Vehicle Systems Engineer: Controls & Feature Architect

HTC Global Services; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

HTC Global Services seeks a highly technical Systems Engineer to lead the definition, architecture, and development of next-generation vehicle features from concept through production. This role emphasizes early-stage systems engineering and feature development rather than software testing or validation.

The successful candidate will translate customer needs into system requirements, functional specs, and architectures while collaborating with software, electrical, mechanical, and vehicle

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/Mechatronics or related field.
• 3+ years automotive systems engineering.
• 3+ years of software engineering experience for embedded systems.
• Experience writing engineering requirements, functional specifications, and implementation specifications.
• Experience creating DFMEAs, System Boundary Diagrams, and other engineering quality documentation.
• Strong understanding of the Systems Engineering V-Model.
• Experience developing vehicle features from concept through production.
• Strong understanding of vehicle electrical systems including CAN, networking, wiring, power distribution, body/chassis systems.
• Experience collaborating across multiple engineering organizations to resolve complex technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Develop system architectures and define vehicle feature behavior.
• Write engineering requirements, functional specifications, and implementation specifications.
• Create System Boundary Diagrams, DFMEAs, and other engineering quality documentation.
• Develop verification plans and support functional safety and cybersecurity assessments.
• Support software implementation through detailed functional specifications.
• Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering methodologies to feature development.
• Work across software, electrical, mechanical, and vehicle integration teams.
• Collaborate across multiple engineering organizations to resolve complex technical issues.
• Lead cross-functional engineering decisions and technical trade-off discussions.
• Guide vehicle features from concept through production launch.
• Support progression of customer use cases through architecture, design, development, testing, and production integration.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related discipline

Job description

HTC Global Services seeks a highly technical Systems Engineer to lead the definition, architecture, and development of next-generation vehicle features from concept through production. This role emphasizes early-stage systems engineering and feature development rather than software testing or validation.

The successful candidate will translate customer needs into system requirements, functional specs, and architectures while collaborating with software, electrical, mechanical, and vehicle