Inside the Role
The Vehicle Architecture team brings a vehicle-level perspective to create exceptional products that deliver real customer value. We act as the technical voice of the customer, helping turn their needs into thoughtful, effective solutions. Our work is grounded in clarity, consistency, and collaboration-and we truly see ourselves as partners in progress.
As a Platform Specialist, you will bring a vehicle-level perspective to help translate customer needs and vehicle-level requirements into technical solutions that create meaningful value. In this role, you will partner across technical and strategy teams to define vehicle-level requirements and performance targets, align project scope, and support execution through key phases of development. You will also help strengthen and improve processes for the Vehicle Architecture team while supporting the Cascadia Vehicle Architects in making cohesive, customer-focused platform decisions. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of the on-highway vehicle platform.
What You Drive at DTNA: Technical execution that supports the platform vision and creates as much value as possible for our customers.

Posting Information

We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.

We Take Care of Our Team

Position offers a starting salary range of $86,000 - $110,000 USD

Pay offered dependent on knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits include annual bonus program; 401k company contribution with company match up to 6% as well as non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age; starting at 4 weeks paid vacation; 13+ calendar holidays; 8 weeks paid parental leave; employee assistance program; comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs; onsite fitness (at some locations); tuition assistance and volunteer paid time off; short-term and long-term disability plans.

What You Drive At DTNA

Vehicle-Level Technical Activities

• Gather, organize, and document vehicle-level vehicle requirements
• Connect vehicle requirements to design verification plan activities (DVP)
• Develop and track technical targets and benchmarking activities
• Provide technical guidance to team to achieve targets
• Coordinate cross-functional technical design reviews to resolve conflicts, document and track progress toward vehicle-level specifications, and support target sign-off at key milestones

Development Projects

• Communicate Platform feature functionality to cross-functional team
• Develop department-level Production Year implementation plans for Cascadia projects, capturing key functional deliverables
• Create and document project technical targets, vehicle-level one-pagers, and coordinate target trade-off analysis
• Prepare vehicle-level engineering status reports for Core Team leadership

Process Management and Development

• Identify and document opportunities to improve vehicle-level specifications
• Document key information and help facilitate the Strategic Technical Forum

Knowledge You Should Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 2-4 years of experience in vehicle engineering, software development, or technical program management
• Strong understanding of automotive product development processes, quality gates, and lifecycle management
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills
• Ability to guide technical decisions and build alignment in complex, cross-functional environments

Critical Success Factors

• A demonstrated focus on customer value and strategic relevance
• A strong vehicle- and systems-level mindset
• The ability to align technical direction with business strategy
• Excels in an environment of ambiguity
• A proven ability to prioritize critical activities, document decisions and actions clearly, and follow through with persistence to achieve results

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Where We Work

This position is open to applicants who can work in (or relocate to) the following location(s)-
Portland, OR US. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Schedule Type:
Hybrid (4 days per week in-office / 1 day remote). This schedule builds our #OneTeamBestTeam culture, provides an unparalleled customer experience, and creates innovative solutions through in-person collaboration.

Additional Information

• This position is not open for Visa sponsorship or to existing Visa holders
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work permanently in the country the position is located in at the time of application