Senior Systems Engineer – AD-Kit Components

Title: Senior Systems Engineer – AD-Kit Components Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Meet the Team:
Join the Autonomous Driving Kit (AD-Kit) Systems Team, where we design, source, develop, build and deliver a highly scalable Autonomous Driving Kit (AD-Kit) system. Your role will make a significant impact on the future of trucking and autonomous technology as we look to Drive the Future of Freight. We are currently seeking a System Engineer who is enthusiastic about systems engineering and autonomy compute systems. This work is aligned to best-in class functional safety and cybersecurity standards.
What you'll do:
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Systems Engineer who will bring new ideas, optimizations, and best practices to the AD-Kit Systems Team. The Senior Systems Engineer owns and drives the decomposition, alignment, and traceability of product requirements across compute platform systems. The team is responsible for authoring, maintaining, and analyzing technical requirements, and working across the product lifecycle to ensure stakeholder alignment and successful bring-up, testing, validation, and integration of the AD-Kit System. This includes, but is not limited to, embedded compute, data logging, power distribution, smart antenna, and all sensor modalities (radar, LiDAR, camera, microphone, etc).

• Lead the development of compute platform system requirements, ensuring alignment with applicable functional safety and cybersecurity standards.
• Maintain requirements databases using Jama, ensuring accuracy and traceability.
• Partner with the Product team to interpret product-level requirements and decompose them into detailed autonomy system requirements.
• Lead the development of AD-Kit System functional architecture.
• Develop AD-Kit System integration and test plans.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices and champion this with others in the group.
• Perform problem-solving activities during design, prototype, and production, driving root cause analysis and problem resolution.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field and 6+ years of experience OR Master’s degree in a related field and 3+ years of experience.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Hands-on systems, hardware, and software engineering experience.
• Experience working with safety-critical and fail-operational control systems.
• Experience with and strong understanding of automotive ECUs and methodologies.
• Experience with Requirements Management Tools such as Jama.
• Familiarity or experience with data buses such as CAN, PCIe, Ethernet, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, I2C.
• Experience with high-speed signaling and signal integrity.

Bonus Points!

• Experience with ISO 26262 standards and ASPICE and how to creatively apply these concepts to iterative design and development.
• Expertise in establishing a robust functional safety case for L4 autonomous applications.
• Experience with high-speed signals on PCBs such as PCIe, Ethernet, and DDR memory.
• Experience with C, C++, Python, and/or Linux.
• Experience designing, executing, and documenting lab-based and/or real-world field tests.
• Knowledge of industry standards and regulations related to automotive electronics.
• Experience with standard lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and multimeters.