Vehicle Electrical System

Tenneco is one of the worlds leading designer, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with approximately team members working at more than 300 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, DRiV, Ride Performance, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.

Job Summary

The Vehicle Electrical System & Hardware Engineer has a solid knowledge in his technical field. He is responsible for the planning, build and maintenance of the local demonstration and technology vehicles for the different Monroe Ride Solutions electronically controlled suspension technologies. He ensures the build to the internal TEN standards as well as the commissioning of these vehicles.

To execute his job properly, he can fall back both on theoretical knowledge of electronics/electrics and his hands-on experience in working with vehicles and to equip these with electronics (mainly rapid prototyping systems from dSpace).

Job Resonsibilities

• Masters his technical field and stays up-to-date of any new developments and their applications in the automotive industry, by having close contacts with the suppliers and external institutes, by attending seminars and by reading technical literature.
• Acts for most of the projects as an individual contributor in cooperation with the Electronic Controls Systems team in Europe.
• Ensure compliance with program management requirements, quality requirements and all applicable EHS standards/regulations.
• Integrate customer-specific technical specifications into product/ process system designs.
• Identify potential product liability issues and take appropriate action.
• Support development of new suppliers and validate their products.

Work Experience:

• 3+  years of relevant technical experience, preferably in the automotive industry.
• Hands-on experience with working on vehicle electrics/electronics and basic knowledge of vehicle electrical and electronic architecture. Experience and qualification in working on HEV, REEV and BEV vehicles is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of in-vehicle networking protocols (e.g. CAN, FlexRay …).
• Basic knowledge of programming, knowledge of model based software design using Matlab/Simulink is a strong plus.

Specialized Skills/Knowledge:

• Fluent in English with a vocabulary spanning automotive technology as well as electrical/electronic engineering and programming.
• Knowledge about vehicle electrical and electronic systems; hands-on experience in cable harness design and wiring electronics (in vehicles).
• Experience with Rapid Application Prototyping systems (eg dSpace).
• Experience with Controls Systems design and calibration methods and tools (eg Vector Canape).
• Strong background in general electronics.
• Basic knowledge on automotive sensors and sensor interfaces.
• Knowledge about vehicle communication buses (e.g. CAN, Flexray, …)
• Awareness of standards and processes used in the development of automotive electronics and software (ASPICE, ISO 26262, cyber-security, …) is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of vehicle dynamics is a plus.
• Willingness to travel on an ad-hoc basis to visit customers. (In the beginning of his employment the engineer is willing to travel to Europe for intensive training on the skills needed for one or more periods of multiple weeks).
• Confidentiality: works with sensitive data from the customer that cannot be disclosed.