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Harrodsburg, KY - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

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1 Vacancy

Job Description

Company Name:

ASTEMO AMERICAS INC.

Job Family:

Job Description:

General Responsibilities:

Seeking a talented and self-motivated automotive EE HW Engineer for the Design Engineering group. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing developing and validating automotive Electronic Control Units (ECUs). The candidate will be working in a culture that fosters creativity and problem solving. This position will play a key role in a development team that creates advanced automotive ECUs for the future.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Analyze and comprehend system requirements and customer needs.
  • Interface with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers customers and vendors to discuss existing and potential new projects.
  • Modify existing hardware designs or create new hardware to realize the desired operational and performance requirements.
  • Prepare block diagrams and detailed circuit schematics and manage the PCB layout of hardware concepts and final designs.
  • Use technical and engineering understanding to perform the necessary analysis simulation and verification of analog and digital hardware and firmware.
  • Develop oversee and manage test specifications and their execution.
  • Use reliability and quality tools to assess hardware designs.
  • Work with and thoroughly support manufacturing teams to release hardware designs into production.
  • Represent the employer at customer meetings to explain or defend technical findings and recommendations.
  • Evaluate and investigate products and recommend repair or design modifications based on requirements cost company resources and capabilities.
  • Design and coordinate the fabrication and configuration of laboratory test equipment for hardware testing
  • Assist root cause analysis and corrective action for hardware and software components and products
  • Attend training to learn new tools and methodologies and to stay up to date on market and technical trends.
  • Create and strive towards a positive work environment by demonstrating and sharing functional and technical knowledge.
  • Work closely with other departments including production locations and software development teams.

Special Knowledge / Skills:

  • Thorough understanding of analog and digital hardware as applied to automotive control systems.
  • Understanding of EMC specifications and EMC mitigation techniques.
  • Understanding engineering analysis methods and interpreting the results to convey this information to others. Previous use of MathCAD for Worst Case Analysis is desirable.
  • Proficient in setting up and using laboratory test equipment such as multi-meters oscilloscopes logic analyzers.
  • English: fluent in written and verbal communication
  • Communication protocols (CAN LIN RS-232 USB SENT Ethernet SERDES)
  • Use of 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.
  • Perform circuit analysis and simulation using LTSpice or similar SPICE based tools.
  • Programming and data acquisition experience using National Instruments Labview ecosystem.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Word Excel PowerPoint).

Education Requirements:

  • BS Electrical Engineering or MS Electrical Engineering
  • Course focus on power electronics and circuits and systems.

Experience Requirements:

  • 3-5 years of hands-on experience in automotive ECU design and development environment

Working Conditions:

Physical Demands: Required to sit or stand for long periods in an industrial lab environment. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Dexterity of hands fingers and wrists to operate a computer keyboard mouse and other computer components.

Travel: Domestic and international may be required as needed up to 10%. The candidate will occasionally need to travel to multiple global locations to support project development.

Work Environment: Some amount of working remotely is allowed but the candidate must be physically present in the office/lab when duties dictate the need.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status and national origin.

At Astemo were challenging the status quo with the power of diversity inclusion and collaboration. Our goal is to build an inclusive work environment that celebrates the differences of our employees. We want to ensure that every employee feels valued respected and empowered. We dont just accept differencewe celebrate it we support it and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees our products and our community. Astemo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Astemo please send the nature of the request and contact information to when applying for the position.

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