About this role
<p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">Basic Function<br>The Engineering Manager leads the Engineering organization with clear ownership for sensor product architecture, requirement flow-down, and system integration. This role provides daily leadership, technical direction, resource planning, and ensures high-quality engineering execution across all customer programs.<br><br>Essential Duties & Responsibilities<br>1) Engineering Leadership & People Management<br>- Lead, mentor, and performance-manage a team of systems and development engineers.<br>- Establish engineering standards, methods, and governance for requirements, sensor architecture, interfaces, and system verification.<br>- Ensure effective workload planning, staffing, hiring, and skill development.<br>- Drive continuous improvement, structured problem-solving, and technical excellence.<br><br>2) Ownership of Systems Engineering Discipline<br>- Own the system V-model, system specification, and requirements traceability from RFQ through SOP.<br>- Guide the team in decomposing system requirements into HW/SW/Mechanical interfaces.<br>- Oversee system-level risk assessments, design reviews, and engineering documentation.<br><br>3) Product Architecture Governance<br>- Work and collaborate with the global Engineering teams on the definition and updating of the sensor product architecture and, maintain, and communicate architecture baselines across the product life cycle.<br>- Ensure architecture decisions are implemented across the various Engineering disciplines, and through to the Supply chain.<br>- Align architecture to performance, safety, cost, manufacturability, and timing objectives.<br><br>4) Functional Safety & Quality Responsibilities<br>- Oversee creation of safety concepts (TSC) and safety analyses (FTA, FMEDA, CCA) per ISO 26262.<br>- Maintain alignment between system safety goals, DFMEA, and verification strategy.<br>- Champion adherence to ASPICE/IATF-relevant engineering process requirements.<br><br>5) Cross‑Functional Collaboration & Customer Interaction<br>- Act as engineering interface to customers on systems architecture, specifications, technical discussions, and issue resolution.<br>- Communicate engineering status, decisions, and risks to leadership and program management.<br>- Collaborate tightly with HW, SW, Mechanical design, Test, PMO, and Manufacturing Engineering.<br><br>Qualification Requirements</p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">- Fluency in English (written and spoken) is essential for collaboration with global teams<br>- Bachelor’s/Master’s in Engineering; advanced degree preferred.<br>- 8–12+ years systems engineering experience; 3–6+ years engineering leadership.<br>- Strong cross-domain understanding (HW, SW, mechanical design, system architecture, functional safety).<br><br>Skills & Competencies<br>- Strong leadership presence, prioritization ability, and decision-making</p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">- Experience in automotive sensing (Position, Speed, Steering) is an advantage<br>- Proficient in ISO 26262, DFMEA, requirements management, change management</p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">- Experience and Prototype validation DVP/PVP<br>- Tools: Polarion, APIS IQ RM, standard SE toolchains.</p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif"><br><br>Success Metrics<br>- Quality of system architecture and specifications.<br>- On-time delivery of engineering and project milestones.<br>- Requirements coverage & traceability performance.<br>- Audit/safety assessment results.<br>- Team capability, retention, and engagement.<br><br>Travel<br>- Occasional travel to customers, suppliers, and international Bourns sites.<br><br></p>