Application Engineer

Position Description:

Design and Release Engineer for the Body Control Modules, which are central electronic control units within electrical architecture. The modules incorporate fused electrical bus center, for power distribution, with a body computer within a single module. The modules provide 300+ functions consisting of exterior and interior lighting control, locking, passive entry passive start, remote keyless entry, signal gateway functionality, as well as signal support for many other features. The design & release engineer is responsible for all product deliverables, necessary to deliver a robust solution, to their assigned vehicle program. These responsibilities include the following: • Lead the delivery of all engineering requirements, for the electronic modules, per each development milestone, as defined by the product development process. • Manage product financial status; review proposals to increase/decrease cost and seek approval for those changes via approval process with management team. • Work with the Vehicle Electrical Program Management Team (PMT) and Program Vehicle Team (PVT) to launch the modules during the prototype and production launch phase. • Support the development of robust foundation documents including but not limited to: DFMEA, specifications, D/PVP&R, worse case circuit analysis (WCCA), device transmittals, etc.

Skills Required:

• Lead cross-functional teams, consisting of vehicle system engineers, other commodity owners, network communications engineers, manufacturing engineers (vehicle operations engineers), and commodity suppliers to drive timely resolution of program specific engineering issues • Develop solutions as required to revise or add features to the electronic modules as they impact hardware. • Lead electronic modules configuration development and release effort (method 2 and method 3) o Lead a cross functional team of feature owners and system engineers to assist in the definition of the required behavioral requirements necessary to meet the programs needs o Ensure alignment with Product Definition Letters and compliance to regional regulatory requirements

Skills Preferred:

Experience with MS Office, Vector tools such as CANalyzer, use of an oscilloscope and other troubleshooting tools; experience with product development system applications is a plus ( WERS, AVBOM, PPM Audit, Digital Buck, Team Center, Integrator)

Experience Required:

• 5 to 10 years in Automotiove industry

Experience Preferred:

• Must have skills or be able to learn the various engineering computer systems (WERS, AVBOM, PPM Audit, Digital Buck, Team Center, Integrator, MS Office, etc.) • Experience with program delivery. • Experience with product and program delivery.

Education Required:

• BSEE (MSEE) preferred. Other disciplines may be considered if the candidate has comparable job experience.

Education Preferred:

• Strong knowledge of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Delivery System requirements and specifications.

Additional Information :

POSITION IS HYBRID • Strong Communication and Leadership Skills for cross-functional cooperation and issue resolution. • Strong analytical skills (including 8D, 6-Panel, FMEA) • Prefer experience with electronic circuit design, board layout, and electronic module manufacturing

Category Product Engineering

Function Engineering

Req ID JN -052024-121201