Power Electronics Design Engineer

We're seeking a talented Power Electronics Design Engineer to join our Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team. As a key member of our team, you'll own complex drive unit inverter sub-components from concept through production, including development of related assembly and manufacturing processes. Your expertise will drive the development of parts and processes with substantial impact on vehicle-level cost and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Own inverter mechanical parts from concept through production including part design and release.
• Develop manufacturing processes including running DOEs and executing process validation.
• Design and execute physical tests in a lab environment, including designing fixtures / test equipment.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute test campaigns for design verification of inverter sub-components and the inverter system.
• Optimize costs from design to manufacturing and create robust designs for automotive application.
• Own mechanical parts for inverters, driving optimization for durability, efficiency, and performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Robust foundation in engineering first principles with good engineering judgement.
• Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and humility.
• Strong CAD skills (Catia / 3DX preferred).
• Hands-on experience building and testing hardware in a prototype / lab environment (strong workshop skills preferred).

Even better, you may have:

• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing products (power electronics or similar devices brought to production preferred)
• Passionate and curious about deep technical problems and driven to deliver engineering excellence.
• Experience releasing prototype and production parts including drafting, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and DFM.
• Experience managing or working closely with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, and in-house manufacturing teams to bring parts to production.
• Experience using finite element methods for optimizing and validating structural, thermal, and electrical systems.
• Experience designing and executing durability and design verification campaigns.
• Experience leading design / process FMEAs for electronics and/or automotive systems.
• Experience designing parts, fixtures, and tools for prototype manufacturing processes including CNC milling / turning / EDM, 3D printing, press-brake sheet metal, and low volume tooled processes.
• Experience designing parts for high volume manufacturing processes including casting, forging, stamping, extruding, injection molding, overmolding, and machining.
• Experience troubleshooting / triaging prototype and production build issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication / presentation / story-telling skills.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and project leadership skills.