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Exterior Lighting Sr. System Exterior Integration Engineer III

Daimler Truck North America
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 May 2026
💰 $150,000/yr($117,000/yr$150,000/yr)

About the role

Inside the Role

The Vehicle Level Engineering Department is built on four core values: Respect, Pioneering, Tenacity & Excellence. We work together in an environment of genuine trust, inclusivity and belonging. Robust product development is our passion, we take pride in seeing our trucks on the road for their progressive design, ease of use and purpose built engineering. Our commitment to innovation results in products that our customers, drivers, and operators crave. We are relentless in the pursuit of breakthrough processes and tools to accelerate the ultimate customer focused solutions to the market.

If you are creative and passionate about solving hard problems and want to make a difference for those who keep the world moving – we want to hear from you!

We are looking for an experienced engineer ready to expand their technical skills and leadership within the Systems Engineering department. The Systems Engineering team is responsible to intake development requests and process those through our Systems Engineering teams to deliver reliable, robust and industry leading features. This role will be responsible for the Exterior Lighting system for all Freightliner and Western Star Commercial Vehicles. The ideal candidate will bring strong development background, proven track record of providing high quality customer centric solutions and desire to grow in their technical leadership.

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

Position offers a starting salary range of $117,000.00 - $150,000.00 USD 

Pay offered dependent on knowledge, skills, and experience​  

 

Benefits include annual bonus program; 401k company contribution with company match up to 6% as well as non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age; starting at 4 weeks paid vacation; 13+ calendar holidays; 8 weeks paid parental leave; employee assistance program; comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs; onsite fitness (at some locations); tuition assistance and volunteer paid time off; short-term and long-term disability plans.  

What you Drive at DTNA

  • Lead and Develop the Exterior Lighting system for all Class 6-8 vehicles for Freightliner and Western Star 

  • Responsible for authoring all functional system requirements for exterior lighting to meet vehicle performance & regulatory targets 

  • Ensure all regulation requirements surrounding FMVSS108 are met 

  • Develop industry leading lighting solutions with regional and global partners 

  • Collaboration with upstream stake holders (Feature Management, Vehicle Level Architecture & Platform Strategy) 

  • Collaboration with downstream stakeholders (Systems Integration, Product Engineering & Product Validation) 

  • Identify process improvement within the Systems Engineering workflow and collaborate with fellow engineers to implement and continuously improve our processes 

  • Be a strong contributor to the evolution of culture of the Systems Engineering department 

  • Ability to mentor Jr. engineers 

 

Knowledge You Should Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering OR a related field from an accredited college/university, and 5+ years of experience, is required. 

  • Strong background in technical

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Daimler Truck North America

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