System Engineer, Vehicle Controls (Automotive)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; 4–5 days per week in the office with regular in-person meetings and occasional travel required.

Salary: $140,000–$170,000 annual base salary, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is developing electrified, digitally enabled pickup trucks and rugged SUVs, including all-electric and range-extender powertrains.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end functional architecture of vehicle control and vehicle state management systems.
• Define logical and physical electrical and electronic architectures with system engineers and domain experts.
• Lead the development, integration, validation, and production release of approximately 15 vehicle control functions.
• Coordinate hardware, embedded software, applications, and cross-functional technical teams through the systems engineering V-cycle.
• Develop requirements, component and system designs, specifications, test methods, DFMEA, design verification, and product validation deliverables.
• Apply model-based engineering and simulation methods, including MIL, SIL, and HIL, to troubleshoot and resolve complex mechatronics issues.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in electrical, mechanical, mechatronics, or software engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in automotive systems or mechatronics products.
• Expertise in systems engineering, multidomain physics, complex systems design, and electrical/software integration.
• Working knowledge of embedded software, wiring systems, and power distribution units.
• Familiarity with CAN, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, LVDS, and vehicle network tools such as CANalyzer and CANoe.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and drive solutions with extended cross-functional teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build new vehicle products and contribute to an iconic automotive brand.
• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection insurance plans.
• 401(k) program with employer matching and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, plus paid bereavement, jury duty, voting, and military leave.