Staff Systems Engineer

About the role

Clarios is the force behind the world's most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials-setting the standard for sustainability in our industry. At Clarios, we're not just making batteries; we're shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact. Discover your potential at Clarios-where your power meets endless possibilities. Veterans/Military Spouses: We value the leadership, adaptability, and technical expertise developed through military service. At Clarios, those capabilities thrive in an environment built on grit, ingenuity, and passion-where you can grow your career while helping to power progress worldwide. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to protected characteristics. We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experienc

Responsibilities

• How you will do it:
• Lead and advise cross program System Teams to review and negotiate customer specifications, industry standards, regulatory standards and internal design guidelines to establish product system requirements.
• Guide across program System Teams in validation planning activities in accordance with automotive functional safety and ASPICE processes.
• Develop System Processes with interaction with interacting Stakeholders to be compliant to ISO26262 and ASPICE processes.
• Identify System Process gaps and lead System team for process improvement - Guide Workgroups to collect, analyze, and cascade the system requirements. - Lead Teams for optimization of requirements and parameter definition processes
• Guide cross program to analyze performance and design constraint requirements
• Define the system architecture, including sizing and cell selection based on core product portfolio.
• Guide cross program System Teams requirements cascading to engineering disciplines and subsystems
• Lead analyzing limiting requirements to all functional levels
• Define system architecture with interfaces of components and engineering disciplines
• Review the system level DFMEA and lead the coordinating with other sub-systems and component FMEAs.
• Approve specifications and design of all battery components - mechanical, electrical, software, and electronics.
• Develop relationships with suppliers to help generate component specifications and lead the make vs. buy analysis in conjunction with functional groups.
• Approver of system work packages and test results in support of design verification.
• Approver of engineering documentation to ensure a sensible archive of information including engineering calculations, engineering drawings, intellectual property, DFMEAs, validation reports, meeting minutes, trip reports, and customer documents/communication.
• Provides technical leadership on assigned project teams and tasks with other engineering disciplines.
• What we look for:
• Required:
• Bachelor's degree in related field with extensive industry experience (20+ years)
• Preferred:
• Master's degree in related field with extensive industry experience
• PhD from a technically rigorous program and institution
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• What you get:
• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching - all starting on date of hire
• Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
• Parental and caregiver leave programs
• All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
• Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership
• HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility
• Clarios has been recognized as one of 2025's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the third consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction.

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