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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Onsite
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Job Summary
The sky is no longer the limit as Nidec takes its technology off the ground and into the Aerospace market. As a Mechanical Design Engineer with the Nidec Aerospace team, you will have the opportunity to apply and develop your expertise to design electric propulsion systems for the battery-powered aircraft that will enable the world to sustainably and efficiently get from point A to point B.Job Description
,Responsibilities include:
Lead the design of Complex Electronic Control Hardware including Processors, FPGAs and other devices to achieve high performhigh-performanceance motor control capabilities.
Capture of HW requirements to fulfill equipment and system specificathardwarehigh-speed,ion.
Design of electronic circuits for aerospace applications based on HW requirements.
Selection of electronic devices.
Capture of electronic schematics and design of PCB layouts.
Simulation and validation of electronic circuits design.
Management of PCBs BOM (bill of material) and support of devices procurement.
Support circuit board assemblies prototyping.
Perform prototypes commissioning.
Use of ARP4754A, DO254 and other aerospace standards for the development of circuit boards assembly (CBA).
Support the system engineering and equipment engineering in the system/equipment architecture definitions.
Work with the equipment team, software team and other hardware engineers during the design and integration of the circuits into the equipment.
Run tests for formal verification of electronic hardware.
Perform reliability analysis for the designed hardware.
Write analysis reports and test reports.
Manage problem reports.
Perform root cause analysis and design changes.
Required Knowledge & Skills:
Experience on Board designs with Processors, DSPs and/or Programmable Devices (FPGAs, PLDs)
Experience designing Hardware for high speed and high-performance data acquisition and signal processing
Expertise in Hardware solutions for digital communication such A429, RS-485, CAN, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc.
Expertise in Fault Tolerant designs (DAL A or ASIL D designs) – Redundancy, Monitoring, Protection strategies.
Experience with motor control drivers and control methods
Experience with requirements-based development and phase-gate processes.
Experience in design of electronic circuits using Altium
Experience in design of circuit boards.
Experience in capture of HW requirements and requirements validation.
Experience in verification of electronic hardware.
Experience in reliability analysis of electronic circuits.
Willingness to work with, and travel to, domestic and international design and manufacturing locations when necessary.
Manages complexity and ambiguity
Communicates effectively
Collaborates and builds networks
Plans and organizes
Attention to detail
Cultivates Innovation
Balances stakeholders
Being resilient
Customer focus
Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities (proficiency levels aligned to job level)
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s or Master’s or PhD’s degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering
15+ years of experience in electronic circuits design
Experience in electronic equipment development for automotive, aerospace or equivalent high criticality industrial applications (nuclear, railway, etc.)
Experience with Altium, Spice
Preferred
Experience in development of fault-tolerant electronic control boards for aerospace.
Experience with ARP4754A and DO-254 process.
Experience in design of motor drivers (inverters) and high voltage equipment.
Experience MATLAB, Simulink
Additional Job Details
Technical – T5
Organizational Impact
• Implements strategic goals for the business unit, as determined by executive leadership, with significant impact on the department and/or job family
• Expert technical contributor
• Establishes operational plans for job area with short-to mid-term impact on results (e.g., 1-3 years); works independently on own or others’ complex projects/assignments and typically is responsible for entire projects or processes that span outside of own team
• Develops and provides measurable input into new products, processes, standards and/or operational plans that will have major impact on the achievement of overall results
• Is seen as a subject matter expert within the role’s respective field
Communication & Influence
• Communicates with parties within and outside of own department and/or job family, and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the organization, which may include customers or vendors
• Works to influence others to accept business unit’s and/or job family group’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
• Requires ability to communicate with senior leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization
• May conduct briefings with executive leaders within the business unit and/or job family group
Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for improving upon existing technical/business processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation
• Problems and issues faced are numerous, typically undefined where information is difficult to obtain
• Conducts extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems
• Problems span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across business units and/or job family groups
Leadership & Talent Management
• Frequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees across the organization within area of expertise
• Typically responsible for managing large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams
• May have direct reports, but generally fewer than three
Knowledge & Experience
• Requires mastery level technical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Seen as expert for job area and typically has deep knowledge within multiple technical disciplines
• Applies knowledge of technical advances from a variety of industries and specializations to impact the broader business
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience
• Master’s degree or specialized degree may also be required
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
Work Shift Schedule
No Soliciting
Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.
