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POSITION OVERVIEW
The Requirements Manager l leads a team of requirements engineers responsible for analyzing customer and internal needs and developing requirements for use by the internal engineering teams. This role develops the assigned team’s communication and analytical skills to remove ambiguity from the product development process.
Location: This position requires on-site work at Gentex facilities. This role is not eligible for remote work.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Lead and manage the development and execution of Requirements activities for all production products.
- Execute the vision for the Requirements team in accordance with the overall Engineering Organizational vision.
- Ensure requirements engineering processes comply with relevant process capability standards.
- Ensure requirements engineering processes and staffing adequately support business objectives.
- Monitor effectiveness of work products in supporting downstream processes and adjust as needed.
- Perform duties related to managing a team of direct reports including recruiting, training, retaining, and managing performance.
- Coach current and potential lead engineers in the duties and behaviors required to lead a team.
- Educate and develop requirement engineers on requirement analysis and development procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
HOW YOU’LL DO IT
- Attention to detail – ensuring information is complete and accurate; following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled.
- Balancing stakeholders - coordinating and compromising with the leaders of the other software development groups within the Engineering Organization including Project and Program Management.
- Establishing focus – aligning personal and other resources in a manner consistent with organizational vision and objectives. Provides a clear direction and removes obstacles to get work done.
- Knowledge Development - Continuously develop knowledge of engineering applications/tools to support Gentex business processes and culture.
- Building teams – works with staff to strengthen the team. Leading by example and going beyond the expected to ensure the success of all involved.
- Communicating effectively – developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey clear understanding, taking into account the unique needs of different audiences.
- Maintaining a high level of confidentiality, honesty, and integrity with respect to company matters.
- Complying with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace.
WHAT TO BRING
- 4-year degree in Systems, Electrical, Computer or Mechanical Engineering, related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 7 years’ experience in systems engineering or requirements engineering.
- Leadership experience.
WHAT WILL HELP
- Experience creating scripts.
- Experience with any of the following:
- requirements management tools like DOORS, Jama, Polarion, Capterra, Visure
- project management tools like Jira, Rally, Azure Dev Ops
- systems engineering principles (full lifecycle engineering; INCOSE guidelines)
- embedded software development (test, architecture, C or other coding)
- electrical hardware development (microprocessors, power management)
- digital communication buses (CAN, LIN, ARINC 429, Ethernet, RS-485)
- processes conforming to standards like ASPICE, DO-178C, DO-254
- functional safety development satisfying ISO 26262 objectives
- cybersecurity development satisfying ISO 21434 objectives
Gentex is an equal opportunity employer
Gentex extends equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), disability, marital status, military service, height, weight, genetic information, or any other reason protected by law.
Assistance
Gentex is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at [email protected]. Gentex will not discriminate against any qualified individual who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
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Skills Required
- 4-year degree in Systems, Electrical, Computer or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 7 years' experience in systems engineering or requirements engineering
- Leadership experience
Gentex Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Gentex Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Gentex Corporation.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes multiple plan designs (PPO and CDHP) with HSA/FSA options, plus short- and long‑term disability and life insurance. Some locations provide an on‑site health clinic, adding convenient access to care.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include an employer‑matched 401(k) with a 5% company match mentioned and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. Salaried roles may also receive stock equity bonuses.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Quarterly profit‑sharing bonuses are available and often viewed as a strong part of total compensation. Total rewards are sometimes characterized as good for the area when these bonuses are included.
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What We Do
Gentex is a global, high technology electronics company that is managed by engineers and others who understand the freedom and discipline that's required to run an entrepreneurial company. We are a unique, profitable company that is vertically integrated in highly automated electronics, CMOS camera development and manufacturing, vacuum coatings, and glass bending and fabrication. We specialize in a broad spectrum of technologies and processes to deliver high quality products to the automotive, aerospace and fire protection industries. Thank you for visiting the Gentex Corporation (“Gentex”) LinkedIn page. This page is intended to share information about Gentex, its products and corporate culture. If you have specific questions about Gentex, please call our main phone number at 616.772.1800. Any content, views, opinions and/or responses to questions uploaded, expressed or submitted by third parties on the Gentex LinkedIn page, other than the content provided by Gentex, are solely the views, opinions and responsibility of the person submitting them and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Gentex. Gentex reserves the right to terminate any user's ability to access this LinkedIn page, and to edit or delete any material it deems inappropriate and/or in violation of any Gentex policy, including but not limited to: Equal Employment Opportunity, Discrimination and Harassment, Workplace Violence, Non-Solicitation, Conflict of Interest, Confidentiality, and Insider Trading.
