Hella

System Engineer - Phone as a Key

Hella • $90K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of automotive industry experience.
  • Strong communication skills with customer-facing experience in resolving issues and discussing requirements.
  • Ability to manage cross-domain engineering tasks with composure in global team settings, demonstrating strong intercultural collaboration.
  • Knowledge of BLE, UWB, RF communications, cybersecurity, and functional safety (ISO 26262) preferred.
  • Experience in evaluating both system and component-level functional and technical architecture.
  • Proficiency in MS Office tools and engineering tools like PTC/MKS and DOORS (or equivalent).

Responsibilities

  • Support systems engineering activities including requirements management and interface specifications.
  • Serve as the primary technical and project interface to customers, leading discussions on change management and emerging technologies.
  • Plan and manage project scope, schedule, cost, and resources, ensuring milestone delivery across global teams.
  • Provide project management leadership to foster collaboration and technical proposal support.
  • Assist in system integration, verification, and validation activities like planning and issue debugging.
  • Manage technical governance including change control, risk tracking, and quality reviews.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours.
  • Industry-leading health benefits program.
  • Lucrative PTO policy.
  • Competitive 401K matching.
  • Extensive career and training opportunities.
  • Annual bonuses.
  • On-campus amenities including restaurant and beverage services.
  • Participation in team and company-wide events.
Full Job Description
System Engineer - Phone as a Key
Location Northville, USA

YOUR TASKS

FORVIA - HELLA is seeking its next great Technical ProjectEngineer - Phone as a Key to join our growing body team. The primary function ofthis position will be to partner with internal and external stakeholders todrive development of our next generation product design. If chosen for thisopportunity you will gain access to product engineering focused on the nextgeneration body functions.

Daily Responsibilities
  • Support systems engineering activities including requirements management, interface specifications, and cascading system requirements to subsystems.
  • Serve as the primary technical and project interface to customers, leading discussions on change management, system requirements, architecture, and emerging technologies (digital key, CPD, intrusion detection).
  • Plan and manage project scope, schedule, cost, and resources, ensuring milestone delivery and alignment across global, cross functional teams.
  • Provide project management leadership, ensuring team collaboration, transparency, and support for new business acquisition through feasibility assessments and technical proposals.
  • Support system integration, verification, and validation activities such as DV/PV planning, vehicle level testing, issue debugging, and test failure recovery coordination.
  • Manage technical governance including change control, risk tracking, quality reviews, and ownership of the System DFMEA and technical risk register.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field, with 3+ years of automotive industry experience.
  • Excellent communication skills with customer-facing experience supporting issue resolution and requirement discussions.
  • Ability to manage cross domain engineering assignments while maintaining composure in global, cross functional environments; strong intercultural collaboration skills required.
  • Knowledge of BLE, UWB, RF communications, cybersecurity, and functional safety (ISO 26262) is preferred but not required
  • Experience evaluating functional and technical architecture at both system and component levels.
  • Proficiency with MS Office tools and engineering tools such as PTC/MKS and DOORS (or equivalent).

Why Forvia Hella?
  • Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours
  • Industry leading health benefits program
  • Lucrative PTO policy
  • Competitive 401K matching
  • Extensive career and training opportunities
  • Annual Bonuses
  • On campus restaurant as well as employee water and coffee services
  • Team and company wide events
  • And much more!

Please feel free to apply if you do not meet 100% of thepositional requirements. Forvia Hella is dedicated to the development andfuture advancement of all our employees.

Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

Please send us your application via our career portal, stating your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, with the reference number req17682.

Eric Spence

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About Hella

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. is an internationally operating German automotive part supplier with headquarters in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company develops and manufactures lighting, electronic components, and systems for the automotive industry. It also has one of the largest trade organizations for automotive parts, accessories, diagnosis, and services within Europe. Hella is one of the top 50 global automotive suppliers, and one of the 100 largest industrial companies in Germany. Worldwide, it employs about 40,000 people in more than 100 locations in over 35 countries. More than 5,800 engineers and technicians work in research and development within the company.
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