Senior System Engineer – Vehicle Features, Body Controls

EDAG Group

Senior System Engineer involved in development and management of vehicle features and integration with third-party suppliers. Focusing on stakeholder requirements elicitation and technical specifications creation.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeSouth East (Oxfordshire & Surrey) • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Includes, but is not limited to:
- Elicitation and management of stakeholder requirements
- Derivation of System Architecture, system feasibility
- Technical engagement, coordination and integration with third-party suppliers
- Creation, review and approval of system requirements and technical specifications
- Validation planning, test specification, vehicle verification & validation.
In addition to the above, key activities and outputs will include (but is not limited to):
1. Attribute Requirements
2. Use Case Diagrams
3. User Needs
4. Feature Lists
5. Feature Behaviour
6. Architecture Requirements
7. UX UI system Definitions
8. SDK integration Requirements
9. API specification documentations
10. Certification / Licensing requirements and process documentation.
11. Model-based system simulation (e.g. Simulink / System Composer)
The Company is open to considering alternative engagement arrangements, including a self-employed basis, subject to mutual agreement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

- Engineering degree 2:1 or above
- Possess a minimum of 8–10 years of specialised experience in their respective field
- Ability to overcome cultural barriers
- Demonstrate strong customer, team & supplier management skills
- An ability to work effectively and calmly under pressure and to manage time effectively under tight and rigid deadlines
- Significant experience of system definition, architecture development, requirements specification, design/performance modelling, systems integration and acceptance testing; applying Systems Engineering principles in solving complex technical issues using a structured approach
- Capable of decomposing High-Level requirements into the Vehicle and System level and of the converse, providing design guidance to ensure that system designs are backed up by higher level product and legal requirements
- Experience in IBM Rational DOORS, Jama or similar is essential
- Previous experience with automotive network designs (CAN/Ethernet/LIN) is essential
- Experience in using JIRA is essential. AGILE or similar for daily Task management is strongly preferred
- Experience in Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and SysML tooling is strongly preferred
- Experience with diagnostic standards such as UDS, DoIP and design for manufacture
- Developing technical leadership skills recognised by a wide development team as a reference point for the architectural design, and providing technical guidance to peers
- Evidenced knowledge of standards such as Automotive SPICE, CMMI, ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 and SUMS (Software Update Management System)]
- Mircosoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Project, Visio

Benefits

Comp & perks

- Health cash plan, following successful probation
- 5% employer pension contributions
- Hybrid working
- 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Generous absence cover
- Cycle 2 Work scheme
- Octopus EV scheme

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Hard Skills & Tools

system architecturerequirements specificationdesign/performance modellingsystems integrationacceptance testingModel-based Systems EngineeringSysMLAPI specificationSDK integrationautomotive network designs

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcustomer managementteam managementsupplier managementtime managementworking under pressuretechnical leadershipcommunication skillsproblem-solvingstructured approach

Certifications

Engineering degreeAutomotive SPICECMMIISO 26262ISO 21434