Senior Manager of Power Systems Design Engineering bei Lightship

About the RoleAs Senior Manager of Power Systems Design Engineering you will serve as people manager and hands on technical lead for multiple power systems sub-systems and 1-3 design engineers. You and your team will be responsible for developing, prototyping, and initial testing of the solar array, custom power systems  junction boxes, lighting, OTS devices, propulsion systems and thermal systems hardware.

Responsibilities

Engineering development and requirements generation:

Work with the Product and Design teams to develop high level product requirements, and create lower level engineering requirements for your sub-systems by working with the various  engineering teams (systems, controls/software, vehicle engineering) 

Review regulatory requirements and ensure all components are designed to meet them

Work with the supply chain and finance teams to ensure all subsystems are meeting cost targets

Perform Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) to highlight reliability and safety issues.  Use the outputs of this process to create design fixes and drive test plans

Create timelines and schedules for all subsystem development and work with the program team to ensure these are meeting high level milestones and development goals

Create detailed CAD and drawings of all custom components. Work with the CAD/PLM  team to ensure all packaging issues are resolved and all parts are released

Select off the shelf components that meet all functional, durability, cost and quality needs

Create tolerance stack analyses and apply appropriate GD&T controls to 3D geometries

Hold design reviews with the cross functional team to ensure all considerations are taken into account

Host core team meetings to push forward work and collaborate with the cross-functional teams

Work with supply chain to select appropriate suppliers, and work with suppliers to ensure components can be manufactured by performing detailed design for manufacturing (DFM) analysis

Testing and analysis:

Create design validation plans (DVPs) by working with the test engineering team

Perform all necessary analysis (thermal, structural, etc) to reduce risk of design failures and ensure we meet performance targets

Build functional prototypes of subsystems to ensure early de-risking before full vehicle builds

Perform engineering validation (EV) testing of subsystems to characterize performance and safety

Work with the test engineering team to troubleshoot issues from highly accelerated life testing (HALT) and vehicle level test failures

Build, production, and aftersales support:

Create work instructions by working with the production operations teams and performing design for assembly (DFA) analysis

Perform first article inspections of components from suppliers and work with in house quality engineering to triage quality issues

Support prototype and production builds in Broomfield, CO factory (10-15% of time, depending on the phase of development)

Support field service engineering of customer vehicles and marketing vehicles

Team management and leadership:

Be the technical lead for electrical hardware engineering design on the Power Systems Engineering team

Manage PSE design engineers, and work with program management and other engineering managers to ensure team members are meeting all deliverables

Hold regular 1:1s and coach direct reports to build up their technical skills and organizational skills

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years design engineering experience, 3+ years of people management experience

Expertise with a majority of the following:

CAD/PLM/PDM systems

Creating detailed 3D CAD and drawings for electrical hardware components (cast/injection molded housings, busbars, wire harnesses, insulators, switches etc).  

Selecting appropriate materials for electrical hardware, including plastics, metals, polymers and ceramics

Creating design validation plans for electrical hardware

High voltage power distribution systems

DFM/DFA analysis

Bolted joint design and analysis

Rapid iteration cycles

Supporting programs in all stages of the product life cycle, from early concepting to supporting production and field service

Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and needs

Able to adapt quickly to change and approach challenges with flexibility and creativity

Solutions-oriented, with a focus on progress and impact over perfection

Willingness to operate effectively at both strategic and hands-on levels (contributing as an individual contributor and leading as a manager)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with solar arrays

Experience designing wire harnesses (high voltage and low voltage)

Experience with CATIA (3DX)

Experience with performing thermal analyses (mixed convective/conductive/radiation HT)

Experience with structural analysis (basic stress/strain and modal analysis)

Experience with designing for automotive environments

Experience performing DFMEAs on electric vehicle power systems/propulsion systems

Experience with systems engineering and software based vehicle architectures

Equity

Lightship compensation consists of the yearly salary above plus equity, which gives you a stake in the company.

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