System Architect Electrical – Vehicle Systems

A position full of possibilities to further expand your knowledge and stimulate your personal development. All of this within a fun team where an informal working atmosphere prevails. Good employment conditions according to the Metalektro CAO.

• Good pension scheme, CAO Metalektro
• Generous leave: 27 vacation days, 13 ADV days
• Profit sharing
• 8% Holiday allowance
• 25 Euro cents per km net travel allowance or 40 Euro cents per km if you come by bicycle
• Bicycle plan

Contact Person: Kira Hornbostel

As System Architect - Vehicle Electrical Systems, you will be responsible for defining and developing the electrical system architecture of advanced vehicles, with a particular focus on hybrid vehicle platforms.

You will translate vehicle-level requirements into a coherent electrical architecture and ensure that is technically feasible, scalable, safe, manufacturable, serviceable, and ready for mass production.

As system architect of the vehicle electrical system, you will work closely with system architects, electrical and mechanical engineers, software teams, safety engineers, suppliers, and project management.

• Define the vehicle electrical system architecture, including energy generation, energy storage, power distribution, energy conversion, electrical loads, control units, sensors, actuators, and communication interfaces.
• Translate vehicle-level requirements into electrical system requirements and architectural concepts, defining interfaces, dependencies, performance requirements, and allocation of functions to electrical and electronic subsystems.
• Evaluate electrical architectures for hybrid vehicles, and ensure functional, electrical, and technical safety requirements are incorporated into the architecture.
• Define and coordinate electrical interfaces and communication architectures, including CAN, and Ethernet, ensuring consistent data and power interfaces between subsystems.
• Coordinate the integration of electrical systems with mechanical, software, thermal, and vehicle-level architectures, resolving technical conflicts and ensuring that system-level constraints are addressed early in the design process.
• Lead architectural trade-off studies and design decisions, considering performance, reliability, safety, weight, cost, packaging, maintainability, scalability, and manufacturability.
• Maintain the electrical system architecture throughout the vehicle lifecycle, supporting design reviews, engineering changes, configuration management, verification and validation, and production.