Vehicle Systems Stability Engineer

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We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company that provides solutions for engineering, technology, and product development projects. For decades, we've been helping our clients develop products that are changing the world, whether that's by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set a new standard of care, or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. Our team of more than 600 people works across industries including aerospace, medical devices and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicle, electric vehicles, rail, and more. Our offices across the US have different industry focuses and engage with our clients in different ways, ranging from working on-site at client facilities to performing product development at our delivery centers.

ALTEN Group, our parent company, has been a leader in engineering and information technology for more than 30 years. ALTEN Group operates in 30 countries across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and employs more than 36,000 people, 88% of whom are engineers. The company covers the whole development cycle and offers a choice of service levels, from technology consulting to complete project outsourcing.

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Vehicle Systems Stability Engineer

The Vehicle Electrical Systems Integration team delivers a validated vehicle including firmware (FW) and hardware (HW) packages to our robot platform. The team is also the first stop for triaging, identifying, and investigating CAN, LIN, and electrical issues in the field and during vehicle bring-up.

As a Platform Stability Engineer, you will be on the frontlines keeping our robots healthy. You will be responsible for the initial review of issues related to vehicle domains (ECUs, chassis, electric powertrain, HV charging, thermal system, brakes, steering, suspension, and lighting as examples). This issue identification is enabled by reviewing vehicle level CAN logs, investigating the issue, providing insight into the potential root cause, and then working with the responsible team to deliver a solution. You will also drive teams to identify actions that could prevent an issue from occurring again. This is a highly cross-functional role as you will be working with various HW and FW engineering teams, operations teams, and the vehicle and program management office.

We are looking for an engineer that is passionate about electric vehicle architecture, autonomous driving, has strong problem-solving skills, and has a commitment to deliver on time.

Responsibilities

• Provide the initial issue triage and system analysis of field and bring-up issues for RnD fleet
• Review the CAN log data, investigate to determine the probable responsible system(s) and if possible the root cause
• Provide enough evidence to justify next steps in issue resolution
• Drive for decisions on interim containment and permanent corrective actions, as appropriate
• Document your work in the applicable JIRA tickets and methods in Confluence
• Work with issue owner to identify how this issue is prevented from occurring again
• Work with the module or component owner and suppliers, as needed to communicate your findings to drive root cause investigations
• Report on issues identified, next steps, help needed and flag risks to program with appropriate mitigation plans. This includes supporting and reporting at working level and leadership level meetings
• Identify potential improvements in system behavior and diagnostics

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent in an engineering discipline, EE or Mechatronics
• Experience: 5+ years in automotive engineering
• Experience designing or testing vehicle systems (electrical and/or mechanical)
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to quickly get up to speed on multiple complex systems
• Experience with electrical and vehicle network architecture (CAN and LIN)
• Experience with hands-on electrical troubleshooting (DMM, Oscilloscope, electrical schematics, Saleae Logic Analyzer, HIL sytems, etc.)
• Experience with CAN, LIN and A/D measurement system setup (Vector, Memorator, Inca, Intrepid, dSpace, IPEtronic, CSM, Deweysoft, etc.)
• Knowledge of vehicle engineering or software validation process, 8D, FMEA, problem-solving methods
• Excellent writing skills, organization, verbal communication, leadership skills, and deadline-driven
• Track record in managing multiple cross-functional projects simultaneously
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence
• This role will be 100% on-site

Bonus Qualifications

• Python programming and building automation tools
• Grafana and other data analysis toolsets
• Diagnostics development

Feedback:

• Any Vector tools experience (especially CANalyzer, CANoe, CANape software)
• Automotive systems validation/troubleshooting experience
• Experience with resolving issues "on location" during vehicle bring-up/builds
• If candidates have Inca experience, we could teach them CANalizer.
• Electric Vehicle experience is also highly advantageous.
• First Robotics, SAE (FSAE, Eco Car, Baha, Solar) participation

Salary Range: $100,000-135,000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

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