Lead Powertrain and High Voltage Engineer - Knoxville, TN Location

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Function as technical interface between development partners and Local Motors Electrical Engineering.
• Lead requirements development, analysis and architecture trade-off study for electrified powertrain systems and components.
• Lead technical design proposals, development and related review meetings.
• Technical lead for customer specific project execution.
• Solid understanding of Model Based Development on Powertrain software analysis.
• Analyze the component selections, simulation of the system as a whole in whole using various advanced vehicle simulation tools.
• Develop vehicle software/firmware for functional safety and fail-safe requirements, from project beginning to end.
• Follow project scope and deliverables to support program goals in collaboration with engineering and program management.
• Work towards realistic project milestones and deliverables using appropriate tools.
• Develop requirements documentation and hardware/software change requests.
• Track and report project status to the program team.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, searching for solutions quickly and effectively to ensure success.
• Follow established product development processes, leading the development of new processes for company adoption where required.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.
• Participate in software (design, code) reviews.
• Cooperate and coordinate development with other vehicle development team members to ensure overall goals are achieved.

• Perform additional projects and duties as assigned by the Chief Engineer.

• Provide technical support to Local Motors manufacturing facilities through plant visits, conference calls, etc.
• Must be able to work in a team environment as well as independently.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, or related technical field. Master's degree preferred.

• 5 - 7 years minimum related experience in industry with management experience a plus.

• Experience in automotive high voltage power electronics is required.
• In depth knowledge and work experience with developing and operating HEV/PHEV/BEV powertrain systems, such as Battery Management Systems, E-Drive Inverter & Motor controls, HEV/EV vehicle control, DC/DC converter, On Board Charger or DC Off Board Charger, Lithion-Ion Battery Systems.
• Experience with SFMEA, DFMEA, Functional Safety analysis for automotive electronics products.
• Knowledge and experience with UDS diagnostic services and functional diagnostics development for products, exposure to ISO26262, MISRA.
• Experience with MATLAB, Simulink and vehicle powertrain simulation.
• Experience with communication protocols, e.g.: CAN, LIN, UART, SPI, I2C, UDS, XCP, Vector Canalyzer, CANAPE
• Experience with FREE RTOS, AUTOSAR, others.
• Experience with writing bootloaders
• Experience with software maturity models, such as Automotive SPICE, System Weaver.
• Computer skills: In addition to the requirements above, the candidate must have experience with MS Office, including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Word and Excel, Outlook, and other Office suite tools.