Job Description:

• The Project Engineer – Electrification leads and manages the engineering team.
• Responsible for driving continuous improvement efforts across different engineering disciplines.
• Responsible for making critical decisions that have a large impact on projects and engineering initiatives.
• Develops and fosters Engineers to think innovatively, hold accountability, and process improvement on a daily basis.
• Performs high level, engineering analysis, design or re-design, validation and troubleshooting of complex electrical/electronic systems for high voltage systems on heavy duty vehicles.
• Provides integration and execution support for vehicle control and embedded systems development.

Responsibilities:

• Manage an engineering team consisting of Engineers, Designers, and Technicians.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of their engineering team.
• Provide coaching and development for their team through regular performance feedback, technical and professional training opportunities, and creation of individual development plans for team members.
• Prepare and control department budget, forecast operating costs of department, and direct preparation of budget requests.
• May have some level of P&L responsibility.
• Understand market share and P&L for their product line - business acumen.
• Collaborate and build relationships with internal and external customers, across segments and functions.
• Ability to present and defend technical engineering decisions to Engineering leadership, and external customers.
• Responsible for completion of a project or part of a project of moderate complexity on time.
• May be responsible for overall project schedule and budget.
• May be responsible for managing multiple priorities.
• Performs more complex engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned according to our client as well as general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Responsible for preparation and delivery of plans, designs, computation methods, and/or reporting.
• Collaborate as needed with other engineering or business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally.
• May have exposure to the external customers and/or industry organizations.
• Provide guidance or mentorship to entry level engineers working on common projects.
• Research, create, and update standard engineering methodology and procedures - best practices, etc.
• Perform complex and accurate calculations, analysis and investigation according to our client as well as general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Provide technical electrical expertise for prototype, pilot or production builds, including resolution of problems in manufacturing.
• Select and/or design complex electrical components for function, cost, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate as needed with other engineering or business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally.
• May have exposure to external customers and/or industry organizations.
• Responsible for preparation and delivery of plans, designs, computation methods, and/or reporting.
• Responsible for completion of a project or part of a project of moderate complexity on time.
• May be responsible for overall project schedule and budget.
• May be responsible for managing multiple priorities.
• Provide guidance or mentorship to entry level engineers.
• Research, create, and update standard engineering methodology and procedures, best practices, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Regular attendance is required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering w/electrical background
• Working knowledge and comfort working on electrical systems up to 1,000 Volts
• Experience designing high voltage electrical powertrain architectures
• Experience with specification development, integration, verification and validation test plans of electro-mechanical systems, power electronics, electrical machines, and high voltage energy storage

Preferred:

• Electrification related formal training, such as Electrification Engineering Graduate Certificate or Powertrain Electrification Capstone
• Experience designing hybrid or battery electrical vehicle electrical systems

Minimum Qualifications:

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with five (5) or more years of related experience.

Standout Qualifications:

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Familiarity with programming languages and controls software.
• Familiarity with Controller Area Network (CAN)/SAE J1939 protocol.
• Automotive High Voltage Training/Certification(s).
• Power Electronics and Machines integration design experience.
• Energy Storage system integration design experience.