Engineer II- Inverter

Job Description:

Job Summary

In this role under the supervision of the Engineering Manager youll support technology development for Mechanical electronic controllers at Hitachi Astemo America. Youll be responsible for understanding customer system requirements and then working with a global engineering team to design/develop an inverter/power control unit to meet customer role work plan is hybrid structure (2-3 days on-site depending on public health situation)

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and/or support technology development activities for new xEV Inverter business in Astemo Americas
• Plans and manage activities for multiple projects to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished within a prescribed timeframe.
• Receive evaluate and utilize customer engineering requirements and work with global team to provide optimum inverter design for each application.
• Facilitate accurate & timely inverter program technical communication between OEM customers to the US / Japan design teams Hitachi manufacturing sites and suppliers.
• Participate with Hitachi US & Japan Design Engineering organizations in the original design / existing design improvements / performance validation / production launch activities of xEV inverters for various automotive powertrain products applications.
• Create and/or oversee other technical specifications as needed for product design.
• Provide as needed on-site support to the internal and external inverter manufacturing sites for various engineering duties during sample and mass production timing.
• Support various types of product pricing quoting and cost investigation activities.
• Prepare various types of technical data / information documents using industry standard PC based software programs (i.e.: Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook CAD CAE etc.)
• Research and develop state-of-the-art engineering design solutions and manufacturing technologies used in automotive inverters.
• Support product validation testing prototype build and test and other engineering deliverables in the development phase of product life cycle.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possess at minimum a BSME

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 yrs. of practical experience and demonstrated accomplishments developing automotive inverters.
• Highly Proficient with CATIA 3-D CAD creation and 2-D drawing creation.
• Mechanical design CAE experience for automotive inverters (thermal structural etc)
• Experience with quotation activities (BOM estimation etc) for new products.
• Experience with tolerance stack-ups GD&T DFMEA DRBFM and DFSS.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects from concept through execution.
• Fluent in both the English and Japanese languages.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Minimum 3 years practical work experience designing automotive powertrain components (drive Inverters preferred).
• Possess experience with 3-D CAD creation and 2-D drawing creation.
• Possess experience with Mechanical CAE (thermal structural etc)
• Understanding of electrified vehicle system and integration.
• Experience interfacing with customers and/or suppliers to explain technical documents/drawings/information.
• High level technical problem-solving skills.
• High level interpersonal skills to collaborate internally and externally.
• Experience managing projects from concept through execution.

Safety and Environmental Management:

• Adhere to all safety protocols and environmental regulation
• Ensuring compliance with ISO 14001 environmental management standards

Working conditions:

• Required to sit or stand for long periods of time
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
• Carrying equipment up and down stairs
• Occasional overtime will be required.
• Some domestic and international travel may be required up to 20%. Must have a valid drivers license.

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.

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