Staff Engineer

Astemo Indiana•Farmington Hills, MI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Job Summary: Seeking a talented, self-motivated automotive electrical hardware engineer for the design engineering group focused on ADAS systems. Duties include supporting analog and digital circuit design through testing, analysis, and simulation. Day-to-day responsibilities include supporting design activities for automotive control systems during quotation, development and mass production. The candidate will need to understand and be able to communicate & explain technical concepts, testing methods and documentation procedures to lower-level engineers to increase their understanding & capability to perform these activities in support of engineering development. This may take the form of preparing presentation material, completing documentation, and attending/leading meetings. The support of products already in production can include aiding/leading root cause analysis activities for part failures, outlining/determining testing pass/fail criteria. The support of products under development can include creation of test plans, analyzing product specifications, supporting the testing of prototypes, and creating test specifications.

Requirements

Have embedded H/W design experience for automotive applications
Understand analog and digital hardware systems as applied to automotive control systems.
Understanding of EMC specifications and EMC mitigation techniques.
Familiarity with EMC & Environmental automotive validation test flows.
Understand analysis methods and interpreting the results to convey this information to others.
Have experience creating worst case analysis. Previous use of MathCAD for WCAs is desired.
Proficient in setting up and using laboratory test equipment such as multi-meters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzer, power analyzer, etc.
Conduct investigative circuit analysis using device schematics of products and testing equipment.
Familiarity with automotive SoCs is highly desirable.
Familiarity with communication protocols: CAN, LIN, RS-232, USB, SENT, Ethernet, MII, SERDES, PCIe.
Use of Intrepid / Vector CAN toolchain is highly desirable
Ability to read and make electrical schematics and engineering drawings.
Perform schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer or equivalent tool chain.
Perform circuit analysis and simulation using SPICE based tools.
Possess familiarity and understanding of programming in C or C++ to more effectively collaborate with SW team.
Be able to coordinate program activities with team members at remote sites.
Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
English: fluent in written and verbal communication.
Ability to work independently with minimal direction is required.
Bachelor or master’s degree in electrical and/or computer engineering.
Minimum of 10+ years applicable experience in automotive ECU development.

Responsibilities

Analyze and comprehend customer requirements and customer needs.
Modify existing designs or create entirely new HW designs to realize the customer’s desired operational and performance requirements.
Use technical and engineering acumen to perform the necessary analysis, simulation and verification of analog and digital hardware and associated firmware.
Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, customers and vendors to discuss existing and potential new projects.
Prepare block diagrams, detailed circuit schematics and manage the PCB layout of hardware concepts and final designs.
Prepare and maintain various engineering documents to support production of existing and new products: Parts Lists, BoMs, IMDS, Design Notifications, Change Notifications.
Support prototype builds for new & existing products.
Develop and manage test specifications and their execution.
Design and coordinate the fabrication and configuration of test equipment for hardware testing
Work with and support manufacturing teams to release hardware designs into production.
Represent employer at customer meetings to explain or defend technical findings and technical recommendations.
Assist root cause analysis and corrective action for components and products.
Prepare and present final reports for failure analysis activities to appropriate technicians and engineering personnel.
Attend training to learn new tools and methodologies and keep up to date on market and technical trends.
Work with other Astemo engineers to ensure program goals are met, schedules are maintained, and problems encountered during the development process are satisfactorily resolved.