Electrical Engineering Manager
About The Position
ZF Active Safety and Electronics US LLC has job openings (multiple) for the position of Manager - Electrical Engineering based out of its location in Farmington Hills, MI. The role involves utilizing electrical engineering technical knowledge and experience to provide guidance to direct report electrical engineers, ensuring the quality of their development work products and engineering analyses. This includes ensuring customer deliverables meet project milestones and that technical development adheres to the ZF development process and milestone gate reviews. The manager will provide technical guidance for problem resolution, support system and SW architecture project reviews, and assist sales during new business acquisition by developing BOM and ED&D estimates. The role also includes setting Electrical HW annual goals, reviewing and approving electrical engineering designs, leading new Camera and ECU design, and acting as a technical expert for WCCA, HW detail design documents, and HW/SW interface documentation. Additionally, the manager will guide direct reports in design reviews and troubleshooting, support DFMEA and DPV&R, act as the technical owner for camera/ECU electrical topics, and ensure technical issues are resolved and risks are mitigated. A deep understanding of hardware development best practices, testing (including EMC), analysis, design tools, associated standards (IEEE, etc.), ISO26262, and ASPICE is required. Collaboration with global R&D centers and responsibility for direct report employee development, performance discussions, and annual reviews are key aspects of this position. A hybrid work schedule is available.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, or closely related field
- 5 years of experience as an Electronic Design Engineer within the automotive industry
- 2 of the 5 years must include experience managing technical engineers
- Demonstrated experience with Developing embedded microcontrollers or system on chip controlled electronic modules
- Demonstrated experience with Developing electronic control units from concept to production
- Demonstrated experience with Cross functional collaboration with Software, Algorithm, Test and System Requirements for Hardware development
- Demonstrated experience with Electronic assembly production processes, including Solder paste screen printing, high speed component placement, solder reflow, (ICT) In Circuit PCB assembly test, final functional test methods and DFM
- Demonstrated experience with Structured problem-solving techniques, including Is/Is Not, Fishbone Diagrams, 3x5 Why, and 8D
- Demonstrated experience with Performing Worst Case Circuit Analysis using Mathcad
- Demonstrated experience with Schematics and Printed Circuit Board Layout/Design tools and techniques including Xpedition, Zuken or Cadence
- Demonstrated experience with DFMEA generation, using IQRM, and Ansys Medini Analyze
- Demonstrated experience with Electronic circuit simulation, including PSpice, LTSpice, and SIMetrix
- Demonstrated experience with EMC, design rules, testing and troubleshooting
- Demonstrated experience with requirements definition and their management tools, including DOORS and Codebeamer
- Demonstrated experience with Automotive functional safety (ISO 26262) requirements and related work products for electronic hardware designs, including Random Hardware Fault Metric, Hardware Dependent Failure Analysis, Hardware Fault Tree Analysis, and Hardware Electronic Component Qualification Report
- Apply in depth understanding of hardware development and best practices in development, testing (including EMC), analysis, and design tools, associated standards (IEEE, etc.), ISO26262, and ASPICE.
Responsibilities
- Provide guidance to direct report electrical engineers ensuring the quality of their development work products/engineering analyses and customer deliverables vs the project milestones.
- Ensure the technical development adheres to the ZF development process and milestone gate reviews.
- Provide technical guidance as necessary for problem resolution, to ensure correct actions are being taken in a timely manner to resolve design, validation, and/or customer return failure analysis.
- Support System and SW architecture project reviews with respect to HW design interfaces.
- Support sales during new business acquisition activities developing the BOM and ED&D estimates and generate quote technical guidance summary for the cross functional organization to assist in their inputs to the business case.
- Set Electrical HW annual goals/Continuous Improvement/Efficiency Initiatives.
- Review and/or approve electrical engineering designs.
- Lead and support new Camera and ECU design.
- Act as the technical owner for camera/ECU electrical topics/problem resolution champion for electrical issues.
- Ensure technical issues and support requirements are driven to resolution, identify technical issues and mitigate risk.
- Collaborate and support core design with R&D centers around the world.
- Responsible for direct report employee development, ongoing performance discussions when necessary and annual performance reviews.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
