Advanced System Design Senior Engineer

Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data
Advanced System Design Senior Engineer
Job Summary:
Our client in Saline, MI is looking for an Advanced System Design Senior Engineer. This is a contract position.
What You Will Do:
Our Client's Electronic Systems Advanced Development is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Design Engineer.
We are seeking a talented Engineer to join our innovation team. As a key contributor, you will develop new and improved vehicle electrical systems that integrate with the global electrical platform architecture in collaboration with other stakeholders by clarifying the business needs and including customer needs, market trends, and other system performance requirements to ensure the final product is aligned with Our Client's mission/vision to provide mobility and happiness for all.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Planning and development of advanced vehicle electrical systems that are applied to cross-car line models as standard systems executed on the global electrical platform.
Research of NA customer needs and market trends, including competitor benchmarking, attending industry events/conference, and collaboration with customer research groups.
Prioritizing and defining customer needs them as system technical requirements.
Creating system specifications which clarify the purpose, requirements and target performance.
Communicating and negotiation with TMNA stakeholders in R&D, Sales and Quality to gain agreement on customer needs and priorities.
Creating business cases - including development costs, parts cost, sales plan (price, volume, grade strategy) for systems and gain alignment with TMNA stakeholders in Sales and Vehicle Z.
Managing project schedules, key milestones, and reporting status and risks to executive management on regular basis.
Building hardware prototype.
Basics:

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering or Embedded Systems (Hardware/Software).
Understanding general automotive vehicle electrical system design and system/ECU specifications.
Understand LAN (CAN/Ethernet) and Power distribution (12V/High voltage) for system development.
Communication and negotiation - able to work with others within the organization to share and communicate ideas with other stakeholders (including TMS and overseas companies) to gain agreements on direction.
Presentation skill - able to create simple and concise story to communicate detailed technical data as simple message to TMNA executives and TMC.
Understanding of electrical platforms.
Preferred:

Understanding of Our Client's vehicle development process - >5 years of vehicle development experience.
Experience developing Software Defined Vehicle. Software structure (ex. hypervisor system).
Developing machine learning, application and control software for prototype.
Software programming skill: C , Python, Tensorflow, Numpy, Matlab.
How You Will Be Successful:

Envision the Future
Communicate Honestly and Broadly
Seek Technology and Business "First"
Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
What We Offer:

Competitive Salary
Comprehensive Benefit Package
401(k) with matching contributions
Paid Time Off
Employee Discounts
Free training on all Altair products

Why Work with Us:
Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer's toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today's problems into tomorrow's opportunities.
Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.
For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com
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