Systems Engineer II: Vehicle Dynamics & Architecture

Daimler Truck; Portland (ME); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

401k with company match up to 6%

4 weeks paid vacation

13+ holidays

8 weeks paid parental leave

Employee assistance program

Healthcare plans and wellness programs

Onsite fitness

Tuition assistance

Volunteer paid time off

Short-term and long-term disability

Job summary

Daimler Truck North America is seeking a System Architect within the Vehicle Level Engineering Department in Portland, OR. This role is responsible for owning and architecting system specifications for vehicle dynamics and trailers, coordinating with integration teams, and ensuring traceability across requirements and tests.

The position offers a hybrid schedule (4 days in-office / 1 day remote) and a starting salary range of $86,000–$110,000 USD, with a comprehensive bonus and benefits package.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferred Systems, Electrical or Mechanical).
• 2-4 years of relevant experience.
• Strong cross-functional communication and ownership mindset.
• Understanding of requirements and systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain system specification or System Content Definitions (SCD).
• Derive system functions and requirements from feature, vehicle, and legal requirements.
• Collaborate with system integration engineer and component owners to align on requirements, feasibility and implementation plan.
• Define, maintain and align interface requirements with other systems.
• Contribute to the system vision by supporting function decomposition, function cuts, and holistic system views.
• Create traceability from customer requests and use cases through feature based functionality to functions in the system specification.
• Align test specifications with system requirements and ensure traceability.
• Support a structured and proactive requirements change process by maintaining traceability, resolving ambiguity, closing open actions and ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Participate in early verification planning to identify risks for new and unproven designs to ensure alignment with established requirements.
• Apply system engineering lifecycle knowledge to prioritize work and deliver high value activities on time.
• Ensure SCD content meets Systems Engineering milestones, quality standards, and reuse goals.
• Lead function and requirement reviews and alignment with stakeholders (Component Owners, Architecture, Safety, Cyber, Test, Quality, etc.)
• Develop system design solutions that satisfy the system requirements and fulfills functional analysis
• Model the functional architecture, decide ECU (Electric/Electronic Component) and define signals
• Generate alternative system concepts, architecture and design solutions
• Implement comprehensive system architecture solutions

Skills

Cross-functional communication

Ownership mindset

Systems engineering understanding

Requirements management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Daimler Truck North America is seeking a System Architect within the Vehicle Level Engineering Department in Portland, OR. This role is responsible for owning and architecting system specifications for vehicle dynamics and trailers, coordinating with integration teams, and ensuring traceability across requirements and tests.

The position offers a hybrid schedule (4 days in-office / 1 day remote) and a starting salary range of $86,000–$110,000 USD, with a comprehensive bonus and benefits package.