Electrical Systems Design Engineer at FEV North America Inc – Auburn Hills, Michigan

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.

Job 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

• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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