Vehicle Integration Engineer

Description

Veterans Encouraged to Apply: Detroit Defense proudly supports those who have served. We welcome applicants with military experience, including those transitioning to civilian careers. Your leadership, adaptability, and mission-focused mindset are valued here. Detroit Defense is a 3x recipient of the Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award.

Detroit Defense is seeking a Vehicle Integration Engineer to support advanced military ground vehicle programs. This Vehicle Integration Engineer role focuses on integrating electrical, mechanical, software, and autonomy subsystems into complete vehicle platforms. The ideal Vehicle Integration Engineer candidate will have hands-on experience bringing prototype systems from design through build and test, with a strong focus on enabling autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle capabilities. Success in this role requires working across disciplines to ensure vehicle performance, safety, and reliability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead vehicle-level integration of electrical, mechanical, software, and autonomy subsystems on tactical and combat vehicles.
• Provide team leadership, mentoring junior engineers and guiding cross-functional integration activities.
• Operate effectively in a dynamic work environment spanning office, lab, shop, test ranges, and supplier sites.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for customers, balancing engineering execution with schedule and cost objectives.
• Document integration activities, test results, and system performance in reports and customer deliverables.
• Demonstrate versatility by contributing across multiple engineering domains and adapting to evolving program needs.
• Support vehicle build, test, and validation activities, including instrumentation, data acquisition, and troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain integration plans, harness routing, and system interconnect documentation.
• Collaborate with design teams to resolve integration issues and ensure subsystem compatibility.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering (or related field) from an accredited college or university is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a United States Government Secret Clearance and Common Access Card (CAC) if required.
• A minimum of Ten years of experience in vehicle integration or systems engineering, preferably with military or specialty vehicles.
• Experience with vehicle testing, troubleshooting, and problem resolution at the platform level.
• Knowledge of harness design, routing, and electrical system integration.
• Knowledge of essential Engineering Tools (NX, TeamCenter, Zuken, etc.).
• Strong ability to work across engineering disciplines to deliver integrated solutions.
• Experience with robotic and autonomous vehicle platforms.
• Experience with U.S. DoD ground vehicle programs (e.g., HMMWV, ISV, MPF, RCV, Abrams) and familiarity with military program environments is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of engineering standards and processes across defense, automotive, and ASME domains, including safety, EMI/EMC, reliability, and system qualification practices.

Detroit Defense offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
• Company Paid Life and AD&D
• Company Paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending & HSA Accounts
• Legal & ID Shield Services
• 401k with Company Match
• Paid holidays, and Paid Time Off (PTO)

Why Detroit Defense:
At Detroit Defense, we deliver mission-critical solutions that enhance national security, protect the warfighter, and enable readiness through innovation, technical excellence, and end-to-end lifecycle support. 

Remaining steadfast in our core values of Trustworthy, Mission Driven, Creative, and Agile we are a complex systems integrator for the U.S. Government, Detroit Defense provides solutions to meet the technical and programmatic challenges faced by our customers. Our proven success in multi-domain cross-platform system-of-systems integration results in fielded capability for warfighters. From R&D to production, fielding, and sustainment, Detroit Defense provides services and solutions to Empower Those That protect Us.

Detroit Defense is a proud recipient of the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award.

Detroit Defense is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity or gender expression), age, mental or physical disability, creed, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, genetic trait or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.