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Systems Engineer – Power Systems – Low Voltage
| Company | Waymo |
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| Location | Oakland, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $196000 – $248000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with electrical power systems, design for fault tolerance in safety critical systems
- Ability to create & negotiate targets & requirements with OEMs
- Appreciation of Low Voltage systems and body controls systems in safety critical systems
- Working knowledge of vehicle communication network systems (CAN, FlexRay, LIN, Ethernet, etc.)
- Experience in fail-safe and fail-tolerant system design
- Experience with LV system design with components like DCDC, Batteries, Charge Control, Load shedding
- Able to setup LV system simulations to demonstrate system performance during fault injection testing
- Experience mapping out design and requirements for complex systems with attention to detail
- Strong root-cause analysis mindset to problem solving
- Worked with SQL for large data sets
Responsibilities
- Responsible for Vehicle platform Low Voltage systems, writing requirements for OEM partners
- Writing detailed requirements for Waymo embedded software and hardware adjacencies
- Focus on power electronics systems engineering for vehicle platforms
- Develop safety relevant work products like safety concepts, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA)
- Help create Verification and Validation (V&V) plans, analyze test results for Low Voltage systems
- Plan and execute tests, analyze test data, and resolve defects
- Work with embedded software teams during implementation to ensure requirements are met
- Manage delivery timing of feature sets and updates to vehicle prototype fleet software
- Support Body Control Systems Engineering as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Physics or similar
- At least 3 years experience in an automotive (or similar industry) electrical Low voltage systems, body controls and software role
- Experience with functional safety concepts on developing ASIL D LV systems
- Understanding of the automotive development process and phases (e.g. M1, VB, TT etc.)
