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What to Expect
The Drive Systems Engineering team is looking for a world class Senior Safety
and Abuse Engineer. You will be closely integrated with the coordination,
execution, and analysis of drive systems safety and abuse testing for all
Drive Systems products. You will be running experiments to better understand
the abuse tolerance of all Drive Systems components and systems. You will be
using this understanding to assess hazards and collaborating in the
development of hardware across a broad product line.
Our world-class engineering teams operate with a non-conventional automotive
product development philosophy of high inter-disciplinary collaboration, flat
organizational structure, and technical contribution at all levels. You will
be expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, to innovate.
You must want to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial company. We are
building real products. This must excite you. You'll work alongside
accomplished, world-renowned engineers on perhaps the most exciting automotive
programs in existence today.
What You'll Do
Create experiments to push Drive Systems to their limits
Study the properties of different types of failures
Root cause and recreate extreme/abusive conditions
Work with world class expert, design and test engineers to create
characterization test plans suitable for early prototypes, mass production
units and future products
Organize cross functional teams to complete testing on time
Work with engineering teams to compile, analyze and document test profiles
and results to ensure complete validation of all requirements as programs
mature
Design and fabrication of test equipment as needed
Perform component and drive unit testing including dyno and environmental
testing
What You'll Bring
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent
Experience with instrumentation, measurement, calibration, and laboratory
testing
Experience creating and executing design validation plans and test methods
to validate performance requirements
Working knowledge of heat transfer and thermal management a plus
Experience with LabVIEW and data acquisition systems a plus
Experience with MATLAB, Python, or other data analysis software a plus
Automotive component/system testing experience a plus
Working knowledge of motors and gearboxes a plus
