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# Senior Systems - Digital Key & Vehcile Access

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Applications, Systems Engineering, Automation of Tests, Bluetooth, Software Documentation, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Remote Access Technology, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture, Strategies of Testing, State Machines, Information Technology, Wireless Technologies
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F91F018C484647C387E77FE493FB8C67/job/

## About the Role

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field - Five or more years of experience in automotive systems or embedded systems engineering - Strong experience with wireless technologies including Bluetooth, UWB, and NFC - Experience with vehicle networks including CAN and Automotive Ethernet - Experience writing system requirements and defining interfaces - Strong understanding of system behaviors, state machines, and embedded architectures - Solid electrical engineering fundamentals with hands-on debugging experience NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE - Experience with digital key or phone-as-a-key systems - Familiarity with Car Connectivity Consortium digital key specifications - Experience with passive entry, passive start, remote access, or immobilizer systems - Exposure to cloud-connected vehicle features and automated test workflows - Experience with automotive-grade semiconductor
platforms - Python required, C helpful for embedded understanding

## Description

We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead system definition for digital key, vehicle access, immobilizer, and starting features. This role focuses on end-to-end system architecture, requirements, and validation for secure, phone-centric vehicle access systems across embedded, wireless, and cloud-connected environments. This is a systems and architecture role with a strong emphasis on wireless technologies and embedded automotive systems. It is not a firmware or application software position.

Responsibilities - Define system architectures, requirements, and interfaces for digital key and vehicle access features - Develop use cases, scenarios, state machines, and sequence diagrams - Own system behaviors across normal, degraded, and failure conditions - Define and manage requirements in a requirements management system - Support feature development across Bluetooth, UWB, NFC, CAN, and Automotive Ethernet - Debug system-level issues across embedded and wireless domains - Define validation strategies, test specifications, and requirements coverage - Support simulations and software-in-the-loop verification - Collaborate closely with software, hardware, cloud, integration, test, HMI, and cybersecurity teams - Contribute to architecture trade studies and semiconductor integration using automotive-grade components

Day-to-Day Work - Define system use cases and feature scenarios Refine system architecture details and interfaces - Debug connectivity and performance issues - Adjust wireless and vehicle network parameters - Review test results and support issue resolution - Collaborate with cybersecurity teams on secure access concepts - Write system documentation, simulations, and test specifications - Approximately twenty percent of the role involves coding, primarily in Python.