System Engineer Architect

SHAPE THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY FROM DAY ONE.

This position is part of our Advanced Safety & User Experience segment in Mexico

Summary:

In this role as a System Engineer you will design, develop and validate production products and technology such that capability, cost, and quality satisfy the customer requirements.

Major Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and validate new products and technology such that capability, cost, and quality satisfy the customer requirements.

• Ensure that system engineering process deliverables are completed on time per the project schedule and meet Aptiv quality standards.
• Defines the System Functions and allocates the System Elements to build up the Functional Architecture
• Identify and document product use cases and system functions in the product requirement documents
• Specify product requirements based on use cases for all engineering competencies.
• Follow APTIV design standards, guidelines, best practices, procedures, and policies.

• Participate in requirement/design peer reviews for projects within the Advanced Safety and User Experience segment
• Ensure the logical and systematic transformation of customer requirements into a total system solution which meets scheduling, technical and cost constraints.
• Perform technical planning, analyze & manage requirements, contribute to system architecture & design, and execute system integration tests.
• Convert customer requirements into product system requirements.
• Lead and/or perform technical design analysis, trade off studies, FMEAs, design reviews and customer presentations during the sourcing phase

• Develop innovative and creative solutions to unique engineering challenges by drawing upon your technical talents, passion, creativity and experience.
• System Engineers are the focal point of technical discussions. You will drive cross-competency teams while reporting out to management and customers.
• Take responsibility for capturing, clarifying, and prioritizing critical ambiguous tasks.
• Drive process, procedure, and methodology improvements to optimize work efficiency at the team and organizational level.
• Analyzes and structures system capabilities with customer requests, target vehicle architecture, target cost, and required functionality.

• Analyzes vehicle architecture and evaluates design alternatives.
• Create architecture strategies with customer requests, target vehicle architecture, target cost, and required functionality in mind.
• Manages vehicle and vehicle subsystem for customer vehicle variants.
• Allocates vehicle system requirements of any given product release to physical and logical architecture elements.
• Responsible for architecture tool chain / process/ method development

• Definition of logical and physical vehicle system architecture and actively driving integration of product, SW, HW and ME by defining and aligning logical & physical interfaces
• Structure initial frame for SYS.3 work planned for the quote phase
• Analyzes and structures system capabilities and features based on the system requirements
• Analyzes and documents system design alternatives
• Aligns architecture strategies with Project/Platform Owner

• Aligns system architecture with the stakeholders
• Allocates system requirements of any given product release to physical and logical architecture elements in advance of scheduled feature development for that release with the support of the System Engineers/ Function Owners
• Definition of logical and physical product system architecture and actively driving integration of SW, HW and ME by defining and aligning logical & physical interfaces
• Defines system interfaces (internal and external)

Support of:

• Supports initial system DFMEA
• Supports the Functional Safety Manager on the Technical Safety Concept development.
• Supports the Cyber Security Manager on the Cyber Security Concept development.
• Supports Start Center with initial architecture designs analysis for quote process.

Must Haves (Basic Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline (computer science, software, systems, computer or related field of study)
• 5-8+ years professional experience in Automotive Industry, with background preferably in Electronic (Body Computer, Cluster, Compute and Zonal ECU) or Embedded software development
• Bi-lingual - proficient in English speaking/reading/writing

• Proven record of taking customer requirements from design to production
• Familiarity with microprocessor/controller based hardware designs, System/Software Architectures for automotive designs, and network topology
• Experience with CAN, Ethernet, LVDS Communication
• Experience with embedded hardware and serial communication tools (CANoe, CANape, etc..)
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills, Experience with Structured problem solving techniques like 3L5Y, Fault Trees, Fishbone diagrams, etc

• Familiarity with system/software development processes ( Automotive SPICE) and tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, Polarion, etc.)
• Functional Safety or Cybersecurity knowledge/background/experience
• The ability to communicate complex ideas succinctly and persuasively to peers, management and customers
• Self-motivated, well organized, flexible, works well with complex issues
• Ability to multi-task and work in team environment

• Excellent Communication and Leadership skills, bi-lingual speaking/reading/writing
• Passionate about creating innovation cutting-edge automotive products

Nice to Haves (Preferred Qualifications):

• Master's degree in Systems or other engineering discipline

• Microcontroller/Embedded system & software requirements & design
• Troubleshooting, Debugging Hardware/Software, Failure mode analysis, Structured problem solving skills
• Customer Requirements management tools experience
• Basic knowledge of Programming (C or other language)
• Vehicle communication & Network management

• Experience working in an Agile development team
• Experience with vehicle protocols - (e.g. CAN, LIN, Ethernet)
• Experience with low level drivers - SPI, I2C, and/or Ethernet drivers
• Experience with developing SW on microcontrollers (e.g. Renesas, Infineon, Freescale, TI, Qualcomm, etc.)
• Experience working on global project

• Experience with Automotive Diagnostics

Aptiv Rewards and Advantages:

• Competitive compensation with bonus potential

• Learning and development opportunities
• Discount programs with various manufacturers and retailers
• Recognition for innovation and excellence
• Opportunities to give back to the community
• Meaningful work that makes a difference in the world

• Relocation assistance may be available
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Parental leave, etc.)

About Advanced Safety & User Experience

Advanced Safety & User Experience encompasses our deep expertise in centralized computing platforms, advanced safety systems and automated driving, while acknowledging the growth in areas that enrich the in-vehicle experience.]

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