Systems Engineer (Automotive)

TL;DR

Systems Engineer (Automotive): Translating stakeholder requirements into system specifications, architectures, and design definitions for vehicle technologies with an accent on requirements engineering, system modeling, and cross-functional product development. Focus on decomposing complex systems, analyzing feasibility and risks, developing system FMEA, and ensuring compliance with automotive safety and cybersecurity standards.

Location: Barneveld, Netherlands

Company

hirify.global designs and manufactures vehicle technologies including actuation, vision, emissions control, safety, security, and monitoring systems for automotive, commercial, off-highway, and agricultural vehicle manufacturers.

What you will do

• Decompose customer and business requirements into structured functional and non-functional system requirements.
• Develop system architectures, specify system elements, and define and manage interfaces.
• Perform system modeling, simulations, trade-off analyses, feasibility assessments, and risk evaluations.
• Collaborate with software, functional safety, cybersecurity, electrical engineering, verification, and project management teams.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards, regulations, and organizational policies.
• Maintain system FMEA and support technical feasibility and effort assessments for RFQs, RFIs, and change requests.

Requirements

• BSc in Systems, Automotive, Software, Electrical Engineering, or another technical discipline.
• 5–10 years of experience as a systems engineer, preferably in automotive, heavy equipment, or agricultural industries.
• Knowledge of requirements engineering and system architectural design.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS NG, Polarion, or similar.
• Experience with system modeling tools such as SMW, Capella, or similar.
• Ability to work with cross-functional engineering teams and conduct structured technical reviews.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Functional Safety, ISO 26262, Cybersecurity, ISO 21434, ASPICE, UNECE R46, MBSE, field-of-view studies, camera image pipelines, image recognition, or image stitching.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment of 40 hours per week.
• Collaborative and diverse team working on innovative vehicle systems.
• 8% holiday allowance and 27 annual holiday days.
• Travel allowance of €0.23 per kilometer one way, up to 50 km.
• CAO Metalektro HP employment conditions and PME retirement arrangements.
• WIA and PAWW supplementary insurance provisions, plus 13 annual ATV days.