Electrical/Computer Science Engineer Software - Mississauga, Canada - Waterford Executive

Description

Senior Electrical Engineer (Software) Job Responsibilities

Job Summary:
Our client is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (Software) to join our R&D Team. You will assist us in designing our products for the future, and in the continuous improvement of our existing products. The Senior Electrical Engineer (Software) will play a pivotal role in establishing and managing our product research and development software activities in North America and coordinating and supporting software development team in China.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research, analyze and develop software architecture needed for automotive mechatronic products (motors, actuators, sensors).
  • Provide software design guidance that meets automotive ASPICE, functional safety, and cybersecurity requirements.
  • Perform market intelligence studies and competitive benchmarking to stay abreast of industry trends.
  • Establish cost-effective and efficient software design and development practice.
• Oversee and manage potential risks and issues within the product embedded software development, ensuring successful program launches.
  • Review and manage software development from basic software layer to application layer.
  • Provide engineering analysis and support for programing, coding, CAN/LIN communication, diagnostics, hardware software interfaces.
  • Oversee software validation and support automated tests.
• Perform software design and simulations to drive mechatronics products.
  • Establish basic software algorithms for brushless motor and actuator controls.
  • Support brushless motors and brushed motors software test and diagnosis.
  • Perform analysis and simulations based on model based design (MBD).
• Provide electrical engineering support for multiple products to achieve a mechatronic system design that is optimal for vehicle performance, piece cost, capital investment, quality, and manufacturability.
  • Provide electrical engineering support at all levels with OEM Engineering.
  • Manage product communications and interactions with customers and suppliers.
  • Interpret customer's specifications for assigned products related to the mechatronic system and associated components.
• Collaborate with hardware and other engineering teams to research and develop mechatronics products.
• Collaborate with our China engineering team to develop new and existing products.
• Perform other duties or assignments as required.
  
  Reporting Structure:
• Report to Director of Engineering
  
  KPIs: (Illustrative)
• Successfully oversee and manage product software development activities.
• Established systematic software architecture for automotive mechatronics products.
• Successful program launches.
• Demonstrated success in advanced motor control schemes, influencing the design of new products.
• Effectiveness of collaboration with internal teams and China engineering.
  
  Qualifications:
• Master or above degree in Computer Science, Electrical engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• Prior experience in an electrical engineering software development role within the automotive industry.
• Strong research and development skills in designing and managing R&D activities.
• Proficient in C language or MBD development, with good programming ability.
• Capable of establishing software architecture, experience in AUTOSAR architecture development is preferred.
• Familiar with automotive software development processes and testing methods.
• Have solid experience in software coding and debugging, and the ability to independently analyze and solve problems.
• Familiar with MCU series such as Infineon and NXP, mainstream automotive microprocessors, and have relevant configuration, development, and debugging experience.
• Familiar with automotive CAN/LIN standards and have experience with hardware software interfaces.
• Capable of using CANoe, Vichile spy or other similar tools for communication development, testing and debugging.
• Be familiar with commonly used motor control techniques and be able to write motor control algorithms including DC, BLDC, PM, SRM motors etc.
  

Beneficial Skills:

• Have experience in functional safety development, and be familiar with the requirements, methodology and techniques of functional safety software development.
• Experience in basic software development, familiar with SPI/I2C/SENT and other communication interface development.
• Experience developing for real-time operating systems or multi-threaded applications.
• Familiar with UDS, XCP, ODX and other diagnostic calibration protocols and have product development experience.
• Familiar with Flash Bootloader and have development experience.
• Demonstrated ability for continuous improvement, with a proactive approach to streamlining and enhancing engineering processes.
• Exceptional skills in navigating under ambiguity, with a forward-thinking approach to problem-solving that starts with identifying the objective and then working backwards, while engaging stakeholders along the way.
• Ability to thrive in a cross-functional environment with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.