Senior Electronics Engineer

Canoo Technologies • Oklahoma City, OK

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About The Position

Canoo’s mission is to bring EVs to Everyone and build a world-class team to  deploy this sustainable mobility revolution.  We have developed breakthrough electric vehicles that are reinventing the automotive landscape with pioneering technologies, award-winning designs, and a unique business model that spans all owners in the full lifecycle of the vehicle. Canoo is starting production and is distinguished by its pioneering and experienced team of technologists, engineers, and designers. With offices around the country, the company is scaling quickly and seeking candidates who love to challenge themselves, are motivated by purpose, and possess a strong desire to get things done. The “Canoo Way” Canoo’s success is the direct result of our disciplined application of our core operating principles and drills, which are based on three main principles: Think 80/20 (“Important versus less important”), Act 30/30 (“Reduce waste and increase output”), and Live 90/10 (“We have each other’s back”). We hire based on “MET” - Mindset, Equipment and willingness to Train - and seek individuals that take accountability and deliver results being Humble, Hungry to succeed, and Hunting for opportunities to win. We train our team to engage with each other by modulating between their intellect (iQ) and emotional intelligence (eQ) applying Facts, Finesse, and Force when they communicate. The principles and drills of the CANOO Way have been fundamental to our success, our ability to grow, continuously improve, innovate and are at the core of our day-to-day operations. Job Purpose Senior Electronics Engineer is responsible for leading the development and sourcing of the in-house control units and to ensure the products satisfy all requirements. The successful candidate will be multi-talented and hands-on supporting all functions of engineering .

Requirements

• Minimum bachelor's degree from an ABET accredited university with a major in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or another related STEM field. MSEE or advanced degree in STEM is preferred.
• Must be highly analytical with excellent documentation and traceability skills
• Experience with mixed-signal embedded controller design
• Experience with high-speed design and signal integrity
• Technical understanding and familiarity with automotive industry standards that covers environmental, mechanical, electrical aspects of validation
• Familiarity with CAN, LIN, Ethernet communications and the tools used to interface with them
• Familiarity with board design and manufacturing processes. Consider design for manufacturing during all stages of the development process
• Hands-On experience working with electronic/electric systems and all traditional lab equipment (DMM, Oscilloscope, VNA, Logic Analyzers, Power Supplies)
• Excellent aptitude in circuit theory and general electronics design practice (communication networks, SMPS, Analog and Digital design)
• Experience in designing for EMC best practice and validation test.
• Experienced in troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• 5+ years designing automotive electronics

Nice To Haves

• Experience  Experience with automotive electronics development standards such as ISO 16750 series
• Experience with automotive controllers used in safety critical systems. Demonstrated experience with ISO 26262 is preferred.
• Experience with Altium Designer preferred

Responsibilities

• Capture system requirements from all stakeholders and translate into a technical specification. Technical specification shall guide and glue together HW and SW requirements maintaining linkages to the system requirements.
• Responsible for component selection and schematic capture
• Responsible for the architecture of the Electronic Control Unit, ensuring it meets all functional and environmental requirements for a rugged automotive environment.
• Create the documentation to support technical robustness of design (Signal Integrity, Power Budget, Worst Case Analysis, Circuit Simulations, DFMEA, Functional Safety Analysis)
• Work with PCB Designer and Mechanical Engineer to verify library components and guide and approve layouts
• Responsible for the development and execution of all engineering and validation test plans and reports with an emphasis on board bring up and detailed characterization under accelerated operating conditions.
• Work with all engineering disciplines to ensure the final product meets all technical and commercial requirements.
• Work with commercial teams (Programs, Supply Chain) to ensure cost targets and schedules are met.
• Be the main technical point of contact between suppliers and all engineering disciplines.
• Work with test and validation team to verify functional operation to technical specification
• Work with all stakeholders to integrate final design in vehicle or subsystem
• Assist in the development of detailed DVP&R plans, including statistical confidence intervals
• Ensure all product issues are identified, logged, tracked, and resolved during each testing phase
• Good communication with the rest of the organization when issues/failures arise

Benefits

• Meaningful, challenging work that will redefine automotive landscape and make EVs available to everyone
• Comprehensive Health Insurance
• Equity Compensation
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Casual workplace with an unbelievable feeling of energy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees