ZF Group · 1 day ago
Systems Requirements Engineer
Northville, MI, US
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expZF North America Inc. is seeking a Systems Requirements Engineer based in Northville, MI. The role involves managing requirements within development projects for electronic components in hybrid or electric vehicles, analyzing customer requirements, and ensuring traceability and compliance with quality management systems.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Responsible for requirements management within development projects for electronic components (e.g., Power Inverter; Power Control Units) used in powertrain systems of Hybrid or Electric vehicles
Analyze customer requirements & derive them into system requirements for definition of components & system architecture and breakdown of system requirements placed on sub-systems / engineering domains
Support requirements discussions with customer
Identify components required for implementation of system requirements
Specification of cooperation of different components / sub-systems for implementation of technical functions
Specification of common interfaces & dependencies between components / engineering domains
Review, manage, negotiate customer requirements & agreements on technical system requirements in DOORS & obtain customer sign-off
Ensure linked customer & system requirements & update requirements per project progress or changes
Define, align, document, review & release system requirements
Support development team by definition of system architecture consistent with technical requirements
Collaborate with development to create system FMEA & determine significant/critical characteristics
Serve as technical contact for requirements related topics
Support Safety Manager to achieve required functional safety goals
Prepare risk & impact analysis based on given requirements & changes
Manage system configuration definition & releases to ensure hardware & software levels compatible & specified
Discuss, develop, link software, mechanic & hardware requirements with domain coordinators to ensure requirements traceability
Identify, develop alternatives to problems or schedule delays to resolve & recommend ways to recover lost project time
Provide progress status updates
Collaborate with hardware, software & systems engineers to implement systems engineering strategies based on V-Model principles
Support product testing in regards to requirements related topics
Support troubleshooting & analysis tasks
Support beta testing, pre-production testing & final product implementation
Perform feasibility studies for requirements or change requests
Participate in audits & ensure compliance with ZF Quality Management System requirements (ZF QMS) which includes IATF 16949, Automotive Spice and Customer Specific Requirements (CSR)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering field
3 years of experience in engineering (or related) occupations for product development
Demonstrated experience with: Requirements management (including involvement in customer requirements allocation, decomposing of higher level requirements and assigning them to lower level components or functions, ensuring traceability between requirements, leading requirements discussions with customer and other stakeholders)
Requirement metrics creation and handling
Designing or testing of electronic or mechatronic systems (including simulations and calculations, design reviews, test case definition, test execution, and test documentation)
Development of High Voltage Power Electronic products (within aerospace or automotive)
Working with US OEM customer requirements, including documenting, sorting, clustering and decomposing
V Model (including development process basics involving different roles and invoked stakeholders)
Requirements management tools (including: IBM Doors, Code beamer, or Polarion) to perform requirements engineering, including proper documentation and tracking of requirement status and traceability through different levels of requirements
IATF 16949
Power Inverter and Power Control Units used in powertrain systems
Company
ZF Group
ZF Group is a technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and industrial technology enabling mobility. It is a sub-organization of ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.5B2025-09-25Debt Financing· $1.5B
Leadership Team
Nicolas Bardot
Senior Vice President Integrated Supply Chain CVCS Division
Jd Marhevko
Vice President of Quality, ZF Division U. Electronics & ADAS
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