Job Description

Reliably delivering what’s needed today

There are few challenges as important today as creating solutions that support a cleaner, more energy-efficient world. This requires a commitment to constantly improve the transportation of people and things.  We, at BorgWarner, made that commitment decades ago and have since been creating technologies to improve efficiency, emissions and performance in all types of vehicles.

Constantly pursuing what’s next

Our proven track record has made us industry leader in clean, energy-efficient propulsion system solutions for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles. We uncover strong trends and use smart science and technology to address a future based on varying regulations, consumer demands and automaker requirements.

Product leadership that’s changing the world

Our employees have earned trusted partnerships with customers and suppliers around the world.  We leverage these relationships to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges at hand and then do what it takes to develop the next solution.  Our strong operations and commercialization expertise result in high volume availability of competitive, efficient products that truly drive change.

BorgWarner PowerDrive Systems is currently looking for a “dynamic, results driven” individual to join as Systems Engineer – System Function Feature Owner supporting the Systems Engineering Competency at our Indiana Technical Center (ITC) with locations in Noblesville or Kokomo, Indiana or Propulsion Technical Center (PTC) in Auburn Hills, MI.

The Systems Engineer – Systems Function Feature Owner position is a blend of technical and leadership responsibilities.  The engineer is responsible for the successful delivery of their feature on customer projects while establishing the roadmap for future improvements.  The role requires a good understanding of systems engineering principles and a solid technical understanding within the feature, ideally being the Subject Matter Expert.   This role is one of the pillars of our growing systems engineering organization and is a key to successfully delivery on our projects.

Key Accountabilities

Work across engineering competencies, suppliers, and partners to deliver on Systems Engineering commitments
Lead technical development, from a feature perspective, with cross-functional team through the development and verification of electrified propulsion systems
Lead the technical analysis, trade off studies, FMEAs, design reviews and customer presentations
Negotiate the technical requirements, scope and subcontract deliverables for feature
Interpret Functional Safety (ISO 26262) requirements for the product development team
Support the definition and continuous improvement of systems engineering processes, methods, and tools
Act as an ambassador for Systems Engineering Principles and best-practices; Mentor less experienced engineers
Collaborate and Mentor; a role model for BW Beliefs

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science
8+ years’ experience in related engineering field applying Systems Engineering principles throughout the product life cycle in one or more of the following areas:

Automotive electronics product development
Power electronics, specifically motor drive inverters
Systems Engineering

Subject Matter Expert in technical knowledge related to this feature:

Electronic systems sleep, wakeup, and communications strategies
Mechanisms related to managing the variants within a system

Leadership skills – planning and organizing commitments
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Self-motivated and driven personality with the ability to work under limited supervision.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English language
Preferred knowledge or experience:

Awareness of or experience in multiple engineering disciplines (electrical, mechanical, test, software, controls)
Requirements management methods in a structured tool such as Polarion
Change management methods in a structured tool such as JIRA
System modeling in SysML or other modeling language
ASPICE and ISO 26262 experience
Power Electronics hardware and/or software design experience
Analysis techniques such as FMEA, FTA, etc.
ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP certification

BorgWarner Core Competencies

Learning on the Fly
Action Orientated
Functional/Technical Skills
Informing
Self-Knowledge
Drive for Results
Ethics & Values
Interpersonal Savvy
Customer Focus
Decision Quality