Sr. Systems Engineer - Battery

Our Next Energy; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Next Energy is seeking engineers to lead requirements elicitation and documentation for customer projects in Novi, MI. You will coordinate cross‑functional teams to develop complete system architecture and maintain traceability across the project lifecycle.

The role involves supporting integration tests, DFMEA development, and preparing customer presentations while ensuring manufacturability through collaboration with operations and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Experience elicitation and documenting customer requirements across projects.
• Ability to define system architecture with cross‑functional teams (E/E, hardware, software, ME).
• Maintain requirements traceability and support verification activities.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document customer requirements and cascade them to development teams.
• Develop system architecture with E/E, hardware, software and ME design teams.
• Create and maintain requirements traceability in company toolset.
• Support system integration testing plans and verification.
• Conduct/deliver in-vehicle and breadboard activities as needed.
• Ensure design consistency and resolve architecture issues across concepts.
• Assist with DFMEA and risk mitigation plans.
• Prepare customer presentations and document engineering specs.
• Perform physical testing on prototypes and analyze data.
• Lead root cause analyses and report findings to management.
• Collaborate with operations, manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure manufacturability.
• Verify requirements using appropriate software tools and processes.
• Work with internal and customer teams to improve processes.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

System architecture

Traceability

DFMEA

Tools

ALM tools

Job description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Requirement elicitation and gathering, managing and documenting all requirements from customer projects; cascading of requirements to product development team
• Develop complete system architecture in coordination with the E/E, hardware, software and ME design teams
• Create and maintain requirements traceability in company toolset
• Support system level integration testing plans, requirements verification and compliance
• Perform/support in-vehicle & breadboard activities when required
• Manage resolution or architecture issues; enforce design commonality (as practical) across concepts
• Support system DFMEA creation and risk mitigation plans
• Prepare customer presentations for review
• Generate engineering design documentation and specifications
• Perform physical testing on engineering prototypes
• Assist with DV/PV test requirements between internal and external teams
• Lead root cause analyses and problem solving (8D, RedX structure problem solving experience a plus)
• Analyze test data, write detailed reports, present results and recommendations to engineering management
• Work closely with operations, manufacturing, production engineers and suppliers to ensure products are designed properly for manufacture and assembly
• Manage and verify requirements using the appropriate software tool
• Work with internal and customer teams to define/improve processes