Regular Mechatronics Engineer

Project description

Mechatronics technical and system validation onsite support of vehicle prototyping and pre-series activities at major global OEM production site located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Position assumes participation in majority of prototyping activities that include but not limited with collecting electrical and other measurements, hardware installation, software management including over the air updates, management of components logistics, system validation / testing, data collection and defect root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Measurement Equipment Support

• Measurement Equipment Install / Un-Install

• Equipment health check / Troubleshooting, analysis and escalation

• Inventory Tracking Hardware Management

• Retrofitting

• Maintenance Activities Software Management

• Retrofitting / Software Updates (Headunit / Individual ECUs) - Over the Air Updates Checklist based testing

• Test planning / documentation

• Test Execution ADAS and Powertrain Data Collection Vehicle preparation support Root Cause Analysis support

SKILLS

Must have

• 5+ years of hand-on experience as an engineer/technician in Automotive industry Experience with onsite support of various technical (mechanical/electrical) activities at vehicle production and assembly stations / sites. Basic experience with vehicle testing. Experience with measurement equipment installation, removal and usage. Experience with vehicle data and trace collection. Experience with software updates and hardware retrofitting. Understanding of mechanical and electrical engineering basics sufficient to perform parts and component replacement at a station and troubleshooting of basic issues. Basic understanding of vehicle validation principles and process. Vehicle diagnostics experience and understanding of principles. Protocols: High and Low speed CAN / LIN / Ethernet / FlexRay System knowledge: head units, audio systems, connectivity (mobile phone), climate, powertrain, transmission. Electric functions: Power Management, Key cycle strategy harness drawings and electric circuit diagrams Other electrical: harness drawings and electric circuit diagrams, current distribution, connection processes for crimping, soldering, fiber optic cabling. Working knowledge of ECUs functional behavior: climate control, body electric, communication electronic, infotainment, ADAS, vehicle driving dynamics, drivetrain electronics

Nice to have

Automotive SPICE knowledge Vector CANoe Software development / System Validation background. Root cause analysis experience. Excellent communication skills. Experience with vehicle prototypes. Big plus is experience with: Ediabas, INPA, E-Sys, CARMEN, X2E, datalogger Xoraya, Ethernet Media Switch, CANALYZER