e-Powertrain Validation Engineer

e-Powertrain Validation Engineer or Dev/Research Engineer 4 - (78150-1)
Chillicothe, IL - Onsite
24 months contract

Job Description
Summary: The main function of a research engineer is to research and investigate the design, functionality and maintenance of mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes. A typical research engineer has the ability to make engineering drawings, and read and interpret blueprints.

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:
The e-Powertrain (ePt) Validation Planning Support Engineer works closely with the ePt system design team to understand the potential technical risks for the specific ePt configuration being evaluated. This role will tackle various tasks from collecting the risks that were identified in DFMEAs, sorting those risks from highest risk (highest RPN = likelihood of failure times the severity of the failure) to lowest risk, and helping to identify virtual simulation or physical test activities (bench, lab, or full machine) to optimally mitigate those risks between cost and time. This team member may be involved in various deliverables from the ePt validation planning team including: gathering system readiness summaries from component & sub-system teams, creating validation one-pager status slides for NPI Gateway reviews, managing "issue-lists" for various ePt programs, forecasting defects per unit, & creating pro-active reliability curves to predict ePt system performance & durability throughout its life.

Reason/motivation for request:
- Addition

Why Client? “Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Client. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Client travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters.”

Why this Role?
- This role has significant influence on defining the detailed validation plan for each ePowertrain system. This role will have visibility to the ePowertrain System product managers as well as the Electrification & Energy Solutions validation leadership. This role will give the individual tremendous understand of all of the interactions within the ePowertrain system and all of the technical risks associated with them. This individual will also become very familiar with the many physics-based simulation methods as well as many of the bench, lab, and full machine tests that can be used to mitigate technical risks associated with an ePowertrain system.

Typical task breakdown:
This role will tackle various tasks:
- Collecting the risks that were identified in DFMEAs
- Sorting those risks from highest risk (highest RPN = likelihood of failure times the severity of the failure) to lowest risk
- Helping to identify virtual simulation or physical test activities (bench, lab, or full machine) to optimally mitigate those risks between cost and time.
Interaction with team:
The e-Powertrain (ePt) Validation Planning Support Engineer works closely with the ePt system design team to understand the potential technical risks for the specific ePt configuration being evaluated.

Day-to-Day Activities Include:
- Gathering system readiness summaries from component & sub-system teams
- Creating validation one-pager status slides for NPI Gateway reviews
- Managing "issue-lists" for various ePt programs
- Forecasting defects per unit
- Creating pro-active reliability curves to predict ePt system performance & durability throughout its life

Team Structure
- The ePowertrain validation team has 2 to 3 experienced validation engineers that will help guide the individual in this role.

Work environment:
- Office work environment. Collaboration with employees in other parts of the building is typical. Collaboration virtually with other parts of the world also common.

Education & Experience Required:
- Years of experience: 8-10 years of real-world experience. Academic projects does not count as experience.
- Degree requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering required.
- Do you accept internships as job experience: Yes, if it was hands-on test experience testing hardware.
- Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role: proactive reliability, validation planning, validation planner

Top 3 Skills
- Ability to understand detailed technical engineering talk and communicate it to others in common language.
- Ability to estimate how long various test activities will take, what instrumentation is needed, etc. to help forecast how long a validation plan will take to complete. (Project Management forecasting)
- Ability to listen and understand more experienced engineers and a willingness to implement their suggestions.

Additional Technical Skills
(Required)
Hands-On test experience testing fuel systems, engines, full machines or vehicles.

(Desired)
Hands-On test experience testing electric drivetrain systems.

Soft Skills
Fluent in not only the English language, but also “American” English.
Determined to complete assignments, seek help, seek clarity, etc.
Demonstrated ability to PULL information, as needed, from others.

Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:
- Arrogance. Anyone who demonstrates that he/she already has all the answers.

Travel Requirement: 0-25% domestic
Export Control Requirements: NO

Ravi Teja
615-219-6196
[email protected]