System Engineer – Automotive Actuation Systems
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 12, 2026. Flex scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Job Summary
The System Engineer leads the multidisciplinary system design of smart precision actuators, integrating mechanical, hardware and software domains from concept through industrialisation and series production. Defines the system architecture and the system-level integration and verification approach to ensure fulfilment of customer and stakeholder requirements.
What a typical day looks like:
- Convert stakeholder needs into clear system requirements that serve as input for design and testing .
- Develop logical and physical system architecture and interfaces.
- Accountable for the final technical product design, based on the initial concepts and acts as the Design Authority for the complete system.
- Define the testing and validation approach covering System Integration and ensure the correct split between SW/HW/ME tests.
- Project technical leadership, responsible for managing System Integration involving cross-functional teams.
- Review SW/HW/ME solutions and documentation.
- Main technical interface for customer and suppliers of critical parts.
- Assure the continuous optimization and implementation of Quality and Engineering excellence tools in the design process such as ISO/TS 16949, ASPICE, FUSA, SSDD (i.e., DFMEA), Prolaunch en 5S.
- Ensure that system documentation is prepared according to the project schedule, being owner of the related deliverables (system requirements and system design).
- Organize periodic technical team meetings, working for the resolution of System problems.
- Highlight schedule issues, allocation and resources problems to PM.
- Support PM in updating the open issue list file for items related to inter-department dependencies.
The experience we're looking to add to our team
- HBO/WO in Mechanical, Hardware, Software Engineering or other System relevant discipline.
- Systems thinking, understand the full system (HW, SW, ME) and the interactions between components .
- Knowledge of Architectural Design.
- Knowledge of ME, HW and SW.
- Cross-functional Leadership.
- Experience with Polarion, Doors or similar system .
- Experience with 3D CAD software (Creo, Creo Simulate) preferred.
- Material knowledge (plastics and metals) preferred.
- Knowledge of mass production techniques.
- Knowledge of and experience with Automotive standards and the Automotive quality system.
- Innovative, Team player, Analytical thinking, Communicative, Persistent
- English in word and writing, additional foreign languages are an advantage
- Experience in Project architecture, Functional Safety or Requirement Engineering embedded systems.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
- Development opportunities and clear career growth paths.
- Be part of a collaborative engineering team developing innovative automotive technologies.
- Open culture where ideas and continuous improvement are encouraged.
- Diverse work with broad technical responsibilities.
- Flexible working hours.
- Hybrid working model (1 day per week working from home).
- Professional and international work environment.
- 8% holiday allowance.
- Bonus plan.
- Discount on selected insurance packages.
- 50/50 pension contribution.
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