Electrical vehicle design engineer - united states, concordia research station

we are looking for an electrical vehicle design engineer.

project summary:

plans, coordinates, and carries out the product analysis, design, and testing activities for electric drive systems used in the products. electric drive system components include electric machines, alternators, inverters, converters, batteries, and control systems.

major duties include:

design - systems: works with the vehicle engineers to define and develop the requirements of electric drive systems and designs the system
design - components: works with internal module teams (emachines, batteries, power electronics, software) and external suppliers to define and develop the component requirements. this position does not involve detailed component development.
design - vehicle integration: works with vehicle engineers to integrate the electric drive system into the vehicle. this involves designing interfaces and specifying the related vehicle systems
vehicle and system commissioning: will commission new systems and vehicles, including troubleshooting vehicle system problems, determining application specific software performance parameters
vehicle and system verification & validation: plan and execute functional performance verification of electric drive systems and vehicles

knowledge and skills

*demonstrated ability to design electric drive systems with key focus on requirements definition and documentation.
*demonstrated ability to verify electric drive components and systems including test planning, test setup, and test execution.

required experience

* product engineering experience (at least 4 years)
* product design experience (at least 3 years)
* technical experience relating to the development (design and/or test) of electric drive systems (at least 3 years)

desired experience
* strong practical experience in electric drive technology product application
* experience with component development of electric machines or power electronics or alternators or batteries or power harnesses
* experience with vehicle engineering (examples include: agriculture, construction, automotive, recreation, mining)
* bachelor's degree in engineering with emphasis on power conversion, electric machines, power electronics, electric drive control, and/or similar technologies or equivalent work experience.
* advanced technical degree in electric drive field

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