Staff Systems Engineer- Automotive OEM

About the role

We are seeking a full-time Staff Systems Engineer on our Automotive OEM Team at Garmin's location in the Greater Kansas City area or at our location in Cary, NC.

Essential Functions

• Performs hands on Systems Engineering activities for large complex systems including all essential functions of a Technical Lead Systems Engineer
• Recognizes key competitive differentiators for Garmin products based on competitive analysis and technical research and development studies
• Identifies and captures opportunities for Intellectual Property
• Balances business and technical acumen to evaluate new technologies
• Edits other groups within Garmin as to Systems Engineering best practices and processes
• Effectively represents Garmin among industry partners, peer groups and regulating agencies as required
• Contributes inventions, new designs, and techniques regarded as significant advances to the product development process
• Applies advanced theories, principles, and concepts in development of new principles and theories
• Utilizes knowledge of principles and forecasts new technology to determine business directions
• Participates in evaluation of proposed or ongoing projects/programs
• Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced engineers in areas such as design standards, cost analysis, design/validation techniques, requirements definition, requirements management, system architecture and integration
• Exemplifies Garmin’s Mission Statement and Quality Policy to proactively works to improve Garmin’s image and culture
• Participates in recruiting activities as assigned
• Shows excellent understanding of the automotive product development process and lifecycle
• Has experience with state-of-the-art automotive working models in the field of software-defined vehicles

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial or Software Engineering or related field AND a minimum of 14 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Demonstrates mastery of all criteria required for the Technical Lead Systems Engineer/Architect
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience with state-of-the-art automotive working models in the field of software-defined vehicles
• Demonstrates a successful track record in managing exceedingly complex problems and providing successful solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious

Desired Qualifications

• Previous work experience in the Automotive or Aviation industry
• System level design with MatLab/Simulink, SystemC, FPGA/ASIC design with Intel/Altera, Xilinx, Synopsys, Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics) and Cadence; PCB layout with Eagle, Hyperlynx Signal Integrity, C/C++, Python, UNIX/Linux, Android