Senior Electrical Engineer

The role

This person will design, configure, and industrialize electrical systems for the manufacturing of heavy-duty transit buses. Duties involve requirements analysis, concept design, detailed design, and problem resolution.

What you will do

• Create and maintain Bills of Materials (BOM)
• Gather information regarding supplier components and technological advancements
• Use analytical tools to assess designs for power, grounding, circuit protection, EMC, signal integrity, and thermal management
• Perform design trade-offs and optimization
• Use ECAD tools to create, review and release vehicle components, schematics and harness assemblies
• Manage BOM structuring, Change Control, Production Change Order (PCO), and Engineered Production Change
• Support designs throughout entire lifecycle including development, production launch, and field support
• Provide expert input to test engineers to create DVP&R and execute test plans
• Provide technical input to technical publications
• Collaborate with mechanical, controls, manufacturing engineers, and production personnel

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of progressive engineering experience
• Automotive, commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicle design familiarity
• Fluent with BOM, documentation control, and revision/version management
• Demonstrated working knowledge of harness design and formboard drawing creation with fluency in CAD software such as Zuken or Capital
• Experience working with major component suppliers, engineering service suppliers, testing suppliers and product validation engineers
• Fluent in the direct design of components including Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Service (DFS), and cost-efficiency (Value Engineering)
• Hands-on experience with vehicle harnessing, component integration, discrete signals, CANbus, antenna systems, and voice & data radio systems
• Highly skilled in hands-on troubleshooting, product assembly, prototyping, testing, and validation utilizing diagnostic tools such as multimeters, power supplies, CANalyzer, and oscilloscopes

Nice to have

• Electrical Engineering preferred
• Direct experience in automotive, commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicle design
• Experience with a configure-to-order product and modular BOM management
• Knowledge of RFI, EMC, EMI, ESD or stationary/mobile broadcast systems
• Prior experience with Infotainment systems, Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), and Automatic Vehicle Monitoring (AVM) technologies

Benefits

• mentorship
• career growth opportunities
• comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• All candidates selected will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. They partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, and more.