Cognizant

ADAS Systems Engineer

Cognizant • $95K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering required.
  • 3+ years of experience in software development or systems engineering.
  • Experience with complex systems is essential.
  • Knowledge of wireless, automotive, or consumer electronics systems required.
  • Strong skills in communication and technical documentation.
  • 3 years in ADAS, automotive, or consumer electronics systems preferred.
  • Familiarity with system engineering processes and tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical delivery of ADAS features throughout the entire delivery cycle.
  • Translate business needs into technical feature requirements and guide development.
  • Define system architecture by breaking down requirements and detailing component responsibilities.
  • Conduct test activities on prototypes and support sprint deliveries.
  • Ensure test plan accuracy and completeness with a focus on accountability.
  • Assist in triaging issues and supporting downstream testing teams.
  • Confirm compliance with FMEA, Functional Safety, and Security requirements.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment to foster professional development.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology in the automotive field.
  • Opportunity to influence significant automotive features and customer experience.
  • Participation in Agile methodology for flexible project management.
Full Job Description
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

Job Title: ADAS Systems Engineer

Location: Dearborn, Michigan

What you'll be doing:
• Provide technical leadership in the delivery of ADAS features including all aspects of the delivery cycle (behavior and performance in the field, executing the Plan of Record, and supporting the planned capabilities on the roadmap)
• Accountability in feature delivery and execution partnering with Product Owners (that own feature definition/justification re: customer experience and business value)
• Ideate and evaluate technical deployment options for new and enhanced ADAS features
• Establish and document initial architectural and design assumptions
• Work closely with feature owner to insure customer and business requirements are met and iterate with stakeholders to arrive at most optimum technical deployment assumptions
• Understand current foundational capabilities of system and leverage them effectively to minimize development cost and time
• Perform initial failure mode analysis to insure system is robust to obvious scenarios

Responsibilities:
• Provide technical direction by translating business needs to technical feature requirements and creating a spec to guide downstream development/testing.
• Own the System Design and define the architecture by decomposing requirements into component responsibilities and defining integration points between components/nodes.
• Perform test activities on early bring-up, prototype proofing, support incremental sprint deliveries
• Sign-off on test plan correctness and completeness (demonstrating ultimate accountability for the delivery)
• Triaging issues and supporting downstream team: conformance testers, system testers, service testers, field deployments, etc.
• Ensuring FMEA, Functional Safety, Security requirements have been met as appropriate.
• All done per Agile methodology.

What you need for this position:

Required:
• Bachelor or equivalent degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering
• 3+ years of experience delivering products embedded with software development and/or Systems engineering
• Demonstrated experience in dealing with complex systems
• Working knowledge of wireless, automotive, or consumer electronics systems
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills
• 3 Years experience in Software or Systems technical development
• 3 Years experience in ADAS, automotive, or consumer electronics systems
• Demonstrated knowledge of system engineering process, methods, and tools

Preferred:
• Knowledge of and exposure to a breadth of areas across the ADAS ecosystem is an asset
• Strong written/verbal Communication skills to foster and drive a collaborative development model encompassing development and test engineers, project managers and other key stakeholders.
• Familiarity with automotive industry standards
• Experience with Jira or another defect management system

Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

About Cognizant

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Net Income
$1.3 billion
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1994
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