Systems Integration Engineer

About the Role

An exciting role exists for a Systems Integration Engineer specializing in OE Automotive development within the Software Electronics Team at FOX. The Software Electronics Team creates, develops, and implements new hardware, embedded software, and chassis control systems for a range of FOX markets including automobiles, off-road vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, motorcycles, and future transportation models. The team works collaboratively with all PVG (Powered Vehicle Group) business groups.

The candidate will be instrumental in the integration of chassis control systems, including designing and implementing sensors, data acquisition equipment, new electrical architectures, and wiring schematics. The role also leads system bring-up, troubleshooting, and validation of control systems that include hardware and embedded software.

To be part of this team, the candidate must be a creative, forward-thinking individual dedicated to advancing control systems capabilities at FOX—a major growth opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Integrate chassis control systems, including designing and implementing sensors, data acquisition equipment, electrical architectures, and wiring schematics.
• Lead system bring-up, troubleshooting, and validation of control systems involving hardware and embedded software.
• Solve vehicle-related issues involving electronic control units (ECUs), sensors, and communication networks.
• Validate system inputs and outputs.
• Understand control logic at a high level and verify ECU inputs and outputs.
• Establish system requirements from cross-functional teams, including product planning, hardware, control systems, and software.
• Create detailed bring-up procedures, wiring diagrams, and installation guides.
• Document overall system architecture and create system block diagrams.
• Develop new or improved processes for installation and testing of integrated and distributed systems.
• Use electrical test bench equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, and multimeters.
• Make adjustments to wiring harnesses and perform basic wire-working tasks.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Automotive, or related engineering field.
• 3-5 years of experience as an engineer in the automotive or industrial mobile machine industry.
• Hands-on system integration experience.
• Demonstrated experience in problem-solving vehicle-related issues involving ECUs, sensors, and communication networks.
• Experience validating system inputs and outputs.
• Knowledge of automotive communication protocols (CAN, CAN FD, LIN, PSI5, FlexRay).
• Experience with CAN analysis tools such as Vector CANalyzer, Intrepid Vehicle Spy, etc.
• Strong understanding of automotive CAN Bus, including network architecture, physical layer rules, and encoding/decoding of raw data.
• Experience with ECU flashing tools such as vFlash.
• Strong technical communication skills and ability to lead issue resolution across teams.
• Basic programming in Python, C/C++, MATLAB, etc.
• Basic understanding of electrical concepts and ability to interpret basic circuits.
• Experience with version control and issue tracking systems like GitHub.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with Simulink and auto-code generation.
• Basic DSP and signal conditioning knowledge (ADC, filtering, aliasing, etc.).
• Familiarity with real-time systems and basic embedded concepts.
• Experience with advanced CAN network design/development, simulation, and test tools such as Vector CANoe.
• General knowledge of other common protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP/IP.
• Experience with ECU calibration over XCP/CCP using tools like Vector CANape, PiSnoop, etc.
• Experience developing scripts to automate data acquisition and validation using Python, MATLAB, etc.
• Ability to perform basic statistics and data analysis.
• Experience in chassis systems.
• Familiarity with HIL setups (dSpace, NI Labview, OPAL-RT, or similar).
• Ability to architect, design, and build a complete HIL bench based on system requirements.
• Sensor integration and calibration (IMUs, displacement, LiDAR/Cameras, etc.).
• Familiarity with the control of servos, BLDCs, solenoids, and other electromechanical devices.

Competencies

• Customer Mindset: Exceptional customer experience is the primary focus while performing job duties. Quality is a top priority.
• Adaptability & Innovation: Proactively and willingly adapts to changing business needs and presents creative ideas to solve problems and improve quality.
• Relationship Building: Self-starter with solid communication and interpersonal skills. Builds inclusive, cooperative, and respectful working relationships.
• Accountability: Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and strives to exceed requirements.
• Decision Making and Judgment: Makes timely, informed decisions that account for facts, goals, constraints, and risks.
• Talent Development (Self and Others): Displays an ongoing commitment to learning and self-improvement; coaches and teaches others to support their development.

Benefits

We provide competitive wages, great benefits, and employee discounts. It’s a fun environment where we truly enjoy working as a team and bringing great products to our customers.