Development Engineer

Shape the future today.

The world is changing. The question is, what will be our contribution to the outcome? We have set the pace in the field of mobility from the very beginning, and we will continue to do so. At Mercedes-Benz Vans, interdisciplinary teams are developing the mobility of tomorrow. Our goal is to make mobility safer, simpler, and more sustainable for people across the globe.

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At Mercedes-Benz Vans, we offer you the perfect environment for your professional and personal growth. Cutting-edge training and promising career opportunities will help you to foster and expand your professional skill set as well as your individual strengths. Think, try, and thrive with us in collaborative work environments that spark game-changing concepts.

Job Overview:

Provides expert technical leadership for electrical/electronic systems support, serving as the primary liaison between product
development and manufacturing operations. Leads complex control unit and software issue resolution, validation activities,
launch readiness, and preventive quality initiatives. Advises leadership on technical risks, priorities, and trade-offs while
supporting organizational capability development. Functions as an individual contributor and does not hold ownership for
product design, software development, release management, or operational approvals.

• Shape E/E support priorities, diagnostic methods, and long-term engineering capability.
• Lead specialist-supported resolution of systemic ECU, software, and network concerns across hardware, configuration, and
  production interfaces.
• Guide major ECU/software change feasibility, compatibility, implementation, and readiness across systems.
• Align containment, permanent corrections, and deviation validity and closure with accountable owners
• Guide development ECU/software test strategies and evidence standards; advise on supplier evaluations and certification
  support as applicable.
• Challenge launch and update readiness; align traceable development configurations, production-release separation, and
  approval controls with owners.
• Align Charleston and North American E/E support needs with Research & Development team.
• Promote traceable issue, change, deviation, and milestone records. Guide production and field risk assessments; advise on
  corrective strategies, trade-offs, maturity, and decisions. Escalate unresolved risks or higher-approval decisions to owners.
• Mentor senior engineers and build specialist networks and technical judgment without personnel management
• Drive prevention and measure readiness, recurrence reduction, and resolution quality

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s in electrical engineering, mechatronics, automotive engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent
education and experience; advanced degree beneficial.

8+ years of progressive automotive E/E experience with sustained technical leadership in production support or
development.

Deep development ECU/software experience and proven systemic problem-solving across organizational boundaries.

Experience establishing methods, advising leadership, and developing technical leaders; automotive lifecycle and
launch experience p referred.

Knowledge and

Skills:

Deep ECU/software expertise and broad E/E architecture, sensor/actuator, power, grounding, and production
knowledge.

Systems thinking across CAN, LIN, automotive Ethernet, hardware/software dependencies, and work streams.

Expert judgment in diagnostics, root-cause strategy, uncertainty, systemic risk, and validation alternatives.

Strong change-governance, deviation, configuration-traceability, and launch-maturity knowledge.

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