Senior Vehicle Electronics Engineer

SENIOR VEHICLE ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

JOB SUMMARY:

Our client is looking for a Senior Vehicle Electronics (Vetronics) Engineer to work at their Sterling Heights, MI location. If you have at least 8 years’ experience of Vetronics experience, and have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field, we are interested in reviewing your qualifications!

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. BSc Engineering (e.g. Electrical, Systems, Aerospace, Automotive)
2. 8-10 years of Vetronics experience
3. Experience in delivering large complex US Defense programs
4. Experience with standard bus protocols (CANBus, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553)
5. Experience with military Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems
6. Experience with bid capture, contract negotiations and delivery planning.
7. Experience of working in a multi-national, multi-organizational and corporate environment.
8. Experience with engineering and supply chain management in a highly regulated industry.

JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Develop vehicle electrical architecture
2. Requirements analysis and decomposition
3. Research and analyze solutions to meet customer requirements
4. Develop vehicle electrical and power distribution concepts and architectures
5. Perform trade studies to compare alternative approaches
6. Integration of military lethality, survivability and C4ISR systems
7. Requirements management, generation and decomposition activities
8. Develop requirement specs, drawings, schematics and ICDs
9. Support prototype development and test
10. Support system integration lab development
11. Create and maintain electrical power budgets and allocations
12. Perform analytical analysis and simulations to evaluate system performance
13. Support proposal activities
14. Interact with external customers and suppliers
15. Component/Vehicle test support
16. Understand/create test requirements
17. Create/review test plans
18. Monitor/analyze test results
19. Troubleshoot issues and perform corrective action
20. Project Management
21. Understand/create project schedules
22. Maintain project open issues lists
23. Prepare/ present project status
24. Support concurrent engineering, procurement and prototype build/integration activities by providing technical assistance.
25. MSc Engineering desired (e.g. Electrical, Systems, Software, Aerospace, Automotive, Management)
26. Ability to speak German Desired