Electrical Engineer

at  JTEKT North America

Summary
In this role, you will report to the Electrical Engineering Manager and be responsible for achieving excellence in electrical engineering for electromechanical products including steering and driveline products for the automotive industry. You will use your knowledge of both hardware and software to develop and support production of a variety of new chassis components with a dynamic team, finding solutions to interesting challenges.

Why work for JTEKT North America’s Technical Center in Halifax, NS?

• Hybrid flexible work environment •Top 20 automotive supplier •Electrification/Innovation projects
• Diverse projects •Small collaborative teams •Cross-functional career opportunities
• Career advancement through US/Japan •Recognized career contributions

JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Essential Skills

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to create supporting documentation such as design documents, architecture diagrams, test procedures and reports
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.
• Technical writing is well structured, effective in purpose, free of grammatical errors and succinct.
• High-level of general PCB knowledge.
• Excellent knowledge of surface mount, thru-hole assembly and manual soldering processes, including component preparation, and selective soldering.
• A “can-do” attitude with a desire to be a team player.
• Troubleshooting of printed circuit board and assembly failures to determine root cause and implement corrective actions using various analytical tools such as 8D, 5Y, PDCA, etc.
• Experience with the design or creation of test fixtures/test jigs
• Experience with embedded software/microprocessors.
• Experience with the use and application of digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators.

Desired Skills

• Working knowledge of embedded software development. Working knowledge of scripting languages for test development.
• Knowledge in motor control theory for brushless motors and practical experience in evaluating those controls on dynamometers.
• Working knowledge, understanding, and experience with design, evaluation and integration of vehicle control systems and/or vehicle sub systems, diagnostics, control modules/software, and electrical systems
• Working knowledge of CAN communication tools (ie Vector CANape), and/or other tools and processes related to automotive product development

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5-7 years’ experience

• Develop and maintain a responsive and cooperative working relationship with internal and external customers. Treat everyone with dignity, trust and respect.
• Create test plans, procedures, and reports. Review and ensure test efficiency by validating in hardware.
• Circuit and PCB design and simulation.
• Strong Knowledge of design for EMC, EMI, manufacturing.
• Perform environmental, electrical, and EMC validation testing
• Assist in root cause analysis for open customer support or other items as assigned.
• Propose corrective actions for resolutions to manufacturing and quality problems due to processes or equipment.
• Participate in the production and/or project meetings; offering feedback and guidance.
• Assist in generating engineering and production documentation.
• Conduct test procedures, problem reports, and giving client feedback.
• Maintain and protect corporate IP, systems, tools, data and customer proprietary information.
• Consistently follows and complies with defined processes and workflows.
• Contributes design suggestions and ideas into the design process.
• Demonstrates competency in the use of lab tools and debug / analysis instruments.
• Applies logical thought and debug approach in trouble-shooting and circuit analysis.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.