GILLIG
Staff Systems Architect
Pleasanton, CA · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$145k-$200kDetected 49 days ago
Supply ChainCadenceSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingTime Management
About the role
- We are looking for a Staff Systems Architect who will be a thought leader in the development, integration, and industrialization of major new content for GILLIG's continuously evolving product line.
- These areas include software architecture, controls development, software creation and management processes, cyber security, functional safety, and software tools and toolchains.
- The role also requires strong practical mechanical aptitude to connect system decisions to real vehicle integration, serviceability, manufacturability, and field performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical evaluation and trade-off studies across software architecture, controls development, software processes, cyber security, functional safety, toolchains, diagnostics, and vehicle integration to drive robust product decisions
- Assess designs, plans, and implementation strategies of self and others using structured systems thinking, risk analysis, verification planning, and sound engineering judgment
- Provide significant support toward engineering programs by shaping technical scope, integration plans, verification strategy, schedules, and cross-functional deliveries, with particular leadership on product-facing initiatives such as stability teams and diagnostics development
- Lead and influence large, collocated cross-functional teams working in-person across engineering disciplines to solve complex vehicle and product challenges, while raising technical rigor, decision quality, and team capability
- Collaborate and iterate with mechanical, electrical, controls, manufacturing, validation, quality, supplier, and service teams to ensure architectures and solutions are practical, manufacturable, and supportable in the field
- Play a lead role in interpreting customer, regulatory, internal, and supplier requirements, deploying actionable system requirements, and resolving incompatibilities across hardware and software domains
- Define and maintain system, subsystem, and interface architectures, including allocation of requirements to hardware, software, and controls functions
- Provide, guide and use professional concepts in developing resolution to critical issues.
- Apply extensive knowledge of theories, practices and design matters.
- Lead the application of existing principles and guide development of new ideas.
Requirements
- Bachelor or advanced degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 8 years of experience within the Engineering industry
- Experience in automotive, commercial vehicle, and/or heavy-duty vehicle product development required
- Experience leading large, collocated engineering teams across multiple disciplines and aligning stakeholders around architecture, execution, stability, and diagnostics decisions
- Working knowledge of vehicle mechanical systems and the ability to connect software and controls decisions to packaging, integration, serviceability, and field performance
- Ability to lift 25 lbs.
- Ability to work independently with review at critical points and may direct the activities of others.
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
Nice to have
- Fluent with requirements management, documentation control, configuration management, and revision/version management.
- Experience with a configure-to-order product and modular architecture management a plus.
Compensation
- $145,000 - $200,000/annual salary + premium benefits
- Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job classification, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
- The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered.
Benefits
- Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
- Excellent compensation including company paid medical premiums, generous retirement plan and other comprehensive benefits
- Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if a candidate receives an offer of employment.
Company info
- We are committed to developing the most reliable buses that connect communities, eliminates congestion, and contributes to a greener environment.
- We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace that values and respects the unique talents, experiences, and perspectives of our employees and the people we serve.
Equal opportunity
- GILLIG is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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