Senior Electric Drives Engineer

at  Navistar Inc

Position Overview:
At Navistar, we’re driving change in the transportation industry and striving to help create a cleaner, more sustainable world where future generations can thrive. With that, it’s an exciting time to be at Navistar, as we work to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility throughout North America and, with our TRATON GROUP colleagues, worldwide. We are undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks and buses to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.
The Senior Electric Drives Engineer is a technical expert for their assigned components and is responsible for the development of requirements, product design reviews, DFMEA, DVP execution (DV and PV Phase) in collaboration with suppliers and TRATON GROUP brands. They further cascade component level cross functional issues to vehicle architecture, controls and software team, procurement, manufacturing, service and are responsible for resolving relevant issues found during bench and vehicle level development, validation, and in production.

Responsibilities:

• This role includes the Design Validation (DV) and the Processes Verification (PV) for different architectures for all types of Electric Propulsion and Electric Power Take Off components.
• The engineer will populate and review I/O’s relevant to ePropulsion architecture and application plan for cross functional alignment.
• Also, this role will provide technical assistance to other cross functional areas for E-Motor, Inverter & Power Electronics relevant to Procurement, Manufacturing, Assembly, Service and Warranty organizations.
• The Engineer will support prototype build and test activities associated with their respective components, subsystem and project.
• He/she will stay abreast of new e-Motors/Inverters/Electronics technology including Benchmarking and cascade regional requirements in global competence circle.
• The Engineer will participate in Electric Drives technical roadmap and develop different concepts (virtual and experimental) for Propulsion System and Power Take Off System to meet its life and quality requirements.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology
• At least 8 years of experience in product design/development
• At least 1 year leading others in engineer/design activities

OR

• Master’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology
• At least 6 years of experience in product design/development
• At least 1 year leading others in engineer/design activities

OR

• PhD in Engineering or Engineering Technology
• At least 3 years of experience in product design/development
• At least 1 year leading others in engineer/design activities

Additional Requirements:

• Qualified candidates, excluding current Navistar employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. Navistar does not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Desired Skills:

• 5 years of experience in propulsion components e.g., Inverter and/or eMotor
• 5 years of experience in product design, releasing, development and validation
• Extensive knowledge in the design of Propulsion electric components e.g., ECU’s, TCU’s
• Solid understanding in the field of power electronics and electric drive modules technology
• Experience in Inverter and eMotor design for manufacture is a plus for this role
• Experience with Design, Simulation, Microsoft Office and Requirements Management tools (e.g., Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Team Center, Matlab / Simulink, Jira)

Company Overview:
Navistar, Inc. (“Navistar”) is a purpose-driven company, reimagining how to deliver what matters to create more cohesive relationships, build higher-performing teams and find solutions where others don’t.
Based in Lisle, Illinois, Navistar or its subsidiaries and affiliates produce International® brand commercial trucks and engines, IC Bus® brand school and commercial buses, all-makes OnCommand® Connection advanced connectivity services, and Fleetrite®, ReNEWeD® and Diamond Advantage® brand aftermarket parts.
With a history of innovation dating back to 1831, Navistar has more than 14,500 employees worldwide and is part of TRATON SE, a global champion of the truck and transport services industry. Additional information is available at www.Navistar.com.
Accelerating the Impact of Sustainable Mobility:
Visit us at www.Navistar.com to discover more about our organization
Navistar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

• This role includes the Design Validation (DV) and the Processes Verification (PV) for different architectures for all types of Electric Propulsion and Electric Power Take Off components.
• The engineer will populate and review I/O’s relevant to ePropulsion architecture and application plan for cross functional alignment.
• Also, this role will provide technical assistance to other cross functional areas for E-Motor, Inverter & Power Electronics relevant to Procurement, Manufacturing, Assembly, Service and Warranty organizations.
• The Engineer will support prototype build and test activities associated with their respective components, subsystem and project.
• He/she will stay abreast of new e-Motors/Inverters/Electronics technology including Benchmarking and cascade regional requirements in global competence circle.
• The Engineer will participate in Electric Drives technical roadmap and develop different concepts (virtual and experimental) for Propulsion System and Power Take Off System to meet its life and quality requirements