Manager – Systems Architect @ Aeva

About us:

Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond. Aeva is transforming autonomy with its groundbreaking sensing and perception technology that integrates all key LiDAR components onto a silicon photonics chip in a compact module. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect instant velocity in addition to 3D position, allowing autonomous devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions.

Role Overview:

The System Architecture Manager supervises a team of dedicated systems engineers to define product customizations for key customers. The System Architecture Manager is a technologist and people manager, responsible for organizing Aeva’s systems engineering group. In addition to leading technical responses to RFIs and RFQs from customers, this person works cross-functionally w/ component and module engineering team leads to specify and coordinate development efforts.

What you’ll be doing:

Work with the Business Development team to provide formal responses to customer elicitations (RFIs & RFQs)
Lead systems architecture team in defining & documenting new product capabilities, architectures, and HW/SW subsystem requirements
Capture & document explicit and implicit customer requirements
Provide technical guidance to customers as they evaluate Aeva’s products
Help refine and mature Aeva’s systems engineering methodology
Define and document requirements for the system
Evaluate change requests, propose new product configurations and architectures to meet customer needs
Lead systems engineering team in flowing down requirements to subsystems
Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to evaluate various system trade-offs
Advocate for necessary changes to subsystems
Work with product org, engineering management, & leadership team to define product roadmap

What you have:

PhD in relevant field
10 years industry experience
2 years of experience in a customer-facing role
A broad and deep technical background with direct experience in lidar design and development
Experince interacting with customers and other stakeholders in collecting and distilling requirements
Subject matter expertise in at least one area of: optical beamsteering, lidar rangefinding, mixed-signal electronics, optics, optomechanics
Excellent communication and presentation skills

What’s in it for you:

Be part of a fast paced and dynamic team
Very competitive compensation and meaningful stock grants
Exceptional benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and more
Unlimited PTO: We care about results, not punching timecards