Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Engineer 4 / Power Electronics

Location: Chillicothe, IL

Duration: 12 months contract (Possibility of extension)

Job Description:

• This position will be part of the Product Health team for Client's e-drivetrain power inverters, within Client's Electrification + Energy Solutions Division
• The Product Health team is responsible for all maintenance and production improvement aspects of in-production inverters.
• Responsibilities include power inverter field issue and CPI issue resolutions, cost-reduction project execution, component obsolescence management, and new source introduction execution.

Why this Role?

• Work with a highly skilled and collaborative team to develop critical electrification components
• Develop deep and hands-on technical skills in power electronics component development including testing, validation, analysis, design, and issue resolution
• Gain high voltage and high-power experience in off-highway electric drivetrain

Typical task breakdown:

• Perform lab tests and root-cause analysis for field failures and develop solutions.
• Test planning, documentation, fixture setup, test execution, data processing and analysis, summarizing and reporting of test results, failure analysis.
• Review engineering drawings, technical requirements, and specifications, work with process partners for print updates.
• Execute cost-reduction projects by performing sample validation, technical evaluation of new suppliers, collaborate with SDEs and purchasing team to initialize production, etc.
• Utilize quality tools and processes including CPI, FMEA, APQP & PPAP.

Education & Experience Required:

• Years of experience: 6
• Degree requirement: BS in Electrical Engineering required.
• 4 years for a M.S. Power Electronics focus preferred.
• Not open to 2-year degrees
• Do you accept internships as job experience: No
• Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role: Power Electronics Component Design Engineer, Power converter product maintenance engineer

Additional Technical Skills

(Required)

• Familiar with IPC 600/650 and IEC 60204/60664/61557 standards.
• Experience in reviewing engineering drawings, technical requirements, and specifications, work with process partners for print updates.
• Experience with CPI processes, root-cause analysis, and deep hands-on troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with lab instruments such as oscilloscopes, experience with test data analysis tools such as Pythons, MATLAB, Excel, and JBER.
• Experience with using dataloggers, oscilloscopes, HV differential probe, current transducer, thermal chambers, high voltage power supplies, high current power supplies.
• Experience with Pythons, MATLAB, Excel, and JBER for test data analysis.

(Desired)

• Experience with power inverter production and maintenance tasks, obsolescence management experience, and life cycle management.
• Clear communicator and the ability to work efficiently across multiple process partner teams: electrical and mechanical engineers, thermal simulation, quality, manufacturing, purchasing.