When you join Daimler, you become an agent of change within our global community of people working to create a cleaner, safer, and more efficient world for today and tomorrow. Through innovation at all levels, our teams ensure our world-changing brands continue to increase the quality of life and the business success of our customers, their customers, and the world around them. The Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) brand portfolio is second to none, and includes Freightliner Trucks, Western Star Trucks, Detroit engines and components, Thomas Built Buses and Freightliner Custom Chassis.
We are the undisputed leader in the commercial vehicle market and the industry’s technology trendsetter. Empowered by purpose, DTNA employees drive a Technology Revolution through innovative products and a customer-centric culture. Our dedication to our customers and society does not end once our products hit the road. That’s because we believe that business success and social responsibility go hand in hand. We immerse ourselves in our customer’s experience, and support the environmental responsibilities of our sites to ensure our products are the reliable, sustainable and the desired tools of the future.
Job Overview
The Advanced Engineering team drives innovation at Daimler Trucks North America to improve and enhance safety through the development of intelligent vehicle controls and increasing automation. We shape the future of transportation by pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology.
As an Advanced Engineering team member, the successful candidate will be involved in the design, development and validation of advanced active safety technologies in the proof of concept phase. From theoretical concepts to fully functioning prototypes, you will join a team of dedicated engineers working hard to develop the next generation of systems that avoid accidents.
Join us in defining future active safety strategy at DTNA for the next ten years! At Advanced Engineering, we are all about providing technical leadership to save fuel and save lives.
Responsibilities
- Work on designing, developing and validating advanced active safety technologies in the proof of concept phase.
- Work on developing functional prototypes of new active safety systems for Daimler Trucks North America products.
- Keep pace with the latest sensor technology (radar, lidar, camera, sensor fusion, GPS, high resolution maps, etc.), evaluate performance, and support integration in the prototype active safety systems.
- Technical support with modeling and analyzing the performance of the newly developed ADAS systems.
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university/college required
- A degree focus in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, System Engineering or a related field is preferred
- An attached resume is required
- Strong desire to learn writing control software, creating use cases and test cases required
- Strong desire to be part of a deeply-skilled team and to engineer the newest active safety systems for the next generation of commercial vehicles required
- Good communication and presentation skills required
- German language knowledge or willingness to learn preferred
- Commercial vehicle driver's license or willingness to obtain it preferred
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and/or programming languages preferred
- Senior/engineering design project in vehicle controls, implementing Kalman filters and porting to embedded systems preferred
- Experience with simulation and modeling tools (e.g. Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow, dSpace or equivalent) preferred
- Knowledge of engineering statistics preferred
- Knowledge of mobile embedded systems preferred
Additional Information
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work permanently in the U.S. at the time of application
- Final candidate must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check
- EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
For an accommodation or special assistance with applying for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at 503-745-8982 or toll free 800-206-3369. For TTY/TDD enabled call 503-745-2137 or toll free 866-355-6935.
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