Sr. Electrical Engineer
Summary:
Infintium is a small team of engineers developing next generation small and medium fuel cell systems. We are looking for active, driven engineers and engineering technicians to develop and support the systems and application controls needs for our growing list of fuel cell products in an aggressively expanding market.
The candidate must be capable of setting and meeting goals reliably, with limited oversight. While the system hardware and software development environments are currently in place, the candidate will have the opportunity to guide future improvements in the system and ultimately has a significant influence on the company’s profitability – we’re a small group that all have a large influence on our success!
The company is located in the Greer, SC area near the GSP airport.
Responsibilities / Duties:
· Design and develop electrical systems for Infintium Fuel Cell Power Systems:
o High Voltage and Low Voltage Power Distribution
o Electrical component sizing (Bus bars, cable and wiring sizing)
o Power Conversion
o Power Storage
· Design and Develop prototype and early production wiring harnesses using wire boards and hand-tools.
· Participate in Engineering Design Reviews and lead new Electrical Design Review meetings
· Provide input to and meet schedules based on company objectives and personal abilities. Experience with time management skills and setting personal schedules is critical. Experience with the effects of engineering change on a project schedule.
· Read, understand, and comply with safety standards and customer/internal requirements typical for automotive and industrial products – familiarity with UL, SAE, FMVSS, GB/T, CE standards bodies.
· Work with product engineers to validate new components and circuitry prior to selection and the Development Lab to assist with any troubleshooting and manufacturability or design improvement considerations that need to be addressed.
· Proficient with technical writing and communication skills necessary for internal and external engineering communications, engaging in design reviews and developing written circuit analysis reports and DFMEA.
· Participates in internal Design Reviews as needed for all applicable projects. Provides Circuit Analysis or other design related deliverables in support of customer PDR and CDR. The deliverable is to provide a fully vetted design to the Product Engineer for release to support customer deliveries and component certification testing.
· Works to meet internal and customer schedule requirements while ensuring design validation.
· Participates in electrical design effort to develop and ensure best practices across all new product designs leveraging economies of scale and proven design methodologies.
· Operate as a electrical system knowledge expert to assist with debug of complex problems on completed prototype and production products.
Required Qualifications / Skills:
· B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
· Experience in an electrical system design role using schematics and harness drawings to specify electrical harness build documentation for an industrial or automotive application
· Use of Multimeter, Oscilloscope, power supplies, and other tools to diagnose electrical problems within a complex system
· Ability to scope work and set a schedule for an electrical system design
· Exceptional interpersonal skills
· Strong self-starter and ability to find what needs to be done without supervision
Desired Qualifications / Skills:
· M.S. in a STEM Engineering major with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering
· 5 years automotive component or system product design experience
· Experience designing for EMI mitigation and EMC compliance testing
· Electrical PCB layout and/or debug experience
· Soldering skills – PCB surface mount preferable
· Programming skills (controls or embedded experience) – capability to understand and diagnose software / firmware bugs in a complex system
· Validation / Calibration / Testing experience in an industrial or automotive product
· Ability to read Chinese technical standards documents
· Experience with Linux
· Experience with Microcontrollers (Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc.)