Systems Engineer - Mechatronics

The Systems Engineer for the Mechatronic group serves as a technical specialist; provides expertise to support the development of new product ideas, concepts and product improvements; ensures the designs are consistent with the organization objectives; and acts as the interface between Product Management, Solution/System Architects, Mechanical, Electrical and Software Developers for transforming the defined stakeholder requirements into a set of system/subsystem requirements that will guide the design of the solution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to gather, process, and track stakeholder goals and KPIs that need to be achieved.
• Translates the product goals and KPIs into detailed system requirements that will guide the design of the system and subsystems.
• Generates interface control documents to ensure the proper interactions between different subsystems of the product, including interactions with vehicles.
• Specify the functional and non-functional requirements in a susbsytem specification document that meets the required functions and capabilities of new features.
• Ensure that all safety goals and requirements, methodologies, and are successfully integrated into product designs.
• Evaluate new requests by collaborating with different engineering disciplines to establish estimates for new features and functions.
• Participate in conceptual design and documentation processes.
• Engages in design reviews to ensure traceability of requirements and compliance.
• Support the development of system/subsystem level requirements verification and customer acceptance test cases.
• Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures alignment with requirements.
• Concentrate on workflows, optimization methods, and risk management tools for assigned projects.
• Contribute to the business development process through proposal inputs, meetings, and presentations to potential customers, among other activities.
• Travel, as required, to customer facilities, test facilities, and customer field sites to address issues, explore design alternatives, and provide information to development teams.

What are the Mandatory skills and skill proficiencies required for this position?
• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3 years of direct experience in requirements elicitation and generation.
• Proven track record of being part of the product development lifecycle for complex systems and/or subsystems.
• Experience in development for autonomous systems, robotics, or related fields is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with development methodologies, such as Agile or Scrum.
• Proficient understanding of design principles, hardware development, and requirement management.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Strong communication skills to articulate ideas and collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
 

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