Senior Vehicle Electrical Controls Engineer

Polaris Industries; Wyoming (MN); On-site; USD 111,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Polaris Inc. Novi, MI is seeking a Staff Vehicle Electrical Control Systems Engineer to own end-to-end electrical features for Off-Road Vehicles, from concept to vehicle realization.

You’ll combine systems engineering, model-based development, and cross-functional leadership to translate customer needs into defined behavior and requirements. You’ll collaborate with product owners, architects, validation, manufacturing, and service teams, apply MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow, and contribute to safety,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Eight+ years of relevant experience in systems engineering and electrical control systems.
• Experience with requirements development, systems engineering, and interface definitions.
• Model-based engineering tools such as MATLAB/Simulink and Stateflow.
• Ability to translate ambiguous needs into clear technical requirements.
• Strong communication and technical leadership for cross-functional teams.
• Working knowledge of CAN-based embedded systems and vehicle-network data analysis.
• Hands-on work with vehicles, test equipment, and early development systems.
• Preferred: powersports/automotive/off-highway or similar embedded-system industry experience.
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned electrical features from concept through vehicle realization.
• Define intended customer experiences and align product and engineering stakeholders on feature behavior, tradeoffs, acceptance criteria, and technical direction.
• Author and maintain feature and function requirements that translate stakeholder goals into clear, testable, and traceable engineering expectations.
• Develop logical behavior, functional architectures, interfaces, and requirements traceability using Codebeamer or similar tools.
• Apply MATLAB/Simulink, Stateflow, and other modeling or simulation methods to evaluate concepts, identify edge cases, improve requirements, and support model-based development.
• Lead cross-functional technical execution with component owners, validation, manufacturing, service, and vehicle program teams to deliver assigned features successfully.
• Lead feature risk and compliance activities, including DFMEAs and engagement with functional safety, cybersecurity, regulatory, and intellectual-property teams.
• Develop system-level test cases and integration plans, and perform vehicle testing, calibration, CAN-data analysis, issue triage, and production-readiness assessments.
• Create virtual or physical prototypes when useful to clarify concepts, accelerate decisions, and validate the user experience.
• Contribute to VECS engineering standards, guidelines, best practices, and templates that support continuous improvement.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Systems engineering

Model-based engineering

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Stateflow

SysML/UML

Job description

Polaris Inc. Novi, MI is seeking a Staff Vehicle Electrical Control Systems Engineer to own end-to-end electrical features for Off-Road Vehicles, from concept to vehicle realization.

You’ll combine systems engineering, model-based development, and cross-functional leadership to translate customer needs into defined behavior and requirements. You’ll collaborate with product owners, architects, validation, manufacturing, and service teams, apply MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow, and contribute to safety,