Sr. System Engineer - R0053562

Astemo Ltd.; Farmington Hills (MI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Astemo Ltd. in Farmington Hills, MI is seeking a talented automotive System Engineer to apply system engineering principles to complex electronic controllers, integrating sensors and actuators with hardware knowledge.

You will join a development team creating advanced automotive electronic systems, managing requirements, tests, and interfaces while collaborating cross-functionally and supporting safety and compliance activities.

Qualifications

• Creative and self-motivated with the ability to divide vision into prioritized tasks.
• Ability to resolve complex issues in creative, efficient ways.
• Provide customer and company-wide perspective to technical decisions.
• Work on challenging assignments with aggressive schedules.
• Experience in hardware and software system integration (sensors, actuators).
• Minimum 5 years hands-on experience in industrial test/validation.
• Experience in data collection and statistical data analysis.
• Experience in requirements gathering and writing specs for test functionality.

Responsibilities

• Develop product development plans focusing on timing, cost, complexity, and risk.
• Sort requirements into software vs hardware and dispatch to teams.
• Conceptualize test fixtures and loads to test and verify performance.
• Design tester system diagrams for bench, environmental, and EMC tests.
• Interface with customers to clarify requirements and gain system knowledge.
• Create and maintain system block diagrams and DFMEAs.
• Develop wiring diagrams for external interfaces.
• Draft concepts/specs for environmental and EMC verification.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, implementation, and tests.
• Lead hardware/software interface specifications.
• Lead development of functional control algorithms with diagnostics.
• Lead root cause analysis across development phases.
• Collaborate with functional safety teams on hardware/software requirements.
• Create user manuals and application engineering reports.
• Participate in design reviews to ensure proper implementation.
• Support audits such as A-Spice assessments.

Skills

Vision to tasks

Creative problem solving

Hardware-software integration

Industrial test & validation

Data collection & analysis

Requirements gathering & spec writing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in electrical or system engineering

Tools

LTSpice

Matlab/Simulink

Job description

Position Overview and Objectives:

Seeking a talented and self-motivated automotive System Engineer located in Farmington Hills, MI. The ideal candidate will have experience in system engineering principles as applied to complex electronic controllers. The electronic controllers may integrate with other mechatronic components such as sensors and mechanical actuators. The ideal candidate will therefore also need to have a foundation of hardware knowledge and experience. Candidate will be working in a culture that fosters creativity and problem solving. This position will play a key role in a development team that creates advanced automotive electronic systems for the future.

Description

Seeking a talented and self-motivated automotive System Engineer located in Farmington Hills, MI. The ideal candidate will have experience in system engineering principles as applied to complex electronic controllers. The electronic controllers may integrate with other mechatronic components such as sensors and mechanical actuators. The ideal candidate will therefore also need to have a foundation of hardware knowledge and experience. Candidate will be working in a culture that fosters creativity and problem solving. This position will play a key role in a development team that creates advanced automotive electronic systems for the future.

Responsibilities

• Develop product development plans with emphasis on managing timing, cost, complexity, and risk.
• Perform requirement sorting to identify pure software and pure hardware requirements and disseminate to appropriate teams.
• Conceptualize test fixtures and simulated loads to test, quantify, and verify product performance.
• Conceptualize tester system diagrams to support bench, environmental, and EMC testing.
• Interface with customers to clarify requirements and gain detailed knowledge about system operation.
• Construct, deliver and maintain system block diagrams and system DFMEAs.
• Develop wiring diagrams to illustrate external system interfaces.
• Develop concepts and specifications for environmental and EMC verification and validation testing.
• Maintain complete traceability between requirements, implementation, and test results.
• Lead effort and deliver hardware/software interface specifications.
• Lead effort and deliver functional control algorithms with on-line and off-line diagnostic methods.
• Lead effort in root cause analysis and issue resolution during all development phases.
• Work with functional safety teams to iterate the hardware and software requirements as necessary.
• Create and maintain user manual and overall application engineering report for product being developed.
• Participate in all hardware and software design reviews ensuring smooth implementation of requirements.
• Handling of audits such as A-Spice assessments.
• Comply with the designated ISO / TS 16949 responsibilities, Health & Safety (H&S) rules and practices.
• Perform any other assignments from time-to-time as management so directs.
• Treat everyone with dignity, trust, and respect.

Qualifications

• Creative and self-motivated with the ability to understand and divide a vision into prioritized tasks.
• Ability to resolve complex issues in creative, efficient, and effective ways.
• Provide the customer and company-wide perspective to detailed technical decisions.
• Ability to work on challenging assignments with aggressive schedules.
• Experience in hardware and software system integration, such as integration of new sensors, actuators.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in industrial test and validation environment.
• Experience in data collection and statistical data analysis.
• Experience in requirements gathering and writing specifications as they relate to test functionality.

Special Knowledge / Skills

• English: Fluent in written and verbal communication.
• Must have hardware knowledge and experience with analog, digital, and power electronic circuits.
• Must be able to read and make electrical schematics, and engineering drawings.
• Knowledge of electric motors and associated control topologies and hardware configurations.
• Communication protocols (CAN, RS-232, TCP/IP, USB, SENT, Ethernet)
• Perform circuit analysis and simulation using LTSpice or similar SPICE based tools.
• Perform control system modeling and simulation using Matlab/Simulink.

Additionally, the ability to work independently with minimal direction is required as are strong verbal and written communication skills.

Education:

Possess a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in electrical or system engineering

Experience:

5 – 7 years with Bachelor’s degree or 2 – 4 years with Master’s degree

Job level determined by various factors such as organization size, responsibility, career stage, and capabilities.

Working Conditions

Physical Demands: Sitting and standing for extended periods of time in an office and industrial lab environment. Capable of lifting equipment and apparatus repetitively weighing between 25lbs to 30lbs.

Travel:

Readiness to travel domestically or international less than 5% annually.

Work Environment:

Remote off-site work is possible, must be on-site as needed to support activities.