Electrical Systems Design Engineer

FEV North America Inc•Auburn Hills, MI

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About The Position

The Electrical Systems Design Engineer will lead the design and integration of electrical systems for passenger, commercial, off-highway, and military vehicle applications. In this role you will work with program management, mechanical engineers, and designers to layout HV and LV architectures and design HV and LV electrical components/systems and wire harnesses. This is a customer-facing role where a high degree of professionalism and organization is required.

Requirements

US Citizen or Permanent Resident
BSEE or equivalent
Minimum 5-7 years related work experience
Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in LV and HV power distribution design and production release for passenger, commercial, off-highway, or military vehicles
Working knowledge of industry best practice for wire harness design, connectors, and electrical joining techniques
Demonstrated knowledge of HV and LV system layout and schematic development
Experience with development and modeling of concepts for the design of electronic circuits for electric drives.
High level of analytical ability and understanding of engineering theory and principles of design.
Experienced presenting design reviews to senior leadership/customers.
Knowledge of design practices with respect to proper assembly needs for high reliability electronics.
Working knowledge in 2 or more of the following: Altium, Capital Harness, Capital Logic, Zuken E3, LT SPICE
Specific experience managing supplier quality, cost, and timing
Experience generating quality documentation such as FMEA, DVP&R, etc.
Must be a highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and communication skills

Nice To Haves

MS and/or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or similar
Power electronics design, power board and control board layout and development
Experience with the full design lifecycle: Requirement specification and feasibility studies to component selection, cost analysis and scheduling. This includes performing detailed analysis including circuit, timing, thermal/cooling, and electrical load balancing calculations for single-phase, 3-phase, and low-voltage DC power distribution systems and HV DC power distribution systems that are in compliance with applicable standards (NEC, NFPA 79, IPC, SEMI, IEC, UL, ISO).
Experience with hybrid and electric vehicles
Experience developing engineering test specifications
Demonstrated experience planning and coordinating design and/or production validation testing (experience using reliability methods a plus)
Ability to interpret test data to support product validation

Responsibilities

Conduct design and release activities for vehicle electrical components and systems from requirements definition to production release
Direct the efforts of design personnel
Define vehicle / application topologies for device connections, specialty cables, grounding, LV architecture, HV architecture, and integrate with application communication protocols (e.g., CAN, LIN, Ethernet). Applications include: batteries, inverters, vehicle integration of electrical systems and harnesses, LV wire harnesses, and LV and HV power distribution for vehicle applications.
Develop wire harness / HV layout sizing and strategies for EMI and manufacturability using industry best practices
Review and implement customer requirements and specifications
Develop and model concepts for the design of electronic circuits for electric traction drives
Create requirements and architecture specification for inverter development
eBom generation and management
Create and maintain engineering and quality documentation such as Technical Risk Assessments, DFMEAs, DVP&Rs
Oversee prototype builds
Track all system virtual and physical validation activities