Thermal Engineer – System Engineering

Future Mobility Corporation is leading the next-generation technology innovation and integration for the global auto industry. With our broad talent base, we are building premium smart electric cars in China and shaping the future for automobiles globally. FMC is searching for talented, self-motivated professionals to work in a free-thinking culture creating the next gen premium entry EVs with the highest autonomous technologies at our Santa Clara, CA facility.

Job description

Thermal Engineer – System Engineering is responsible for total vehicle thermal management system for passenger, powertrain, power electronics & energy storage system. The Engineer will work with component development engineers, test engineers and suppliers to develop a total vehicle thermal management system to become the benchmark of automotive industry. The main role of Thermal Engineer – System Engineering is define functional and performance targets, supply change strategy, resolve issue and optimize thermal system for weight/cost while satisfying program milestones. 

Responsibilities

- Lead with the team of thermal component Design Release Engineers (DREs) to develop an overall thermal architecture, concept and component selection 

- Interface with the team of powertrain, power electronics, vehicle integration, body structure, energy storage system engineers to assure thermal component packaging, installation and optimize functional environment. 

- Benchmark competitive thermal components, to define functional target and engineering specifications 

- Create proof of concept demonstrations for integrated thermal management systems 

- Work closely with suppliers on design evaluation and validation of the thermal management system hardware in order to meet product specification and requirements 

- Coordinate and conduct hardware testing in the lab to verify and validate thermal management system hardware functionality and reliability 

- Share and present work to cross-functional teams and executive leadership 

- Lead engineering meetings with vehicle integration engineering and vendors. 

- Responsible for meeting vehicle development milestones. 

- Develop and execute tests for analytic model verification to real world results. 

- Manage simulation results and alignment with CAD 

- Provide input in the creation of component specification, component DFMEA, and other technical design documents where analysis plays a central role. 

- Manage refrigeration cycle, refrigerant plumbing, mounting, compressor, condenser design; 1D, CFD and CAE modeling; prototype development and testing; systems engineering fundamentals; and plumbing, compressor, condenser manufacturing are required 

- Assist in the development of comprehensive design verification and validation activities, including writing test procedures, environmental testing fixtures and data acquisition systems 

- Working experience with automotive systems design, packaging and assembly requirements 

- Present to various levels of management with different depth of expertise 

- Describe development proposals and problem descriptions 

- Supervisory experience desired

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited University. 

- Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering with specialty in refrigerant cycle, thermal dynamics & fluid mechanics 

- Good working knowledge refrigerant, coolant, airflow, injection molded parts, brazed components and high voltage components. 

- Hands-on experience of refrigerant components, sensors, valves and fluid transport component design is a plus 

- Thermal system component, vehicle level testing experience is preferred 

- Experience in heat pipe application is a plus 

- 5~10 years of working experiences in the thermal management system area for HEV,PHEV and EV. 

- In-plant and/or program/vehicle launch experience

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