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Systems Engineer – Body Controls

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA.
Northville, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 10/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/29/2025

Systems Engineer – Body Controls

Location Northville, USA

FORVIA HELLA is a listed, international automotive supplier. Coming together with Faurecia in the FORVIA Group, we build the world's seventh largest supplier of automotive technologies. As a global market leader in high-growth areas, FORVIA employs 157,000 people worldwide. FORVIA HELLA therein stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, we cover a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles with our Business Group Lifecycle Solutions. With around 37,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of € 8.1 billion on a preliminary basis in the fiscal year 2023.

YOUR TASKS

FORVIA - HELLA is seeking its next great lead systems engineer to join our growing body controls 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 control modules.

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

  • Own and manage product creation processes using aspice guidelines and working alongside analysts, architects, and requirements / change owners.
  • Work with internal and external stakeholders to create and manage requirements.
  • Direct technical customer interface and overall accountable for the creation of the System Requirements Specification based on the specified Customer Requirements.
  • Drive the collaboration of cross-functional international stakeholders.
  • Defines and watch over risk management in the projects
  • Lead new program acquisition and current program redesign changes

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelors degree in Electrical, Electronics or Computer Science engineering
  • 5 years of experience in evaluating, analyzing, and eliciting requirements
  • Experience in automotive ECU development: Closure Control Units, Power liftgates, Seat control Modules, Occupant Detection Systems, etc.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)
  • Experience with requirements tools such as doors or Rhapsody
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred but not Required Skills

  • 8 years of combined experience leading (automotive electrical HW design, Embedded Software Development or ECU verification and validation)
  • Previous exposure to concepts / tools such as Autosar, Aspice, functional safety, cyber security, FMEA, Matlab modeling, ECU Hardware design.
  • Prior high voltage experience

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 req16861. 

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