Vehicle Build and Test Engineer

BASIC PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION

HAVAL is developing a research team in the US whose mission is to design and develop an autonomous research system capable of autonomous driving on pre-defined routes without the need for driver intervention, that would support future productization of an SAE Level 4 automated driving system in China for mobility services.

The primary responsibility of this job is to work on the development build up, testing and continuous improvement of an SAE Level 4 vehicle development platform.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:  This position does the following in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and local laws/regulations and the Company’s policies, procedures and guidelines:

• Plan, design, schedule, and execute test and validation plans for all levels of Autonomous Driving System testing
• Conduct data analyses, document and publish test report to support test plans, present findings, and feedback to project team
• Ensure issues are identified, logged, tracked and resolved during each testing phase
• Ensure system robustness by using lean engineering and lightweight, repeatable processes
• Integrate, test, improve, and specify hardware and software to support the Autonomous Driving System engineering community
• Support prototype autonomous vehicle builds at both internal workshop as well as external suppliers
• Work with ADS team to develop/utilize requirement, Use Cases, Boundary Diagrams, Interface analysis, P-Diagrams, Noise Factor Management Strategies, FMEA, FMEM, DVP&R, etc.

  SPECIAL PROJECTS

As assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND TRAINING:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or other relevant fields

REQUIRED SKILLS AND BACKGROUND:

• Experience in development of mechanical mounting, hardware electronics (design, build and testing)
• Experience integrating electronic systems such as PC’s, ECU’s, Networks, power distribution, ground truth systems etc.
• Ability to replicate problems to determine its type/nature and communicate this to engineers to help resolve the issue

• Familiarity with environmental, mechanical, and electrical verification testing methodologies in an automotive environment

• Experience with specification and integration of data acquisition methodologies using various test instrumentation
• Familiarity GPS, Differential GPS, GNSS and ground truth system
• Experience with 2D&3D design software, e.g. Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc
• Programming experience, e.g. Matlab, C++

DESIRED SKILLS AND BACKGROUND:

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or other relevant fields
• Previously experience with ADAS and autonomous vehicle testing
• Experience with various networking including CAN, Ethernet, UDP, etc.

• Experience with systems engineering and robust engineering including boundary diagram, P-diagram, and FMEAs
• Familiarity with Robot Operating System (ROS)

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:

1. English fluency, verbal and written

EQUIPMENT OPERATION (% of the time, description, nature of service):

1.  N/A

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

1.  Typical office environment.  The position will require walking, standing and sitting at a computer.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Candidates for positions with American Haval Motor Technology, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.