Aptiv Looking for Specialist Software Engineer at Troy, MI  Full Time

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This position is part of our Signal & Power Solutions segment, Vehicle Electrification Systems business unit.

Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity for an Specialist Software Engineer that will be located in Troy, MI.

This position is a critical software engineering role within our recently formed Vehicle Electrification Systems group focused on delivering technical breakthroughs, industry leading products, and commercial success through our power electronics investments.

As one of the first software engineers on the team, you will play a key role in defining and driving the execution of the product’s requirements. In many ways you will be the link through which all functions and the team will ensure that our products have a unique selling proposition that lives up to the strategy. You will be at the heart of every technical compromise and decision ensuring that the product integration is best in class at all system levels.

Through system integration and innovation, we strongly believe that there is an opportunity deliver more power electronics performance, efficiency and value as OEMs develop their next generation EV and PHEV offerings to fulfill consumer demand that we can further accelerate. With your experience, we will execute this vision and make it happen in the very near term.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in software architecture design and implementation
• Owns key power electronics real time control requirements, source code, software implementation and test
• Develop software component testing methodologies and implementations to ensure maturity/reliability
• Design with ISO-26262 and ASPICE awareness, compliance, and collaboration with cross-functional team
• Document requirements, software design and test procedures/results
• Lead the performance measurement, analysis, reporting and optimization of the interactions between software and hardware resources on embedded system
• Develop dynamic models of the system, and tune controller algorithms accordingly to optimized performance
• Translate algorithms into software implementation, and work with hardware and system team for software integration

Must Haves (Basic Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical field from an accredited institution
• A minimum of three (3) years’ firmware/software experience with high voltage power electronics product development – DCDC converter/OBCs/inverters/UPS for industrial or aerospace or military drives, battery electric or hybrid electric vehicle systems
• Strong communication skills that translate the benefits of technical decisions in your field to colleagues, management, and other stakeholders, including customers
• Experience with model-based design methods and strong hands-on coding, testing and troubleshooting skills

Nice to Haves (Preferred Qualifications):

• Master’s degree or PhD majoring in power electronics from an accredited institution
• Five (5) plus years’ firmware/software experience with high voltage power electronics product development
• Three (3) plus years PFC and/or LLC/CLLC firmware/software development experience
• Power electronics hardware development experience
• Experienced with electric vehicle power conversation technologies, model based developments and HIL
• Hands on experience with power electronics product control system development, digital control implementation, signal process, PID controller optimization and sensor technologies
• Experience with CAD tools: circuit and behavioral simulation (SPICE, Plecs/PSIM, Saber, Matlab/Simulink)
• Familiar with safety and compliance standards for automotive and grid-connected power electronics
• Strong Trade off analysis and experience with hardware software interface and requirements
• Software module functional safety and DFMEA

Aptiv Rewards and Advantages:

• Competitive compensation with bonus potential
• Learning and development opportunities
• Discount programs with various manufacturers and retailers
• Recognition for innovation and excellence
• Opportunities to give back to the community
• Meaningful work that makes a difference in the world
• Relocation assistance may be available
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Parental leave, etc.)

About Vehicle Electrification Systems:

VES, or vehicle electrification systems combines Aptiv’s high voltage wiring, charging, connection systems and power electronics capabilities under one tight nit, but expanding team. We are focused on providing OEMs with complete solutions that solve their most complex integration challenges as they develop their next generation of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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