Senior Systems Engineer II
May Mobility · Ann Arbor, MI
$125,000–$150,000
Jul 23, 2026
Ann Arbor, MI
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior systems engineering role focused on defining requirements, designing test scenarios, and validating capabilities for autonomous vehicles. Day-to-day work spans operational design domain analysis, simulation portfolio management, on-road and logical test scenario development, and building data pipelines to track performance trends. Best suited to someone with a strong background in automotive or AV/ADAS systems engineering and hands-on experience with behavioral simulation and data analysis tools.
Senior level · 6+ years · Ann Arbor, MI · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $125,000–$150,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10 people in the Ann Arbor, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer systems analysts). range 6–15
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,849 (middle half $88,341–$127,166). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role title is 'Senior Systems Engineer II', which May Mobility appears to use as an internal level designation above a standard Senior; however, the scope and requirements (6+ years total, 3+ years AV/ADAS) are consistent with a Senior band rather than Staff or Principal.
The 6+ years requirement is for automotive systems engineering overall; the 3+ years AV/ADAS sub-requirement is a separate gate within that, not a standalone the overall years minimum.
AV/ADAS behavioral simulation experience is listed as a required qualification ('Experience developing behavioral simulations for AV or ADAS features') and is captured as a required skill; no specific simulation platform is named.
Pandas and NumPy and Spark are listed together as examples of 'data analysis tools' alongside Python and SQL in the required section — Pandas is used as the primary name with NumPy and Spark as alternatives since they serve overlapping data-analysis purposes in this context.
ISO 26262, SOTIF, and HARA appear under the 'Desirable' (preferred) section, so they are marked as preferred.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: this role sits at the intersection of systems engineering, AV simulation, and data analytics. 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) best fits the requirements-definition, validation, and cross-functional analysis focus; 15-1299 is the runner-up given the specialized AV/autonomy domain.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AV/ADAS behavioral simulation.
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