Lead Engineer Electrical Design

Join the world leader in advanced energy storage solutions and be part of the success story of VARTA®!

Your cotribution:

This position is responsible for the electronic design and development of battery management and ultra-capacitor systems. This position performs design, testing, and verification activities to ensure all requirements and development processes are satisfied for current and future projects.

The role is based in Hannover, Germany.

Key Responsibilities: What you will do

• Review customer specifications, industry standards, regulatory standards and internal design guidelines to establish product electrical requirements.

• Performs the requirement analysis and validation planning activities in accordance with automotive functional safety and ASPICE processes.

• Performs design verification activities such as engineering analysis, simulation, design reviews, DFMEAs, validation testing and reporting in accordance with automotive functional safety and ASPICE processes.

• Creates core and customer electronic circuit designs covering analog, digital, micro-controller architecture, and power supplies.

• Generates technical requirements of electrical architecture and electrical circuit design, components and sub-assemblies including PCBA, contactors, fans, temperature sensors, Flex PCBs and other electrical hardware.

• Generates hardware / software interface specifications and electronic test software requirements, working closely with the embedded software engineering team.

• Proficient in the use of electronic design and development tools, including schematic capture, layout, analysis, and simulation.

• Design and test for vehicle level electrical and electromagnetic performance per customer requirements. Optimize the electrical system design to balance cost, performance, mass, volume, and energy efficiency.

• Review electrical design analyses and test results in support of design verification. Define test setups, plans, and execute tests for electrical circuits and components.st setups.

• Evaluate Engineering Change Requests and Engineering Change Orders for completeness.

• Lead the technical investigations and resolutions of electrical component and circuit issues.

• Develop relationships with suppliers to deliver components to specifications. Actively participates on assigned project teams and tasks with other engineering disciplines.

• Able to work independently, managing on-time tasks and responsibilities while performing some tasks under guidance.

Qualification and experience: What we look for

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering

• Extensive professional engineering experience in related field (at least 5 years)

• Experience with schematic capture, for example Altium, is required

• Experience with electronic circuit debug, test, and simulation tools are required

• Experience with requirement management tools, for example Doors or Jama is required

• OE Automotive/Tier 1 experience with powertrain systems/components is desired

• Experience with Lithium-Ion battery systems is desired

• Solid communication and organizational skills

• Good computer skills (Microsoft Office Suites)

• Fluency in English is a must, German strongly desirable (B2 level preferred)

Benefits: What we offer you

As a technology leader with strong brand (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement and sustainability.

• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible and trust-based working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our mobile work policy and company kindergarten.

• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments such as holiday, Christmas as well as company pension program.

• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.

• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.

• Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Internal Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.

• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding a flat in location surrounding if applicable and depending on individual factors.

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About Clarios:

Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF). 

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Clarios, LLC is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law, EEO is the Law (supplement), and Pay Transparency Non-discrimination. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please email Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com.

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