ICAS Performance Engineer

The Stellantis ICAS team (Infotainment, Connectivity, Access, Security) is revolutionizing the vehicle ownership experience through the invention of software products delivered to our customers through a variety of digital touchpoints including mobile apps, websites, and in-vehicle infotainment systems. 

The team is seeking candidates that will be responsible for Infotainment, Connected Services, Vehicle Access, Start, & Security voice of the customer (VoC) development, customer functional objectives target setting, and vehicle level DVP&R development and execution. The Performance Engineer will support the vehicle integration and validation process by owning and maintaining functional objective scorecard, leading the attribute teams, and supporting tech club and vehicle program requests. The Performance Engineer will investigate and analyze vehicle issues for root causes and issue the appropriate documentation for resolution including leading the team where the issue crosses multiple vehicle disciplines. The Performance Engineer will lead and support ride and drive events, overnight evaluations, and trips with vehicle updates and diagnostic tools. They will also set vehicle-specific objective performance targets for all infotainment, connectivity, vehicle access, security and start features based benchmarks of competitive set, translated voice-of-customer, and industry knowledge.

The Performance Engineer will be responsible for managing all Infotainment, Connected Services, Vehicle Access, Start, & Security features for their platform, ensuring the voice of the customer is met and on time to all vehicle milestones.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field
• A minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in automotive industry
• Strong desire to understand customer wants and vehicle development program
• Demonstrated communication skills (written and oral)
• Strategic thinker
• Proficient with CAN tools & Radio/TBM logging tools
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to summarize and present work
• Proven ability to deliver in a fast-paced work environment with minimum assistance
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time (development trips, VoC events, support events, rides...etc.)
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Working knowledge of FMEA, design validation (DV) and process validation (PV) (DVPR), and test planning
• Three years of vehicle integration and validation experience or equivalent
• DFSS Green Belt