Manager of Driver Experience Systems & Intake

Inside the Role

Driver Experience creates the digital interactions that help drivers operate Daimler Truck vehicles more comfortably, safely, and efficiently. Our global portfolio includes Instrument Cluster and In-Vehicle Infotainment systems, unified HMI platforms, UI/UX concepts, and application software for current and future software-defined vehicles.

As the Manager of Driver Experience Systems & Intake, you will lead a global team responsible for Systems Engineering, global intake and prioritization, and the Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Connectivity, and Diagnostics content for Driver Experience systems and HMI ECU platforms. You will establish the technical direction, requirements, governance, and delivery expectations needed to translate customer, business, regulatory, and UX/UI needs into safe, secure, connected, diagnosable, and executable product solutions.

You will lead Systems Engineering for Occupant Information and Occupant Control related to TT/S, strengthen the integration of UX/UI concepts and customer interactions into requirements development, and ensure clear system definitions, interfaces, traceability, and lifecycle deliverables. In parallel, you will lead the evaluation and prioritization of incoming global requests, aligning demand with platform strategies, development capacity, release plans, and business priorities.

You will also provide leadership and technical accountability for Driver Experience Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Connectivity, and Diagnostics. This includes ensuring the applicable requirements, analyses, implementation expectations, compliance evidence, and technical deliverables are defined and executed throughout the product lifecycle.

As a member of the Driver Experience leadership team, you will develop the organization and provide transparency into priorities, technical risks, resource needs, funding gaps, and delivery commitments. Working across global and regional organizations, you will align product planning, engineering, software development, integration, and validation to deliver scalable Driver Experience solutions across Daimler Truck brands.

Posting Information

We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.

We Take Care of Our Team

What You Drive at DTNA

People and Organizational Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a global team responsible for Driver Experience Systems Engineering, intake and requirements governance, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Connectivity, and Diagnostics.
• Establish clear priorities, technical ownership, performance expectations, and development plans for the team.
• Balance resources across product programs, technical deliverables, process ownership, strategic initiatives, and emerging business needs.
• Build organizational capability through hiring, coaching, career development, competency development, succession planning, and knowledge transfer.
• Foster an inclusive and accountable environment that promotes collaboration, technical rigor, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate technical recommendations, organizational priorities, risks, and resource needs clearly to engineering teams and senior leadership.

Systems Engineering and Requirements Leadership

• Lead Systems Engineering efforts for Occupant Information and Occupant Control systems related to TT/S.
• Establish system definitions, boundaries, interfaces, requirements structures, traceability, verification strategies, and lifecycle deliverables.
• Translate customer, business, regulatory, and UX/UI needs into clear and actionable system requirements.
• Strengthen the integration of customer interactions, UI/UX concepts, and human-centered design into Systems Engineering and requirements-development practices.
• Ensure Systems Engineering deliverables are aligned with CVDS milestones, product-development objectives, and platform and release plans.
• Partner with product planning, software development, component engineering, integration, and validation teams to improve end-to-end technical alignment and execution.

Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Connectivity, and Diagnostics

• Lead the Driver Experience Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Connectivity, and Diagnostics activities for HMI ECU platforms.
• Establish technical direction, ownership, planning, and delivery expectations for these disciplines across the Driver Experience portfolio.
• Ensure applicable requirements, analyses, concepts, implementation expectations, and technical evidence are completed throughout the product lifecycle.
• Integrate Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Connectivity, and Diagnostics considerations into system definitions, architectures, requirements, interfaces, and verification strategies.
• Identify dependencies, gaps, and risks early and drive the necessary technical decisions, actions, and escalations.
• Represent Driver Experience in related technical, project, and governance forums with regional and global partners.
• Drive consistency, reuse, and continuous improvement across platforms, vehicle programs, regions, and business units.

Global Intake, Prioritization, and Governance

• Lead the global Driver Experience intake process for product requests, customer enhancements, regulatory requirements, platform needs, and strategic initiatives.
• Establish clear methods for evaluating requests based on customer and business value, strategic alignment, technical impact, urgency, risk, capacity, and funding.
• Provide transparency into incoming demand, priorities, dependencies, decisions, and execution status.
• Align requests with global platform strategies, product roadmaps, release plans, and available organizational capacity.
• Facilitate prioritization and decision-making across regional business units, global platforms, product management, and engineering organizations.
• Improve the intake and requirements-governance process to create clearer ownership, faster decisions, and more predictable execution.

Resource, Funding, and Portfolio Transparency

• Provide visibility into current and future Driver Experience resource demand, engineering capacity, funding requirements, and investment gaps.
• Connect product and project demand with workforce planning, budget planning, and technical capability needs.
• Develop meaningful metrics and reporting for intake demand, requirements maturity, technical deliverables, resource constraints, timing, and execution risks.
• Use portfolio information to support leadership decisions, prioritize resources, and escalate significant delivery or investment gaps.
• Identify opportunities to improve transparency and efficiency through data analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, and digital tools.

Knowledge You Should Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or another relevant technical discipline and 8+ years of related experience.
• Automotive or commercial vehicle product development experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience including people leadership, technical leadership, project leadership, mentoring, or coaching.
• Experience in Systems Engineering, software or ECU development, requirements engineering, product development, or a related technical field.
• Practical experience in one or more of the following: Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Connectivity, Diagnostics, system specifications, requirements decomposition, traceability, verification, or validation.
• Experience translating customer, business, regulatory, and technical needs into product development requirements and deliverables.
• Experience leading complex work across multiple functions, organizations, regions, and product programs.
• Demonstrated ability to establish technical direction, make decisions, manage competing priorities, and drive issues to closure.
• Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder-management, and judgment skills, including the ability to explain complex topics to senior leadership.
• Experience working with global engineering organizations, suppliers, and distributed cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with engineering and collaboration tools such as ELM, DOORS NG, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Power BI, or comparable platforms.
• An attached resume is required.

Exceptional Candidates Might Have

• Experience with Instrument Cluster, In-Vehicle Infotainment, HMI, and UI/UX.
• Practical experience with Functional Safety and Cybersecurity.
• Experience defining connectivity and diagnostic requirements for software intensive ECU platforms.
• Experience leading requirements governance, global intake, product prioritization, portfolio planning, or funding processes.
• Experience integrating UX/UI concepts, customer interactions, or human-factors considerations into system and software requirements.
• Experience with software-defined vehicle architectures, in house application software development, or software only features.
• Experience applying analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, or digital tools to engineering and organizational processes.
• A master’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline.

Where We Work

This position is open to applicants who can work in (or relocate to) the following location(s)- 

Portland, OR US. Relocation assistance for this position is available when the selected candidate meets eligibility criteria.

Schedule Type:

Hybrid (4 days per week in-office / 1 day remote). This schedule builds our #OneTeamBestTeam culture, provides an unparalleled customer experience, and creates innovative solutions through in-person collaboration.

At Daimler Truck North America, we recognize our world is changing faster than ever before. By listening to the needs of today, we’re building to solve with cutting-edge solutions in sustainability and future driving technology across electric, hydrogen and autonomous. These solutions, backed by years of innovative success and achievement, continue DTNA’s legacy as the undisputed industry leader. Our evolving brand portfolio is second to none, including Freightliner Trucks, Western Star, Demand Detroit, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis, and Financial Services. Together, we work as one team towards our envisioned future – building a cleaner, safer and more efficient tomorrow for all.

That is what we are working toward - for all who keep the world moving.

U.S. Visa sponsorship available if you qualify under the following:

• Hold a valid existing Visa (L1A, L1B, L2, TN, H1B, H4 EAD, OPT EAD, CPT)
• Daimler Truck North America employees working under an existing U.S. Daimler Truck North America Visa
• Those eligible for a TN Visa (Canadian or Mexican National working in an Engineering, Accounting or Scientific Technologist capacity with an aligning degree)
• Those eligible for an L-1 (inter-company) Daimler Truck visa under the Corporate Blanket L-1 program would require at least one-year of qualifying experience in the last three years

Additional Information

• Final candidate must successfully complete a criminal background check
• Final candidate may be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen
• Contractors, professional services, or other contingent workers should confirm with their local agency if they are eligible to apply for FTE positions
• EEO - Disabled/Veterans

Daimler Truck North America is committed to workforce inclusion and providing an environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, marital status, family relationship, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (including transgender and transitioning status), genetic information, or veteran status.

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