The Senior Robotics Systems Engineer defines requirements for products on robotic platforms, leads architecture design, and ensures requirements meet engineering specifications.
What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
Magna is more than one of the world's largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.
Job Responsibilities:
Magna is seeking a Senior Robotic Systems Engineer to join the New Mobility group in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Sr. Systems Engineer is responsible for defining requirements for Complementary Products on robotic platforms. The Complementary Product portfolio will consist of various add-ons designed to enhance capabilities and expand operations or features on our Autonomous Mobile Robot. The candidate will lead efforts for architecture exploration and design, and flow down of requirements to subsystems. They will work with both Hardware and Software teams to ensure that requirements are met, and architectures are successfully implemented between Autonomous Mobile Robot platforms and factory assembly lines. #LI-hybrid
Your Responsibilities
Who we are looking for
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Magna Corporate
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
Magna is more than one of the world's largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.
Job Responsibilities:
Magna is seeking a Senior Robotic Systems Engineer to join the New Mobility group in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Sr. Systems Engineer is responsible for defining requirements for Complementary Products on robotic platforms. The Complementary Product portfolio will consist of various add-ons designed to enhance capabilities and expand operations or features on our Autonomous Mobile Robot. The candidate will lead efforts for architecture exploration and design, and flow down of requirements to subsystems. They will work with both Hardware and Software teams to ensure that requirements are met, and architectures are successfully implemented between Autonomous Mobile Robot platforms and factory assembly lines. #LI-hybrid
Your Responsibilities
- Transform customer requirements into system level requirements leading to engineering specification documents.
- Generate, analyze, and present potential architectures for AMR "top hats": carts, lifters, conveyors, to interface between robotic platform and factory lines.
- Develop test plans for subsystems and assist the engineering team in creating those subsystems, along with supporting test team to ensure plans align with requirements.
- Facilitate the larger team to evaluate internal and external engineering design change requests.
- Interface with customers at site to help inspire requirements and architectural designs.
- Present and review architectures with stakeholders (customers, product management, project leads).
Who we are looking for
- Bachelor's degree or Equivalent Experience in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or similar technical field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in systems engineering
- Experience in Robotics or Factory Automation systems engineering preferred
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects; requires good time management and organizational skills to meet stringent deadlines.
- Experience using requirements management (Doors, Jama, etc) and issue management (Jira, Confluence) tools
- Hybrid in-office policy: at least 3 days in office per week.
- Travel up to 25%
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Magna Corporate
Top Skills
Confluence
Electrical Engineering
JIRA
Mechanical Engineering
Requirements Management Tools
Robotics
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