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The Senior Systems Engineer leverages a comprehensive understanding of the company's products and technologies to facilitate cross-functional engineering initiatives. This role will support system design activities, ensure alignment with requirements and collaborate with test and validation teams to establish verification criteria. This role will also have a key focus on projects for Japanese customers, requiring close coordination with May Mobility's Japan team to understand Japan-specific requirements in support of future autonomous vehicle launches in the region.

• Leverage a system level understanding of our products and technologies to support cross-functional engineering efforts
• Serve as the primary systems engineering point of contact for projects targeting Japan customers, ensuring effective coordination with the local Japan team.
• Identify, analyze, and translate Japan-specific regulatory, safety, and customer requirements into technical system specifications for fully autonomous vehicles.
• Develop and execute methods for identifying and documenting Japan specific Operational Design Domain (ODD)
• Analyze real-world and simulation results to identify performance trends, uncover potential issues, and provide insights for improvements
• Develop and execute system test and validation plans derived from documented system requirements to ensure product performance and reliability.
• Lead engineering process continuous improvement activities, proposing solutions and gaining buy-in from impacted teams
• Conduct FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and manage the resolution of all identified findings.

Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:

• Strong working knowledge of autonomous vehicle software and systems 
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Strong attention to detail and highly-organized
• Ability to multitask and adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced work environment
• Understanding of agile startup and engineering principles and mindset
• Ability to display systems thinking and attention to detail
• Detailed knowledge of requirements management and requirement-based design
• Ability to develop, document, and execute system level testing and validation plans
• Curiosity to learn and desire to improve

Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:

Required

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university
• 5+ years experience in automotive engineering working on software, hardware, or combined hardware/software products and 2+ years experience working on autonomous driving systems
• Knowledge of automotive and autonomous vehicle technologies
• Experience supporting Japan-based projects
• Experience with Python, SQL, and data analysis tools (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Spark).

Desirable

• A Masters degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience working in a startup
• Japanese language experience

• Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
• Prolonged sitting
• Prolonged standing
• Prolonged computer use

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