Software Systems Engineer I

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The Role
The Software Systems Engineer I role involves developing engineering skills, documenting requirements, and collaborating with teams on various engineering tasks.
Summary Generated by Built In

You want to love what you do and love where you work. Gentex gives you the best of both worlds. A global technology company headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, Gentex is an 8-time winner of the Top Workplaces in Michigan.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Requirements Engineer I is an entry-level role focused on developing core engineering skills and determining and documenting the requirements that a design must satisfy. 

Location: This position requires on-site work at Gentex facilities. This role is not eligible for remote work.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Learn processes and best practices related to requirements engineering.
  • Set and adjust approach to requirements engineering tasks based on input from mentor engineer.
  • Communicate work status to requirements engineering team and project team.
  • Interpret external technical documents like regulations, customer specifications, and data sheets.
  • Collect internal use cases for engineering users, product validation labs, and manufacturing.
  • Solicit technical input from peers within and outside the requirements engineering team.
  • Elaborate requirements from, and maintain traceability to, higher level requirements.
  • Ensure requirements provide a level of detail relevant to designers and verifiers.
  • Review requirements developed by other engineers to ensure conformance with quality criteria.
  • Other duties as assigned.

HOW YOU’LL DO IT

  • Fostering teamwork – Building effective partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
  • Personal accountability – Keeping promises and honoring commitments, accepting responsibility for one’s actions and assuming responsibility when dealing with problems, crisis and issues.
  • Problem solving – Defining a problem, determining the cause, identifying, prioritizing, and selecting alternatives for a solution, and implementing a solution.
  • 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

  • Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Electrical, Computer or Mechanical Engineering, related discipline, or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Experience with technical writing skills.
  • Proficiency interpreting complex technical specifications, data sheets, and schematics.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

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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Top Skills

Azure Dev Ops
Capterra
Doors
Jama
JIRA
Microsoft Office Suite
Polarion
Rally
Visure
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The Company
HQ: Zeeland, MI
2,471 Employees
Year Founded: 1974

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.


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