EDS 3D CAD Design Engineer

​POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Role Purpose:      

• As an EDS Design Engineer within PVO Team, you will be involved at all stages of the design and development process.

• You will liaise directly with customers, and the cross-engineering teams, to provide and deliver effective engineering solutions.

• Responsible for the inception, development and release 3D Harness design and packaging across a broad range of company prototype projects.

Role Attributes

Key Aspects of the role

• Create 3D CAD for LV and HV Harnesses (CATIA V6) Electrical and Electronic installations collaborating closely with Electrical, Chassis, and Powertrain design teams.

• Design and package EDS, Wire Harnesses and associated components to required electrical modelling standard.

• Prepare documentation for internal and customer use for electrical installations

• Support virtual build events and packaging activities to ensure the harness meets cost & weight targets while ensuring design robustness

• Oversee the release of parts and assembly structures into the bill of materials, ensuring accuracy and timeliness

• Support customer compatibility reviews to check EDS system design and follow up required actions

• Support harness design reviews, prototype builds and test boards for EDS system issues.

• Providing innovative ideas and analyse benchmarked data to support the business

• Ensure project documentation is correctly managed, maintained and released in accordance with processes and standards.

• Take Responsibility to ensure harness design meets customer design requirements e.g. design manual, Electrical & Electronic

• Distribution System (EEDS) guidelines, SDS.

• Manage project level engineering change control activity.

• Generation and control of project engineering electrical BOM’s.

• Delivery of engineering tasks in line with project milestones.

• Lead prototype builds and provide engineering support for vehicle/system commissioning, fault finding and diagnosis.

Summary

To have an excellent knowledge of general automotive engineering vehicle technologies covering:

• Experienced and certified using Catia V5 and Teamcenter

• Experienced in part Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance

• LV Electrical systems.

• Connection systems, distribution, harnessing, cabling & data communication systems.

• Sound knowledge of electrical principles, materials selection and manufacturing techniques.

To have a good knowledge of Electric and Hybrid vehicle technologies, including:

• HV batteries, contactors, fuses, distribution, HVIL, PDU’s

• Motors, inverters, chargers, converters.

Qualifications, Functional Experience & Skills

• A degree or similar in an electrical engineering discipline

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience from an automotive background

• Previous proven experience with designing/draughting All types of Harnesses (HV, 48V, 12V and comms).

• Excellent knowledge of harness assembly processes.

• System design from concept to delivery, with a good understanding of electrical design requirements.

• Experience in automotive electrical systems design and prototype development.

• Experience in HV and LV EDS development–3D Wiring harness routing

• Proven track record in the effective delivery of technical objectives to quality targets and milestones.

• System Knowledge

• Advanced capabilities in Microsoft Office and applications.

• Experience of electrical system Capital software

Health, Safety & Environmental

• Ensures Environmental Health & Safety policy is always adhered to.

• Promotes Environmental Health & Safety awareness.

• Responsible for adhering to EHS procedures & policies to ensure compliance.

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated, creative and adaptive team player.

• Willingness to take on roles, responsibilities and challenges required to achieve company goals and objectives.

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.

• Able to Prioritize and organize project workloads, schedules and tasks. Strong presentation, report writing and communication skills.