Job Accountabilities (duties and responsibilities) :

- Design, development and application of 48V - 360V E-System technologies ensuring alignment with the product strategy

- Evaluating and implementing new systems and infrastructure

- Team structuring and manning to support the technology and product development strategy

- Design development and application of the E-System to ensure technical advantage :

a. Power electronics (DCDC - OBC)

b. PDU

c. Motor & controller

d. Transmission systems

e. Energy storage system (inc cells/modules BDU, BMS, LV/HV harness, sensors etc)

- Cell selection and application

- Thermal system specification and implementation

- Structures and enclosure design

- System DMU and integration

- Understanding all external interfaces and ensuring the functional architecture correctly captures the need

- Decomposition of the system requirements using an appropriate tool (stimulus, Doors, Polarion) so models can be developed

- Handle multiple projects and stakeholder interactions

- Design delivery in compliance with NPI automotive practices

- Pro-active - trouble shooting- to identify problems and prevent them

- Interface with cross-functional teams including Fuel cell, vehicle, software, electrical etc to ensure overall feature development, maturation and decision-making

- Creating Product Definition Document (Software system Technical Specification). Reviewing of the same with the cross functional team. (Electrical Mechanical, Software, Validation test, Manufacturing etc)

- Obtain customer approval of the software technical specification document

- Support certification

Skills Required (Knowledge and Skills) :

- Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to manage teams, communicate with senior management, sector controllers and other key stake holders.

- Problem and conflict resolution utilising both experience and process driven methods

- Analytical, and decision-making skills are vital to the position. Able to apply RCA and decision making tools such as 8D, ishikawa, pugh matrix

- A thorough yet pragmatic engineer who applies a sound understanding of the fundamentals of systems engineering to pro-actively ensure that the product is well specified & robustly designed from the start

- Ability to conduct technological analyses and research

- Working knowledge of the specification and design :

a. Cell selection

b. Module design and manufacturing requirements

c. Battery circuit and component layout

d. Enclosure materials and design for application

e. Motor type, configuration and materials used v cost

f. Transmission design/selection

g. Power electronics - including inverter UHV & HV

h. UHV power transfer systems - pantograph desirable

- Ability to document analysis, design and test cases

- Problem-solving aptitude and proven knowledge of methods

- DFMEA, 8D TOPS, 5 Ys, Ichikawa

- Design for Excellence and engineering design standards

- Able to work & communicate well within multi-disciplinary project teams,

- A self-starter, able to make evidence-based decisions, and display a strong "can-do" attitude to match the challenges with equal enthusiasm.

Key Attributes (Experience and Qualifications) :

Experience :

Necessary :

- Experience gained within an automotive OEM or premium tier 1

- Technical leadership of a X functional team to design, develop and deliver to production (48 - 360V+) automotive E-Systems

- Intimate working knowledge of EV regulations for India (desirable ECE/ISO/SAE/GB)

- UHV power transfer from grid to vehicle

- A clear understanding of the importance of systems engineering

- Use of V-Sim tools to establish system sizing

- Testing requirements and characterisation of cells as a basis for algorithm development to manage charge, health, power and life, and thermal system specification

- Use of model based Design and simulation tools for :

a. Thermal management

b. Multi Body Physics

c. CFD

d. Structural analysis static and fatigue

e. EMI/EMC

- System DMU and electro-mechanical integration

- Use of PLM/ALM

- Intimate experience in debugging E-Systems

- Management of prototype and pre-production build activities (A/B/C/D sample builds) and ensuring technical preparation and requirements are met

- Design, development and commercialisation in compliance with ISO16949

- Leading a team to implement an E-system to meet ISO26262 ASIL C/D

- Ability to handle multiple projects and stakeholder interactions

- Knowledge of automotive practices for project delivery and engineering excellence

- Hands-on experience in Requirement Analysis and use of requirements management tools

Desirable :

- Understanding of whole vehicle engineering and platform design

- 1st hand experience of electrical network/architecture and component design

- Development of DVP for system and product hardware and software verification

- Technical knowledge of fuel cell and hydrogen storage

Qualification :

Necessary :

- B.E/ B.Tech (Mechanical, Electrical or Electronics)

- 7+ Years of exp.

Desirable :

- MTech (Mechanical, Electrical or Electronics)

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