System Engineer

  • Location: Kokomo, Indiana
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #101272

Job Title: Systems Engineer
Location: Kokomo, Iowa
Job Type: Engineering
Expected hours per week: 40 hours per week
Schedule: onsite
Pay Range: 50-65 per hour 

Job Description:

The Systems Engineer is responsible for developing and executing the strategies to acquire the complete set of Customer Requirements, deliver the Requirements Analysis, develop a PODS System Design that meets or exceeds the Tier?1 auto supplier’s business case, and validate that the PODS System meets the Customer’s expectations.

  • Understands the Tier1 auto supplier’s OCS product roadmap for future applications.
  • Understands OCS strategies (IOS, full suppression, etc.) for each supported Customer application.
  • Applies the Tier1 auto supplier’s OCS designs and best practices to satisfy Customer Occupant Detection requirements.
  • Manages a look across chart of key technical parameters for programs for each supported customer.
  • Responsible for Tier1 auto supplier Design Reviews and ASPICE process.
  • Serves as Final Approver/Expert for internal systems peer reviews.
  • Acts as the technical interface with the Customer and manages key technical communication within the Product Team.
  • Leads development of the System Design (mechanization, software, component definition, and interface definition) that satisfies product requirements.
  • Drives resolution of issues and concerns with the customer in order to maximize reuse of the Tier?1 auto supplier’s OCS system architecture.
  • Performs verification activities of the System and ECU design (IT&V, bench testing, and vehicle?level testing).
  • Identifies exceptions to the Tier?1 auto supplier’s common OCS system architecture and escalates to the Chief Engineer and Technical Manager.

This position requires strong systems engineering knowledge and an understanding of customer needs to ensure deliverables meet customer expectations. The Passenger Occupant Detection System (PODS) project involves classifying the occupant sitting in the vehicle seat. By using pressure sensor signal processing, the system determines whether the seat is empty, occupied by a child, or occupied by an adult, and communicates this information to the vehicle airbag controller via a CAN interface.

The complexity of the project requires expertise with tools and technologies such as:

  • Polarion/DOORS
  • GES
  • JIRA
  • Vector CANoe
  • PDAQ/Saint tools
  • SWIT
  • Industry protocols such as ISO 26262, Cybersecurity standards, UDS ISO14229, and CAN

Benefits: 80 hours paid time off, paid holidays, medical insurance contributions, dental vision and our 401k retirement savings plan

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