Mechanical Engineer - Talascend
Farmington Hills, MI
About the Job
Talascend is currently seeking a Mechanical Engineer for an opportunity located in Farmington Hills, MI.
OVERVIEW:
Responsible for variety of functions within the region and globally Vehicle Competiveness Product Planning Vehicle Connected Services and Infotainment/Electrical design teams to provide feedback and set direction for system requirements for current and future In-Vehicle-Infotainment IVI and telematics systems.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Job functions may include but are not limited to:
OVERVIEW:
Responsible for variety of functions within the region and globally Vehicle Competiveness Product Planning Vehicle Connected Services and Infotainment/Electrical design teams to provide feedback and set direction for system requirements for current and future In-Vehicle-Infotainment IVI and telematics systems.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Job functions may include but are not limited to:
- Benchmarking of competitive IVI and connected car systems in addition to consumer electronics to provide market trend analysis of customer expectations,
- Identify key performance attributes and feature requirements to be adopted to products to maximize the HMI/GUI ease of use.
- Review and evaluate information architecture interaction designs UX writing and motion designs.
- Conduct UX Research including but not limited to:
- Usability Test: Design tasks questions and prototype requirements
- Recruit and schedule sites and participants collect observational and diary based studies
- Interpret data create empathy maps affinity diagrams and provide actionable recommendations based on the results
- Analyze 3rd-party customer survey data to support system requirements and predictions of future system performance.
- Plan and support testing physical and software-based validation and verification of IVI and Telematics systems ensuring high quality on-time delivery and overall system qualification
- Experience in UX Research Human Factors related to Human Machine Interface HMI advanced displays cognitive task analysis customer clinic / user study setup and analysis and agile software development.
- Experience in microcontroller programming Arduino Raspberry Pi and Android application development.
- Software Skills: Figma Adobe XD Envision Visio Miro FigJam VBA Qualtrics Confluence Jira Kotlin Java Android OS.
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Electrical Computer Industrial Biomedical or Human Factors Engineering Human computing interaction Human centered design engineering.
- Ability to travel to Japan up to 2-3 times per year and to regional sites AZ TN Canada Mexico 4-5 times per year.
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Source : Talascend