Staff Feature Strategist - Chassis - Vehicle Dynamics State Estimation

About the role

The VDSE Chassis Staff Feature Strategist is a key technical leader within the Vehicle Dynamics and Chassis Controls organization, responsible for overseeing development and release of vehicle dynamics state estimation (VDSE) features across multiple vehicle programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a calibration/integration plan for VDSE features that meets program and architecture deliverables, working with the ETL and other chassis controls feature strategists to understand and reflect the product roadmap.
• Document and own key deliverable dates for each program (e.g., 65% calibration due date, calibration review due date, verification completion) and keep the broader team aligned to those milestones.
• Track when relevant software content will be released to support the integration plan and communicate to the calibration team and VDSE calibration TS.
• Own the rollout strategy for new VDSE features into development or production programs.
• Coordinate with the VDSE TS, calibrators, and SW team for rollout of any changes needed to address development or production PRTS, including development of the verification and deployment plan.
• Work with the VDSE TS and calibrators to understand any VDSE functional issues being highlighted by other domain areas. Drive read-across and adjust plans as necessary.
• Maintain awareness of SW feature/functions that other domains require from VDSE as enablers for their areas, and ensure those functions are planned, implemented, and calibrated with the right fidelity at each milestone.
• Monitor upcoming calibration and feature changes in other functional areas and cascade this information and timing to the VDSE TS and calibration team.
• Provide clear feature/function deliverables to the calibration team, including defining and maintaining VDSE performance metrics.
• Develop and own verification plans for VDSE features, ensuring coverage of metrics, cross-feature interactions, and program-specific use cases.
• Prepare and present VDSE function-specific status and issue summaries, clearly articulating risks, mitigation plans, and decision needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Controls, or related field.
• Significant experience (typically 7+ years) in chassis controls, vehicle dynamics, state estimation, or related embedded controls within automotive applications.
• Strong understanding of vehicle dynamics, IMU/WSS-based state estimation, and chassis sensing (e.g., yaw/lateral/longitudinal acceleration, wheel speed, bank/grade).
• Proven ability to effectively work cross-functionally.
• Experience with PRTS/issue management and structured problem-solving, including tracking solutions into software and calibration.
• Comfortable working with SDV-style toolchains and infrastructure (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, SPR/VeSCoM, CRETA, Cal Planner or equivalent).
• Excellent communication, organization, and technical leadership skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority across multiple programs.

Preferred Skills

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or controls discipline.
• Direct experience in VDSE calibration or algorithm development, or in closely related features (e.g., ABS/ESC/VAF, TCS/eAWD, DCI).
• Experience with virtual calibration and test (HIL/SIL/Co-Sim) and usage of model-based toolchains (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink).