Functional Architect - Onsite in Costa Mesa, CA

Overview: Dataflix is seeking a highly skilled Functional Architect to join our team focused on telematics, connected vehicles, and mobility solutions. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of automotive systems, IoT technologies, and a passion for enhancing user experiences through innovative solutions. As a Functional Architect, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing functional requirements within complex systems using the latest technologies, including Microservices Architecture (MSA), AWS, IoT. Your primary responsibility will be to analyze and document system functionality, ensuring alignment with business objectives while contributing to leverage cloud technologies and IoT solutions. Responsibilities: Analyze and synthesize complex project requirements, translating them into actionable architectural solutions. Prioritize features and functionalities based on stakeholder feedback and priority. Design and develop functional architecture for telematics and connected mobility solutions in alignment with solution architecture. Work closely with product management, software engineers, and solution architecture, to ensure seamless integration of various components. Facilitate communication across teams, including design, development, and testing, to deliver high-quality solutions. Provide functional architectural guidance and best practices for software and system design. Mentor junior functional architects and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Develop strategies for integrating new technologies, platforms, and services into existing telematics and mobility ecosystems. Evaluate third-party solutions and make recommendations for implementation. Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for architectural designs, system requirements, and integration processes. Heavily contribute to creating ROM, Project charter, Statement of work and any other document that requires the functional architect skills sets. Ensure that all documentation is meets the respective KPIs and clear for various stakeholders. Ensure that all functional architecture adhere to industry standards, regulations, and best practices and it’s in alignment in globality. Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies to ensure Hyundai remains a leader in the automotive telematics space. Collaborate with testing teams to develop testing strategies for new features and systems. Validate performance, reliability, and security metrics of the designed architecture in collaboration with solution architecture. Lead business requirement discussion with business stakeholders and relevant departments to understand the business requirements, design the business solutions and map them to technical functionalities. Responsible for gathering, analysis, translate, design & documenting business requirements into appropriate business requirement document & detailed functional specification. Design and document processes into standard operating procedures. Conduct gap analysis on processes to identify improvement opportunities and propose and evaluate alternative solutions that will fulfil the business needs. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, master’s degree or additional certifications in relevant areas is a plus. Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in system architecture and design or Developer role is a must and automotive telematics or connected vehicle domains is preferred. At least 5 years of experience in designing and writing specs for the business systems and or functional architect. Proven track record of successfully leading complex projects is a plus. Strong knowledge of telematics technologies, including wireless communication (e.g., V2X, 4G/5G, etc.) is preferred. Experience with cloud and edge computing, IoT platforms, and data analytics. Familiarity with programming languages, APIs, and software development frameworks. Will work with the team to determine product quality and release readiness standards. Experience with Web, Web Service/API, and Mobile software applications testing required. Demonstrated effective leadership and timely communication skills in a fast-paced environment. The ability to work effectively under extreme time constraints and deliver against critical deadlines. Understanding of customer schedule and requirements, as well as the technology and product development necessary to carry out the program to meet customer expectations. Must have strong communication skills, with the ability to interact with both technical and non-technical resources. The ability to influence others and collaborate with various stakeholders while maintaining an executive presence. Experienced with entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for solution delivery. Excellent organizational and communication skills. Proficiency in all Microsoft products including MS Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Visio and Confluence. Data Analysis Skills (e.g., SQL data extraction, Exporting to MS Excel, data manipulation, Report Formatting, and analysis). Experience with automotive industry a plus.