Staff Engineer Electrical - Systems Architecture at Harley-Davidson Wauwatosa, WI

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Title:

Staff Engineer Electrical
- Systems Architecture Job Function:
Engineering

Location:

PDC Workplace Category:
Onsite Company:
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Full or Part-Time:
Full Time Shift: SHIFT1

In 1903, out of a small shed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, four young men lit a cultural wildfire that would grow and spread across geographies and generations. Their innovation and imagination for what was possible on two wheels sparked a transportation revolution that would make Harley-Davidson the most recognizable motorcycle brand in the world. Today, we continue to define motorcycle culture, evoking soul-stirring emotion reflected in every product and experience we deliver - like we have for well over a century and will for generations to come.

Are you ready to ride with us?

The Harley-Davidson Motor Company Product Development Center (PDC) located in Wauwatosa, WI is home to the mantra – You dream it. We build it. Join our team as a Staff Engineer Electrical
- Systems Architecture.

The Staff Engineer
- Electrical Systems Architecture will provide strategic technical leadership for the development of vehicle electrical systems and components. This role is responsible for defining system architecture, establishing technical standards, guiding key design decisions, and shaping the future direction of vehicle electrical systems while influencing long-term platform strategy.

• Lead the definition, decomposition, and governance of electrical system requirements and architecture, ensuring requirements are clear, testable, traceable, and aligned with business and technical objectives
• Lead system-level technical decisions and establish architecture principles and technical standards that reduce complexity, improve reuse, and support long-term platform strategy
• Identify system integration risks, architectural gaps, and technical tradeoffs early in development, and lead cross-functional resolution of complex technical issues
• Own Functional Safety work products, including item definition, safety requirements, hazard analysis, traceability, and verification artifacts, to support compliance with product development and ISO 26262 expectations
• Define verification strategies across supplier, bench, HIL, and vehicle validation environments to ensure components and systems meet performance, quality, and functional targets
• Develop software and system verification plans aligned to requirements, traceability, and functional objectives to support robust, intuitive, and launch-ready features
• Support prototype, pre-production, and launch activities, including product testing and evaluation
• Provide strategic technical leadership for vehicle electrical systems by driving architecture direction, leading technical reviews and design governance, and mentoring design engineers and Tier1 suppliers to ensure execution aligns with architecture intent, validation requirements, and launch readiness
• Collaborate effectively with global teams, including internal stakeholders and suppliers; this role may require occasional early morning meetings to support global engagement

This position requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field. Master’s degree preferred.

• Deep knowledge of vehicle electrical systems, including system and component selection, software integration, electrical design, and system integration
• Strong technical depth in current vehicle technologies and awareness of emerging technologies, with the ability to influence future product and platform direction
• Demonstrated problem-solving capability with experience leading issue resolution from data collection and analysis through root cause identification, solution development,…