System Engineer

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Your Responsibilities

Take technical ownership of interdisciplinary product development for HMI, EAS and MD products, coordinating Software, Hardware and Mechanical Engineering activities throughout the complete product lifecycle.
Define and maintain the Product System Architecture, lead system decomposition and ensure effective integration and alignment across HW, SW and Mechanical domains, including relevant mechanical interfaces.
Translate customer, stakeholder and system requirements into clear technical specifications and solutions, ensuring consistent implementation, traceability and system-level validation.
Act as the technical interface between customers and internal development teams, supporting design reviews, technical decisions, communication and structured resolution of technical issues.
Coordinate technical resources and interfaces between Development, Production and other relevant functions, ensuring effective collaboration and successful industrialization.
Lead cross-functional technical activities to achieve the required product functionality, quality, technical maturity and performance.
Manage engineering changes, including PCN activities, variant updates, product modifications, optimizations and corrective actions, while assessing their technical impact on the overall system.
Conduct and support system-level risk assessments, including FMEA and technical risk analysis, and ensure compliance with applicable standards and requirements.
Support customer claims and field issues through structured root-cause analysis and implementation of appropriate system-level corrective actions.
Contribute to cost and efficiency improvements through standard solutions, VA/VE, VAVE, frontloading and other optimization initiatives.
Monitor technical resources, project timing and budgets, and support testing, validation and assembly preparation for product launch and series production.
Capture and apply lessons learned to improve product quality and development efficiency, while contributing to innovation and advanced engineering activities.

Your Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanics, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science or a related technical field.
5+ years of experience in System Engineering, technical project management or the development of complex interdisciplinary products, preferably in the automotive industry.
Strong expertise in system architecture, multi-domain integration, requirements engineering and system-level validation.
Good understanding of mechanical interfaces, hardware design and embedded software, with the ability to manage complex mechatronic systems.
Solid knowledge of automotive development processes, tools and methodologies, including the V-model and APQP.
Experience with project management, timing and requirements engineering tools.
Knowledge of Functional Safety according to ISis a plus.
Proven ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional and international development teams, including delegation, technical decision-making and resource coordination.
Strong analytical, structured and solution-oriented approach, with excellent problem-solving, negotiation and influencing skills.
Excellent communication, presentation and moderation skills, with confidence in customer and stakeholder interactions.
Fluent English, written and spoken; German is an advantage.
Proactive, assertive and collaborative mindset, combined with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility.

What we offer

Flexible work environment
Private health insurance with optional medical packages for you and your family.
24 vacation days, increasing to 25 days after 3+ years with us.
Meal tickets and Holiday vouchers.
Bookster and 7Card subscription.

Required skills

english negotiation skills german mechanical engineering production product development validation communication skills problem-solving analytical skills mechanics automotive industry software engineering innovation testing corrective actions issue resolution risk assessment mechatronics electrical engineering presentation skills computer science hmi budgets stakeholder management functional safety project management tools product quality technical specifications apqp series production pcn requirements engineering design reviews system engineering system architecture product performance resource coordination eas product lifecycle product launch fmea industrialization v-model embedded software advanced engineering delegation electronics engineering va/ve technical project management hardware design system validation efficiency improvement root-cause analysis influencing skills hardware engineering mechanical integration mechatronic systems engineering changes customer claims lessons learned customer interface standards compliance technical decisions product optimizations moderation skills product functionality vave cross-functional activities product modifications system decomposition international development teams automotive development processes isi cost improvement field issues technical maturity technical risk analysis hw integration md products sw integration variant updates frontloading project timing assembly preparation interdisciplinary products multi-domain integration mechanical interfaces timing tools requirements engineering tools

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