Electrical Engineering Specialist – Radar
Magna International
This is a Contract position in Brampton, ON posted March 8, 2023.
Group Description
Magna’s ADAS technologies are shaping an autonomous future and improving lives.
Full autonomy is coming. But to create the technology which will bring it into view, you need the desire and ability to adapt complete ADAS systems or modular solutions to any vehicle, for any mobility need.
Magna’s electronics solutions connect OEMs to their customers with features that improve their lives. It’s our expertise across the entire vehicle, key strategic partnerships and culture of innovation that allow us to make our industry-leading technologies road-ready. And it is how we’ll continue to build a safer, smarter and more connected mobility experience for all people.
Role Summary
- Act as primary technical specialist for all electrical engineering-related concerns and offers expertise to the product teams as appropriate
- Develop design, analysis and testing guides for automotive radar electronics
- Evaluate customer specifications and translation into designs
- Evaluate internal and external engineering design change requests
- Market analysis of new technologies and technology trends e.g. new automotive Radar chips
- Participate in electrical design reviews and ensures best practices are followed
- Represent Magna Electronics in industry groups such as IEEE or SAE
Key Responsibilities
- Deep knowledge in
- using different design tools (e.g. Altium Designer, PSPICE, and others)
- working with requirements management tools such as DOORS and PTC Integrity
- FMEA methods and tools (such as APIS IQ FMEA)
- Worst Case Circuit Analysis in Mathcad or Excel
- automotive development processes
- trouble shooting methods and circuit testing
- structured problem-solving techniques like 8D
- regulations and standards of the automotive industry such as AEC-Q and ISO 26262
- oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers and RF signal generators
- Automotive radar systems and the associated regulations such as ETSI compliance
Key Qualifications/Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of experience in electrical design of radars, preferably in automotive industry
- Strong knowledge in interpreting data sheets of complex automotive ICs
- Strong understanding of analog circuits and digital high-speed designs such as MMICs and DDR-Memory
- interfaces and busses like CAN-FD, Multimode Ethernet, LVDS and others
- knowledge in inter-processor communication techniques and their parameters like bandwidth
- MMIC evaluation and selection
- Experience in designing and evaluating complex PCBs for automotive radar applications
- Excellent understanding of electrical and system architectures for radar applications
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools
- Ability to travel to both domestic and international locations
- Good English and German skills are essential
- Driver license class B
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