ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER (SWITCHES)- Automotive Electronics

Nidec Mobility America Corporation(NMOA) is looking for an energetic and focused Electrical Design Engineer(Switches) within our Hybrid work environment.

NMOA (St. Charles, IL), headquarters our family of Companies with facilities in the USA, Canada, Germany and Mexico (with our Sales Team based in Detroit Metro).

As a world leader in sensing and control technology, we control the most discrete functions within an automobile – from seat switches, power window switches, and instrument panel controls, towards complex user interfaces. NMOA is directly involved with automotive OEM’s and holds a leadership position within Nidec for product development with global vehicle makers.Objective

The Electrical Design Engineer (Switches) is responsible for the design and development of automotive electronic modules and components, inter-company coordination, and new product design. They also act as a customer liaison.

Essential Responsibilities

• Create new electronics product designs based on customer requests or internal development. Understand customer procedures and implements or adapts development to meet those requirements.
• Implement new designs into production by creating designs and following the entire development process.
• Assist the Quality Department in analyzing of warranty and other customer returns.
• Work in conjunction with leadership to develop long-range and short-range goals for self and department.
• Ensure on-time delivery of product development milestones.
• Prepare product or system layout and detailed schematics/drawings as required.
• Analyze test data and reports to determine if design meets functional and performance specifications.
• On-The-Job Circuit Design / Circuit Simulation experience / Component selection,
• On-The-Job Worst Case analysis.
• Maintain customer engineering contact (as required) throughout the program, including program timing and technical development.
• Liaise with suppliers for quotes, specifications and samples.
• Update / Maintain current Nidec Mobility products through research and recommendation for improvement design opportunities of electronic modules and components. Verifying that all specifications are met.
• Support / Implement the ISO14001 Environmental Policy as it pertains to work activities.

Experience: 3 Years Electrical Design Engineering (Switches)

Education: BSEE

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Requirements

• On-The-Job Circuit Design / Circuit Simulation experience / Component selection,
• On-The-Job Worst Case analysis problem solving.
• Knowledge of automotive switch electrical design. Knowledge of LED lighting Knowledge of microprocessors, voltage regulators, PTC's, Relays, and Power Electronics.
• Work with component suppliers to choose parts.
• Schematic capture and bill of material generation with AltiumUse Mathcad and PSPICE tools for worse case analysis Familiar with DFMEA's.Work with remote team members from the mechanical engineering and program management teams. Able to test products in the lab to characterize performance and root cause product issues. Familiar with automotive EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) tests Work with customers on conference calls and occasional on site trips.
• Occasional international travel to Nidec Mobility’s Ontario, Canada area. Expertise from automotive experience, specifically automotive switch design. Able to communicate product and product processes with customer
• Experience with LED-based white and color-mixing system design. Experience with color equipment and lighting measurement tools, including spectrometers and light sensors. Power circuit design, component selection, schematic capture, and circuit simulation. Power dissipation calculation, worst-case tolerance analysis, and design failure mode effect analysis. Electronics prototype construction and bench testing. EMC compliance and design verification testing / review. Experience with 8-bit / 16-bit microcontrollers. Experience with modeling CAD tools such as LTSpice or PSpice.
• EMC knowledge is a plus.
• Mechanical tooling experience is a plus.
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Project).
• Must be able to support / multi-task to manage multiple projects / issues at one time. Must have strong attention to detail and work with a sense of urgency / accuracy.

Travel Required: negligible

Keywords: electrical, engineer, design, electronic boxes, development, CAD, Altium, PSpice, electronics, power, automotive, color spectrum, mechatronics, PCB, circuit, prototype, “PCB Layout”, DFMEA, “EMC Compliance”, “Power Circuit Design”, “3D Modeling”, Hardware, Electrical, “Design Verification”, “Design Verification Testing”, PPAP, TALC, Blue Tag, power modules, power electronics, microprocessor

If your qualifications and aspirations match those detailed for this Electrical Design Engineer (Switches) “Hybrid” career opportunity - I would appreciate hearing from you!

NOTE: This position Is Not open to external sourcing (Recruiting agencies)