Senior Systems Process Engineer

In this role, you’ll design scalable processes and toolchains that connect vehicle feature requirements all the way to secure OTA deployment-ensuring end-to-end traceability, automation, and compliance.

• All Candidates must work on our W-2 with no restrictions.
• NO 3rd Party Vendors or C2C is allowed.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and implement configuration, variant, and release management for software, hardware, and ECU-based systems
• Enable a strong digital thread from systems engineering to OTA delivery
• Partner across Quality, Homologation, Systems, HW, DevOps?, and OTA teams
• Establish a reliable Single Source of Truth (BOM/SBOM) across the lifecycle
• Integrate solutions into PLM, ALM, and CI/CD ecosystems

• 10+ years leading configuration and release systems for complex, safety-critical products
• Experience in SDV, OTA, and software-first product development (OEM or Tier-1 preferred)
• Strong knowledge of UNECE R156 (SUMS) and ISO?26262, with an automation-first mindset
• Ability to balance fast iteration with regulatory and safety requirements
• Clear communicator with a long-term, systems-level perspective

Blue Chip Talent is currently looking to hire a Senior Systems Process Engineer to work onsite in Palo Alto, CA. This person will help shape how configuration, variants, changes, and releases are managed across a Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) portfolio.