Software Systems Engineer

The Requirements Engineer I is an entry-level role focused on developing core engineering skills and determining and documenting the requirements that a design must satisfy.

Location
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This position requires on-site work at Gentex facilities. This role is not eligible for remote work.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Learn processes and best practices related to requirements engineering.
• Set and adjust approach to requirements engineering tasks based on input from mentor engineer.
• Communicate work status to requirements engineering team and project team.
• Interpret external technical documents like regulations, customer specifications, and data sheets.
• Collect internal use cases for engineering users, product validation labs, and manufacturing.
• Solicit technical input from peers within and outside the requirements engineering team.
• Elaborate requirements from, and maintain traceability to, higher level requirements.
• Ensure requirements provide a level of detail relevant to designers and verifiers.
• Review requirements developed by other engineers to ensure conformance with quality criteria.
• Other duties as assigned.

HOW YOU’LL DO IT

• Fostering teamwork – Building effective partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Personal accountability – Keeping promises and honoring commitments, accepting responsibility for one’s actions and assuming responsibility when dealing with problems, crisis and issues.
• Problem solving – Defining a problem, determining the cause, identifying, prioritizing, and selecting alternatives for a solution, and implementing a solution.
• Maintaining a high level of confidentiality, honesty, and integrity with respect to company matters.
• Complying with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace.

WHAT TO BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Electrical, Computer or Mechanical Engineering, related discipline, or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Experience with technical writing skills.
• Proficiency interpreting complex technical specifications, data sheets, and schematics.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

WHAT WILL HELP

• Experience creating scripts.
• Experience with any of the following:
  • requirements management tools like DOORS, Jama, Polarion, Capterra, Visure.
  • project management tools like Jira, Rally, Azure Dev Ops.
  • systems engineering principles (full lifecycle engineering; INCOSE guidelines).
  • embedded software development (test, architecture, C or other coding).
  • electrical hardware development (microprocessors, power management).
  • digital communication buses (CAN, LIN, ARINC 429, Ethernet, RS-485).
  • processes conforming to standards like ASPICE, DO-178C, DO-254.
  • functional safety development satisfying ISO 26262 objectives.
  • cybersecurity development satisfying ISO 21434 objectives.