5+ years experience in automotive engineering with software, hardware, or combined products
Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience (desirable)
Experience integrating and validating hardware/software systems at the vehicle level (desirable)
Knowledge of automotive and autonomous vehicle technologies like LIDAR and CAN (desirable)
Responsibilities
Leverage system-level understanding to support cross-functional engineering efforts
Act as the binding agent across multi-disciplinary teams for alignment on requirements
Own systems integration and validation activities to ensure platform performance
Define metrics to verify system and subsystem requirements
Create and maintain polished requirement specifications for OEM collaboration
Identify and resolve cross-functional trade-offs across development
Evaluate industry and regulatory requirements for product applicability
Benefits
Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts available
Rich retirement benefits with immediate employer match
Generous paid parental leave and phased return to work
Flexible vacation policy plus paid company holidays
Total Wellness Program offering resources for overall wellbeing
Full Job Description
Job Summary
The Senior Systems Engineer serves as the integrating function across the multi-disciplinary teams developing the Next Gen Autonomous Driving Kit, ensuring software, hardware, and product targets remain aligned throughout the development lifecycle. This role is responsible for producing polished requirements and specifications and for optimizing and negotiating trade-offs across the entire development process, Including with OEM partners. Complementing the unit-level testing already performed within the team, the Senior Systems Engineer owns systems integration and validation activities necessary to ensure program objectives are met as designed. This role also works to streamline the interfaces between system architects, controls, and OEM platform partners.
Essential Responsibilities
Leverage a system level understanding of our products and technologies to support cross-functional engineering efforts
Act as the binding agent across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring software, hardware, and product requirements and targets remain aligned across the ADK 6.0 program
Own systems integration and validation activities to ensure the platform performs as designed, complementing unit-level testing performed within the team
Define and develop metrics to verify that the system and its subsystems satisfy feature and system requirements
Create and maintain requirement specifications by:
Analyzing stakeholder, product, and safety requirements to define technical system and subsystem requirements
Supporting system design activities, assessing impact and conformance to requirements
Collaborating with test and validation team to define verification criteria for system requirements
Reviewing legacy requirements to ensure completeness and correctness
Develop and maintain requirements and specifications to a level of polish suitable for OEM partner collaboration
Identify, negotiate, and resolve cross-functional trade-offs and conflicts across the entire development process, gaining buy-in from impacted teams
Streamline interfaces between system architects, controls, and OEM platform partners
Evaluate industry and regulatory requirements for applicability to May Mobility products
Performing FMEA analysis, tracking findings to resolution
Identify gaps in processes and propose solutions for resolution
Follow safe work procedures; Use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE); Use of workplace tools and equipment as instructed; Report workplace hazards, injuries and illness as soon as possible.
Skills and Abilities
Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
Strong attention to detail and highly-organized
Ability to multitask and adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced work environment
Understanding of agile startup and engineering principles and mindset
Ability to display systems thinking and attention to detail
Detailed knowledge of requirements management and requirement-based design
Demonstrated ability to lead system integration and validation across hardware and software domains
Ability to influence, negotiate, and drive alignment across cross-functional teams and external partners
Working knowledge of vehicle electrical/electronic (E/E) architecture and in-vehicle networking
Curiosity to learn and desire to improve
Passionate about self-driving cars and their impact on the world
Strong working knowledge of ADAS/Autonomous Vehicle systems
Qualifications and Experience
Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:
Required
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university
5+ years experience in automotive engineering working on software, hardware, or combined hardware/software products
Desirable
A Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
Experience integrating and validating combined hardware/software systems at the vehicle or platform level
Experience supporting OEM platform programs or working directly with OEM partners
Knowledge of automotive and autonomous vehicle technologies, such as LIDAR, radar, ethernet, and CAN
Experience with requirements management tooling and requirement-based design
Experience in Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), or Mobile Applications
Experience working in a startup
Physical Requirements
Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
Prolonged sitting
Prolonged standing
Prolonged computer use
Travel required? - Moderate: 5%-15%
Benefits and Perks
Comprehensive healthcare suite including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans. Domestic partners who have been residing together at least one year are also eligible to participate.
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Healthcare and Dependent Care Accounts available.
Rich retirement benefits, including an immediately vested employer safe harbor match.
Generous paid parental leave as well as a phased return to work.
Flexible vacation policy in addition to paid company holidays.
Total Wellness Program providing numerous resources for overall wellbeing
Salary Range
$135,000-$155,000 USD
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About May Mobility
May Mobility is a transportation technology company that specializes in autonomous vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 by Edwin Olson, a computer science professor at the University of Michigan, and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. May Mobility provides autonomous shuttle services for cities, campuses, and other public spaces, with a focus on safety and accessibility. The company has raised over $83 million in funding to date and has partnerships with major automakers such as Toyota and BMW.
