System Engineer - Phone as a Key

System Engineer - Phone as a Key

Location Northville, USA

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 36,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.1 billion in fiscal year 2024.

YOUR TASKS

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

About Us
FORVIA - HELLA is a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier operating under the umbrella brand FORVIA. Within this factual group, HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, the Company covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special-purpose vehicles with its Lifecycle Solutions business group. HELLA has around 36,000 employees at more than 125 locations worldwide and generated sales of €4.4 billion in the seven-month short fiscal year 2022.

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 the positional requirements. Forvia Hella is dedicated to the development and future 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.

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

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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