Electrical DESIGN Engineer; Power Systems

Electrical Design Engineer (Power Systems)

Nidec Mobility America Corporation (NMOA) seeks a professionally focused Electrical Design Engineer (Power Products/Systems) for our St. Charles, IL operations.

As a world leader in sensing and control technology, we control the most discrete functions within an automobile – from seat switches, power window switches, and instrument panel controls, towards complex user interfaces. NMOA is directly involved with automotive OEM’s and holds a leadership position within Nidec for product development with global vehicle makers.

• Creates new electronic/electromechanical Power Product designs based on Automotive Tier I Customer requests or internal development.
• Understands customer procedures and implements or adapts development to meet those requirements.
• Implements new designs into production by creating designs and managing the entire development process.
• Assists the Quality Warranty Department in analyzing warranty and other customer returns.
• Prepares product or system layout and detailed schematics/drawings as required.
• Analyzes test data and reports to determine if design meets functional and performance specifications.
• Performs power systems circuit design, component selection, schematic capture, and circuit simulation to meet customer requirements.
• Completes power dissipation calculations, worst‑case analysis (including component tolerances, variation over temperature and life), and design failure mode effect analysis for electrical designs to meet customer requirements.
• Interacts with suppliers for quotes, specifications and samples.
• Updates/maintains current products through research and recommendation for improvement design opportunities of electronic modules and components. Verifies that all specifications are met.
• Works in conjunction with leadership to develop long‑range and short‑range self‑development goals.
• Supports/implements the IATF
  16949 Quality Management System; and ISO
  14001 Environmental Policy as it pertains to work activities.

• 5+ years with Power Product design experience (automotive electrical design experience highly valued).

• Electrical Design in Power Systems (Experience with DC‑DC Converters/DC‑AC Inverters highly desired). High voltage experience (>60 V) is a plus.
• Experience with modeling CAD tools such as LTSpice or PSpice, Mathcad, and Altium.
• Experience with analog, digital, and power systems circuit design, component selection, schematic capture, and circuit simulation.
• Ability to do power dissipation calculation, worst‑case tolerance analysis, and design failure mode effect analysis.
• Electronics prototype construction and design verification testing. Validation testing experience is a plus.
• EMC compliance and design verification testing and review. EMC/EMI knowledge is a plus.
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Experience with Confluence and JIRA is a plus.
• The individual must have a strong attention to detail and be a strong problem solver. Experience with 8‑D problem solving method (or similar) is a plus.
• The individual must be innovative and accountable for actions.
• Effective Time Management required with strong technical communication skills.
• Experience with automotive electronics hardware / power product design requirements highly preferred.

• 10% (up to a few days assignment in the Midwest 2-3 times annually for customer interface).

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering, Design, and Product Management