Aptiv is a global technology company that develops safer, greener, and more connected solutions that enable the future of mobility. We have a presence in 50 countries and have approximately 22,200 scientists, engineers and technicians focused on developing market relevant product solutions for our customers.
We are currently looking for a Vehicle System Architect.
Role
• Define and evolve the system architecture for our ADAS solutions including sensors and compute platforms, ensuring scalability, modularity, and reuse across multiple customer programs.
• Translate customer specifications, regulatory requirements, and internal platform strategies into system architecture concepts, interfaces, and design constraints.
• Develop end-to-end functional and logical architectures, including perception, prediction and planning, decision making and control.
• Ensure system-level coherence across hardware, software, algorithms, and vehicle integration.
• Drive alignment with relevant automotive standards and regulations, including ISO Functional Safety, SOTIF, and Cybersecurity.
• Define and maintain methods, tools, and best practices for architectural modeling, requirements engineering, and interface management.
• Develop system requirements, interface specifications, design documentation, and architecture models.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, architecture, safety concepts, and verification/validation strategies.
• Provide expert guidance related to performance, cost, complexity, and safety to internal stakeholders.
• Support the definition of the long-term technology roadmap together with the platform and product teams.
• Work closely with hardware, software, algorithm, AI/ML, vehicle integration, calibration, and validation teams to ensure consistent architecture implementation.
• Coordinate system decomposition and interface definitions across compute platforms, sensors, and other vehicle systems.
• Support integration planning and troubleshooting for complex multi-domain interactions.
• Serve as a key technical contact for in- and external stakeholders, such as OEMs, component suppliers, and development teams.
• Provide system-level insights during RFQs, technical workshops, and customer reviews.
• Collaborate with business development and program management to define feasible architectures for customer programs and platform evolution.
Skills Required
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Automotive Engineering, or in a related STEM field.
• Several years of experience in ADAS, autonomous driving, or automotive embedded systems.
• Proven track record in system architecture, systems engineering, or vehicle-level feature development.
• Strong understanding of sensor technologies (camera, radar, lidar, ultrasonic) and related processing chains.
• Familiarity with automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, Ethernet, SOME/IP) and vehicle integration.
• Experience with architecture modeling (e.g. in UML / SysML) and requirements management tools.
Skills Preferred
• Experience in Tier 1 or OEM development environments.
• Good knowledge of ADAS features and related functional KPIs
• Experience with industry standards: ISO 26262 (Functional Safety), ISO/PAS 21448 (SOTIF), and ISO/SAE 21434 (Cybersecurity).
• Exposure to model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and architecture frameworks.
• Practical understanding of validation concepts, simulation workflows, and perception algorithm behavior.
Soft Skills
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking mindset.
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead cross-functional discussions and drive consensus.
• Structured, proactive, and solution oriented working style.
Why join us?
You can grow at Aptiv. Aptiv provides an inclusive work environment where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity or beliefs.
You can have an impact. Safety is a core Aptiv value; we want a safer world for us and our children, one with: Zero fatalities, Zero injuries, Zero accidents.
You have support. We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family and your physical and mental health with a competitive health insurance package.
Aptiv Benefits
• Our working style: flexible work environment
• Learning, professional growth and development in a world-recognized international environment
• Access to internal & external training, coaching & certifications
• Recognition for innovation and excellence
• Opportunities to give back to the community
French version:
Nous recherchons actuellement un(e) Vehicle System Architect.
Rôle
• Définir et faire évoluer l’architecture système de nos solutions ADAS, incluant les capteurs et les compute platforms, en garantissant la scalabilité, la modularité et la réutilisation sur plusieurs programmes clients.
• Traduire les spécifications clients, les exigences réglementaires et les stratégies de plateformes internes en concepts d’architecture système, interfaces et contraintes de conception.
• Développer des architectures fonctionnelles et logiques de bout en bout, incluant la perception, la prediction and planning, la prise de décision et le contrôle.
• Assurer la cohérence au niveau système entre le hardware, le software, les algorithmes et l’intégration véhicule.
• Piloter l’alignement avec les standards et réglementations automobiles pertinents, incluant ISO Functional Safety, SOTIF et Cybersecurity.
• Définir et maintenir les méthodes, outils et best practices pour la modélisation d’architecture, l’ingénierie des exigences et la gestion des interfaces.
• Développer les exigences système, les spécifications d’interface, la documentation de conception et les modèles d’architecture.
• Assurer la traçabilité entre les exigences, l’architecture, les concepts de sécurité et les stratégies de verification/validation.
• Fournir une expertise relative à la performance, aux coûts, à la complexité et à la sécurité aux parties prenantes internes.
• Supporter la définition de la roadmap technologique long terme en collaboration avec les équipes plateforme et produit.
• Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les équipes hardware, software, algorithm, AI/ML, vehicle integration, calibration et validation afin d’assurer une implémentation cohérente de l’architecture.
• Coordonner la décomposition système et la définition des interfaces entre les compute platforms, les capteurs et les autres systèmes du véhicule.
• Supporter la planification de l’intégration et le troubleshooting d’interactions complexes multi-domaines.
• Agir en tant que contact technique clé pour les parties prenantes internes et externes, telles que les OEMs, les fournisseurs de composants et les équipes de développement.
• Fournir des insights système lors des RFQs, des workshops techniques et des customer reviews.
• Collaborer avec le business development et le program management afin de définir des architectures faisables pour les programmes clients et l’évolution des plateformes.
Compétences requises
• Diplôme en Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Automotive Engineering ou dans un domaine STEM connexe.
• Plusieurs années d’expérience en ADAS, autonomous driving ou systèmes embarqués automobiles.
• Expérience avérée en system architecture, systems engineering ou développement de fonctionnalités au niveau véhicule.
• Solide compréhension des technologies de capteurs (camera, radar, lidar, ultrasonic) et des chaînes de traitement associées.
• Connaissance des protocoles de communication automobile (CAN, LIN, Ethernet, SOME/IP) et de l’intégration véhicule.
• Expérience en modélisation d’architecture (par ex. UML / SysML) et avec des outils de gestion des exigences.
Compétences souhaitées
• Expérience dans des environnements de développement Tier 1 ou OEM.
• Bonne connaissance des fonctionnalités ADAS et des functional KPIs associés.
• Expérience avec les standards industriels : ISO 26262 (Functional Safety), ISO/PAS 21448 (SOTIF) et ISO/SAE 21434 (Cybersecurity).
• Exposition au model-based systems engineering (MBSE) et aux frameworks d’architecture.
• Compréhension pratique des concepts de validation, des workflows de simulation et du comportement des algorithmes de perception.
Soft Skills
• Solide esprit analytique et orienté systems thinking.
• Excellentes compétences en communication, aussi bien avec des audiences techniques que non techniques.
• Capacité à animer des discussions transverses et à favoriser le consensus.
• Style de travail structuré, proactif et orienté solution.
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