System Engineer - Phone as a Key

HELLA Automotive Mexico S.A. de C.V.; Northville (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedules

Industry-leading health benefits

Lucrative PTO policy

Competitive 401 K matching

Extensive career and training opportunities

Annual bonuses

On-campus restaurant and employee services

Team and company events

Job summary

A leading automotive supplier in Northville is seeking a System Engineer for its Phone as a Key project. The role involves managing project scope while collaboration with global teams on next-generation product design. Candidates should have a degree in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of automotive experience. Skills in project management and customer communications are crucial. The company offers hybrid work schedules, extensive benefits, and a commitment to employee development.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of automotive industry experience.
• Experience supporting issue resolution and requirement discussions.
• Knowledge of BLE, UWB, RF communications; preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities, including requirements management.
• Lead discussions on change management and system requirements.
• Plan and manage project scope, schedule, cost, and resources.
• Provide project management leadership, ensuring team collaboration, transparency, and support for new business acquisition through feasibility assessments and technical proposals.
• Support system integration, verification, and validation activities such as DV/PV planning, vehicle level testing, issue debugging, and test failure recovery coordination.
• Manage technical governance including change control, risk tracking, quality reviews, and ownership of the System DFMEA and technical risk register.

Skills

Customer-facing communication

Cross-domain engineering management

Intercultural collaboration

System-level thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

PTC/MKS

DOORS

MS Office tools

Job description

System Engineer - Phone as a Key

Location: Northville, USA

Company Overview

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 36,500 employees at over 125 locations, the company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.1 billion in fiscal year 2024.

Your Tasks

FORVIA - HELLA is seeking its next great Technical Project Engineer – ADAS (Radar) to join our growing ADAS team. The primary function of this position will be to partner with internal and external stakeholders to drive development of our next generation product design. If chosen for this opportunity you will gain access to product engineering focused on the next generation ADAS Radar functions.

Daily Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities including requirements management, interface specifications, and cascading system requirements to subsystems.
• Serve as the primary technical and project interface to customers, leading discussions on change management, system requirements, architecture, and emerging technologies (digital key, CPD, intrusion detection).
• Plan and manage project scope, schedule, cost, and resources, ensuring milestone delivery and alignment across global, cross‑functional teams.
• Provide project management leadership, ensuring team collaboration, transparency, and support for new business acquisition through feasibility assessments and technical proposals.
• Support system integration, verification, and validation activities such as DV/PV planning, vehicle level testing, issue debugging, and test failure recovery coordination.
• Manage technical governance including change control, risk tracking, quality reviews, and ownership of the System DFMEA and technical risk register.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field, with 3+ years of automotive industry experience.
• Excellent communication skills with customer‑facing experience supporting issue resolution and requirement discussions.
• Ability to manage cross‑domain engineering assignments while maintaining composure in global, cross‑functional environments; strong intercultural collaboration skills required.
• Knowledge of BLE, UWB, RF communications, cybersecurity, and functional safety (ISO 26262) is preferred but not required.
• Experience evaluating functional and technical architecture at both system and component levels.
• Proficiency with MS Office tools and engineering tools such as PTC/MKS and DOORS (or equivalent).

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours
• Industry‑leading health benefits program
• Lucrative PTO policy
• Competitive 401 K matching
• Extensive career and training opportunities
• Annual bonuses
• On‑campus restaurant as well as employee water and coffee services
• Team and company wide events
• And much more!

Why Forvia Hella?

Please feel free to apply if you do not meet 100% of the positional requirements. Forvia Hella is dedicated to the development and future advancement of all our employees. Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

EEO Statement

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

To apply, please send us your application via our career portal, stating your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, with the reference number req17682.

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