Vehicle Systems Engineer II: Architecture & Integration

Demand Detroit; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

401k match

Vacation 4 weeks

Holidays 13+

Parental leave 8 weeks

Healthcare

Onsite gym

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Job summary

DTNA, based in Portland, OR, seeks an engineer to lead system architecture for vehicle dynamics and trailers with a strong MBSE background. This role offers hybrid work and an opportunity to influence the entire development lifecycle from customer requests to product execution in vehicles.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s in Engineering and 2–4 years of systems engineering experience, with proficiency in requirements, interfaces and traceability, plus collaboration across multiple teams.

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.

Skills

Cross-functional communication

Ownership mindset

Systems thinking

Problem solving

Model-based / ELM

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Model-based design

Job description

DTNA, based in Portland, OR, seeks an engineer to lead system architecture for vehicle dynamics and trailers with a strong MBSE background. This role offers hybrid work and an opportunity to influence the entire development lifecycle from customer requests to product execution in vehicles.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s in Engineering and 2–4 years of systems engineering experience, with proficiency in requirements, interfaces and traceability, plus collaboration across multiple teams.