Thermal Engineer – System Engineering

Job description

Thermal Engineer – System Engineering is responsible for total vehicle thermal management system for passenger, powertrain, power electronics & energy storage system. The Engineer will work with component development engineers, test engineers and suppliers to develop a total vehicle thermal management system to become the benchmark of automotive industry. The main role of Thermal Engineer – System Engineering is define functional and performance targets, supply change strategy, resolve issue and optimize thermal system for weight/cost while satisfying program milestones. 

Responsibilities

- Lead with the team of thermal component Design Release Engineers (DREs) to develop an overall thermal architecture, concept and component selection 

- Interface with the team of powertrain, power electronics, vehicle integration, body structure, energy storage system engineers to assure thermal component packaging, installation and optimize functional environment. 

- Benchmark competitive thermal components, to define functional target and engineering specifications 

- Create proof of concept demonstrations for integrated thermal management systems 

- Work closely with suppliers on design evaluation and validation of the thermal management system hardware in order to meet product specification and requirements 

- Coordinate and conduct hardware testing in the lab to verify and validate thermal management system hardware functionality and reliability 

- Share and present work to cross-functional teams and executive leadership 

- Lead engineering meetings with vehicle integration engineering and vendors. 

- Responsible for meeting vehicle development milestones. 

- Develop and execute tests for analytic model verification to real world results. 

- Manage simulation results and alignment with CAD 

- Provide input in the creation of component specification, component DFMEA, and other technical design documents where analysis plays a central role. 

- Manage refrigeration cycle, refrigerant plumbing, mounting, compressor, condenser design; 1D, CFD and CAE modeling; prototype development and testing; systems engineering fundamentals; and plumbing, compressor, condenser manufacturing are required 

- Assist in the development of comprehensive design verification and validation activities, including writing test procedures, environmental testing fixtures and data acquisition systems 

- Working experience with automotive systems design, packaging and assembly requirements 

- Present to various levels of management with different depth of expertise 

- Describe development proposals and problem descriptions 

- Supervisory experience desired