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Job Overview
Daimler Trucks North America is the market leader and thrives as the voice of the trucking industry. We are compelled to persistently push the envelope as we sharpen our focus on electric mobility (eMobility) and develop vehicles that lead the market. DTNA has created a startup team to bring our vision to reality. This team exudes creativity, energy, innovation, and passion. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to be on the forefront of eMobility, you are meant for this team. You will push the industry standards of electric vehicles to the next level. This is your chance to join us as we define the next chapter of the trucking industry. We can’t wait to hear from you!
In this position, you will support the eMobility Group as the High Voltage (HV) Powernet Lead Engineer. This is an emerging, exciting technology, and the right person will drive DTNA’s success by helping our engineering department, customers and network adopt the new vehicles into their operations. This person will be responsible for leading the high level HV powernet architecture on the vehicle, ensuring cohesiveness in all high voltage systems on the vehicle.
Responsibilities
- Support companywide development and launch of electric mobility at Daimler Trucks.
- Lead technical development and strategy for the high voltage architecture of the vehicle. This person will collaborate with all HV components on the vehicle to ensure top performance and reliability of the high voltage systems.
- Lead global collaboration to commonize high voltage architectures across different business units MBT, Fuso, and DTNA. Ensure DTNA requirements and performance is met by a global HV system.
- Lead definition and requirements of high voltage components on the vehicle. This includes DC/ DC converters, HV power distribution, HV fusing and safety, and interfaces to LV systems.
- Lead and define vehicle-level requirements and performance of the HV system on the vehicle overall, including test requirements and vehicle specifications.
- Be the high voltage expert in the industry, representing DTNA and Daimler Trucks in industry meetings, associations, and conferences.
- Lead engineer and internal expert for HV systems at DTNA, consulting with other groups as needed on HV requirements and safety.
- Support production project timing to rollout electric test trucks according to project timing.
- Lead multiple vendors of HV components, as well as numerous contractors, interns, external resources, and lower level engineers.
- Provide engineering support to vehicle production team to resolve manufacturing process issues related to HV systems.
- Stay current on electric vehicle technology developments. Generate new ideas and methods for optimizing vehicle design, systems, and processes.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with Focus on Electrical, Power Systems, or related Engineering field from an accredited school with 6+ years of related experience required
- An attached resume is required
- Strong technical proficiency on DTNA products with a focus on power systems preferred.
- At least 2 years experience (5+ preferred) designing high voltage DC Automotive Systems.
- Experience with DFMEA and Functional Safety analysis for automotive electronics products preferred.
- Understanding of HV components such as DC/DC converters, battery chargers, HV 3-phase motors, power distribution, grounding, and analog circuit design required.
- Must be well organized, able to handle multiple, detailed tasks, and work professionally with various levels of DTNA management required.
- Customer orientated with a real sense for the marketplace required.
- Excellent management and leadership skills required.
- Strong interpersonal skills and, oral and written communication skills required.
- Moderate travel (~20%), especially initially required.
- Detail oriented, reliable, and self-motivated required.
- Proven ability to translate business needs into technical requirements required.
- Ability to work in an environment of ambiguity and ongoing change required.
- Languages: English (fluent); German (Intermediate) preferred; additional language(s) appreciated.
Additional Information
Final candidate must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check
- EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
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