from use cases, govern the Abstract Effect Chain, and guide feature owners through MS0/MS1 phases in a hybrid Portland, OR setting.

The role demands strong collaboration across global teams, robust analytical thinking, and expertise in DOORS Next Gen and JIRA, with a Bachelor’s degree and 5–7 years in automotive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 5–7 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in the automotive organization and the V-model process across the product lifecycle.
• Analytical thinker who can solve complex problems with minimal guidance.
• Understanding of Daimler Truck product portfolio.
• Knowledge of function-based systems approach.
• Understanding of top-level vehicle and legal requirements.
• Ability to model abstract system design such as AECs.
• Moderate critical situations between system owners and component owners.
• Strong cross-functional communication and ownership mindset.
• Experience with DOORS Next Gen or similar requirements tool and JIRA-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Derive high-level functional requirements from use cases.
• Lead development and governance of Abstract Effect Chain (AEC) as foundational system design artifacts.
• Review feature Use Cases and provide technical guidance to Feature Owner.
• Create and maintain initial AEC structures and AEC parts; define impacted systems; govern the AEC part library.
• Transition completed AECs to Feature Owners for downstream SE activities.
• Support Milestone 0 (MS0) and Milestone 1 (MS1) by clarifying use cases and system interactions.
• Drive and document system allocation change requests with AEC Owner/System Owners.
• Manage intake and assessment of Customer Value Criteria (CVCs) and Legal/Regulatory Requirements.
• Allocate functional requirements to appropriate systems.
• Collaborate with global Systems Designers to manage the Daimler Truck system architecture portfolio.
• Identify needs for new system creation and propose portfolio updates.
• Review and improve systems boundaries and scope definitions.
• Promote system landscape visibility across the global organization.

Skills

System Design

Requirements Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

V-Model Knowledge

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

DOORS Next Gen

JIRA

Job description

Daimler Truck North America is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to drive system design leadership across the vehicle development process. You will derive high-level requirements from use cases, govern the Abstract Effect Chain, and guide feature owners through MS0/MS1 phases in a hybrid Portland, OR setting.

The role demands strong collaboration across global teams, robust analytical thinking, and expertise in DOORS Next Gen and JIRA, with a Bachelor’s degree and 5–7 years in automotive