Engineering Technician

Engineering Technician

Location: Fremont California 94538 (Onsite)

Duration: 6 months (contract to hire)

Pay Range: $47.70 Hourly on W2 (Without Benefits)

Engineering Technician, Powertrain Systems

Onsite in Fremont, CA | 5 days in office Domestic travel may be required

The Powertrain team is responsible for the design, development, and production of a power delivery system and energy specifically tailored for our autonomous mobility service. Our team has an action biased culture marked by integrity, humility, competence, and a passion for the client mission and the systems we design.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare / build testing hardware for the EE systems to the component level
• Troubleshoot testing hardware for the EE systems to the component level
• Perform approved high voltage enable/ disable procedures
• Collaborate with design engineers to develop test systems that are appropriate to their needs
• Making, updating, and repairing wire harnesses for EV vehicles in the stage of development.
• Support engineering lab preparedness by maintaining inventory, clear workspace and sufficient T&ME (Test and Measurement Equipment) and tools along with calibration cadence of equipment.
• Perform FW updates on embedded HW systems (In lab and in the field)
• Support lab operations related to battery testing, teardown, and analysis as needed
• Carry out servicing and repair operations in a safe and methodical manner once trained.

Qualifications:

• Passion for electric, autonomous mobility and specifically electrical systems development
• AS or Trade school certificate in mechatronics, electronics or other relevant field, or equivalent experience
• High voltage and low voltage safety training
• 4+ years of experience related to automotive wire harness or electric vehicle systems
• Understanding of basic diagnostics processes
• Experience with maintenance and repair of power electronics, and low voltage PCBA circuits.
• Able to read wire harness drawings and manage wire circuit lists.
• Ability to solder, crimp, strip and fabricate harnesses.
• Ability to read wire harness schematics, product specific documentation and work instructions knowledge and/or skills of operating test equipment used for harness manufacturing.
• Experience with a wide variety of test and measurement equipment including but not limited to:
• Experience with electric drive motor, high voltage battery, high voltage cabling
• BiPolar power supplies / E-load / DAQ / AC & DC hook up function and compliance
• Oscilloscope / DMM / Rogowski sensors / Hall sensors
• Load cell / strain gauge / Accelerometers / LVDT
• Pressure transducer
• Thermocouples & TC welding / RTD / Thermistors
• Arbin systems
• RF / EMF meters
• Soldering certification

Bonus Qualifications:

• Familiarity with manual metal fabrication tools and processes: MIlling/lathe/drill/punch/press/bandsaw/shear/welding (TIG & MIG)
• Familiarity with 3D design tools. Solidworks / Fusion 360 / AutoCAD preferred / Catia
• Through hole, SMA soldering / rework experience
• EMI / EMC test techniques exposure and experience
• IPC/WHMA-A-620 Certified standard Expert (CSE)
• High Voltage Certification and training
• Technical trade school certificate or associate degree in automotive engineering, electrical mechatronics
• Travel availability, locally and nationally on occasion