Team Lead - Systems Engineer

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This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have current and ongoing authorization to work in the United States.

The Systems Team Lead is responsible for leading a team of functional discipline engineers while still performing technical tasks (e.g. an EE team lead would still perform EE tasks while leading the team) within the project and company mandated targets.

Your Responsibilities

• Acts as primary management interface and escalation for all product system related issues.
• Provides technical leadership in directing the efforts of the team in the development and production release of all relevant engineering deliverables in compliance with the product development process and customer expectations.
• Works with managers and other team leads to improve development processes.
• Works with managers and other team leads to define the discipline specific target key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Ensures engineering targets (quality, delivery timing, performance, etc.) for engineering deliverables are met.
  • Ensuring design reviews are completed and productive
  • Ensures the quality of all team deliverables meet standards and timing
  • Ensures that the discipline specific KPIs are met
  • Ensure any required cross-functional design reviews or data sharing is completed
• Responsible for planning (resources, timing) as applicable
• Ensures appropriate technical supplier relationships for all relevant key suppliers.
• Ensures proper sign off on quality of event for all engineering deliverables per GPEP.
• Ensures proper engineering quote response is provided for new projects and engineering changes. As necessary, supports customer technical reviews.
• Directly manages the team in the implementation of objectives and overall activities and effort estimates.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts, researches, recommends and initiates implementation of enhancements to products, processes and programs.
• Ensures all necessary engineering documentation and data is generated and maintained to ensure traceability and compliance to company procedures (e.g. Process - Work Instructions) and applicable standards (e.g. ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC TR 15504).
• Acts as working supervisor and will perform regular engineering tasks together with the leadership role. The split of the workload will be determined by the size of the team.
• Support system/product requirements specifications, solution definition, technical feasibility analysis, and architecture specification.
• Provides technical guidance for system design and integration engineering activities. Ensures conceptual integrity of system design.
• Create and maintain project documentation
• Lead cross functional requirements reviews
• Develop with the support of all stakeholders the system level DFMEA for the product.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing and Software teams to develop interface requirements including EOL and module programming requirements.
• Support creation of:
  • Detailed discipline specific design description
  • Mechanical/electrical and hardware/software interface specifications
  • 8D reports
  • Timing Plans
  • Other documents, as needed
• Supports system testing activities of products on bench and in vehicles making sure the product functions and performs as the customer expects per requirements.
• Actively pursue cost saving ideas.
• Be aware of innovative solutions and propose patent applications.
• Perform complex work assignments requiring independent problem solving and decision making, requiring strong systems engineering technical competency
• Work assignments primarily involve senior/advanced level work and may mentor other Systems Engineer.
• Lead the planning, scheduling, monitoring and reporting of all systems engineering related activities for various projects
• Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives. Ensures that facilities are in full compliance with all safety regulations.
• Maintains regular attendance.
• Follows safe work procedures; Uses appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE); Uses workplace tools and equipment as instructed; Reports workplace hazards, injuries and illness as soon as possible following event.
• Complies with the requirements of Quality Operating System (QOS)

Who we are looking for

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering / Systems Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Computer Science or equivalent (Master’s preferred)

Experience

• 8+ years’ relevant experience regarding the Responsibility / Activities (listed above) in serial development. Automotive electronic (mandatory)

Your preferred qualifications

Technical Knowledge

• Knowledge of product development engineering practices in automotive field
• Requirements management
• Revision control
• Change control
• Requirements decomposition planning and reporting (KPI generation)
• Test plan development
• Test execution planning
• Track records of writing good requirements that can be successfully implemented.
• Profound technical knowledge of automotive electronics products. Familiar with typical automotive OEM requirements. Can anticipate customer requirements, even if not stated in customer documentation.
• Experienced in use of requirements management tools. Familiar with concepts such as baselining, inheritance etc.
• Working knowledge of IS026262, hazard, SAE J2464, IEC, NEC, ISO 20G53, and two-level fault strategies.
• Software:
  • Experience with ALM tools (e.g. PTC Integrity, DOORS), simulation SW (e.g. Matlab SIMULINK, IPG Carmaker,…), Enterprise Architect
  • Expertise in using CAN based tools such as CANalyzer, CANoe, CANape, neoVI, etc.
  • Experience with UML or Matlab/Simulink and Stateflow

Practical Knowledge

• Working knowledge in structured engineering approach
• Working knowledge in development of portable, reusable and modular software in automotive environment.
• Experience in using a disciplined software development process based on ASPICE or CMMi process model
• Working knowledge of configuration management (preferably PTC/MKS), project monitoring and control techniques
• Troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Knowledge of structured problem solving (8D) methods and/or techniques
• Knowledge about management by motivating

Personal Requirements

• Able to work effectively in a global environment
• Able to represent technical topics internally and externally
• Able to demonstrate self-motivation, tenacity, and determination (these skills are very useful in this position)

• Able to demonstrate teamwork
• Able to demonstrate good time management (estimation of own tasks)
• Able to be consistent and reliable, is able to be trusted, meet objectives, does what is promises and takes commitments seriously
• Able to take ownership, act with diligence, stand with your team in good and bad circumstances, respond with the proper urgency and purpose to meet commitments (responsive)
• Able to have passion, inspire others, challenge prevailing assumptions when warranted, and suggest better approaches
• Able to show that you care about customer and team, understand customer and teams needs
• Able to work independently with no supervision
• Able to teach and mentor team members

Computer Skills

• Knowledge of MS Office package (especially Excel)
• PLM and ALM tools (Windchill / PTC Integrity)

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor in compliance with federal and state laws.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Ensures all Company policies, procedures, plant standards, and safety rules are consistently adhered to. 

• Displays a positive attitude towards safety, works safely and follows all the Company's safety policies and procedures. 
• (US) Complies with all Health, Safety and Environmental standards in accordance with the Magna Employee Charter, the Occupational Health & Safety Act, and the Michigan Occupational Health & Safety Act. 
• (ONTARIO) Complies with all Health, Safety and Environmental standards in accordance with the Magna Employee Charter, and the Occupational Health & Safety Act. 
• Ensures all employees and visitors have a safe environment in that safety and housekeeping standards are maintained; and all hazards, unsafe actions, or unsafe conditions have been identified, corrected, and/or eliminated. 
• Responds to and investigates all reports of injuries, accidents, illnesses, near misses and property damage immediately. 
• Takes an active part in the division’s safety program by performing regular workplace inspections, effectively investigates accidents/incidents promptly and assists in meeting or exceeding the division’s safety goals. 
• Normal amount of sitting and standing, average mobility to move around an office and plant environment, able to conduct normal amount of work on a computer.

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