Senior Systems Design Engineer

Did you know that in Sensata we have developed a leading-edge tyre pressure system that can detect rapid tyre deflation and instruct the vehicle stability system to take remedial action in less than 500miliseconds before the driver has time to react?
Not only do we design the world’s best tyre pressure sensors, but we also develop embedded software that runs on vehicle ECUs and our next generation of Bluetooth sensors. Our future includes machine learning, distributed processing, and edge/cloud architectures. We work with the majority of the top Car Companies, worldwide.
We are seeking top technical talent to expand our global engineering team, which is currently 160 engineers across 3 sites, on track to generate over $500m of annual sales. As a Senior Systems Design Engineer, you will work with a cross-functional team to develop these innovative solutions and have an opportunity to influence not only want we build, but how we build it.

General Responsibilities
• Provides technical leadership within a cross functional team 
• Working closely with customer technical and project personnel
• Handles both external and internal stakeholder requirements for new products / features / technology developments
• Identifies, analyzes and resolves system design weaknesses
• Develops system specifications and formalized representations of solutions (for example, flow charts, models) to develop systems that meet customer needs
• Systems Architecture development with roadmaps to increase feature sets, reduce cost, pursue integration opportunities and increase quality
• Leads internal Sensata sub system design teams to refine implementation of products / features / technologies & specifications to ensure they meet stakeholder’s needs

Experience / Qualifications
• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Holds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers

Specific Responsibilities

• Systems engineering for automotive sensing product developments, including requirement engineering, system design, and analysis.
• Working closely with customers, some of the world’s biggest automotive manufacturers
• Performing the role of product owner in a cross functional agile team, working closely with sub system design teams to refine product features
• Understanding customer technical requirements and expectations, and developing/driving tyre condition assessment solutions from concept to launch
• Development of specifications and formalized representations of solutions (System architecture, flow charts, models) that meet customer needs
• Understanding ISO 26262, ASPICE and cyber security and ensuring system development in compliance with these standards
• Delivering proof-of-concept demonstrations to customers and development partners
• Algorithm development and modelling of system level behaviour for new functionality.
• Technical support for concept and business case development for new business quotations

Specific Experience / Qualifications

Essential:

• Minimum of BEng degree in Electronics, Software or a related engineering discipline with 3 years + experience
• Experience/knowledge with requirements management tools (e.g. Jama, Doors)
• Experience with systems modelling, simulation & validation environment (e.g. MIL, SIL & HIL)
• Experience with system analysis tools such as Fault Tree, FMEA & FMEDA etc.
• Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong collaboration skills that facilitate effective teamwork across multiple disciplines (like Systems, Software, Hardware, Mechanical and Verification engineers) to make sound engineering decisions
• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Self-accountable to achieving goals and standards

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of working in the automotive industry
• Experience and understanding of system development process to meet automotive or industrial standards (e.g. ISO 26262, ASPICE, CMMI, ISO21434)
• Use of CAN tools such as CANoe and CANdela Studio.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture or other UML tools
• Experience working in an Agile development framework as a Product Owner using Scrum methodology
• Strong communication skills. Must be able to communicate technical issues, risks, and status in both written and oral form
• Knowledge/understanding of embedded electronics and software systems
• Knowledge of requirements management
• Experience of modelling/simulation
• Experience with system design in safety/emission critical and/or regulated environments, familiarity with quality systems and leading design methodologies

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Sensata Technologies is committed to the provision of training, development and promotion opportunities

Please note that all successful candidates must undergo a medical examination which includes a drugs test.

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• Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication

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