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LG Electronics North America · 1 week ago

Power Electronics Senior Application Engineer

Troy, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

LG Electronics North America is a global leader in technology dedicated to creating innovative solutions for a better life. They are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Power Electronics Senior Application Engineer to contribute to electric vehicle powertrain development, ensuring customer requirements are met through collaboration and technical expertise.

Consumer Electronics

No H1B

Responsibilities

Guide the development of customer technical communication to ensure correct and meaningful customer requirements are understood by internal colleagues

Attend Regular PDT (Production Development Team) meetings and urgent meetings to understand the issues that arise during the development and mass production phases of the assigned product

Provide clear recommendations to the HQ development team by collaborating with Regional Directors and Lead Engineers to ensure customer requirements, issues, and circumstances are well understood through virtual/onsite meetings and 'Go and See' customer visits

Create and maintain engineering specifications, DFMEAs, DVP&Rs throughout the development phase of the product

Support APQP, DFM/DFA, and IATF 16949 compliance, including defining and verifying critical characteristics and the feasibility of the design

Provide on-site engineering support and service at customer locations

Carry out on-site service at the customer location for engineering tasks like software reflash, sample delivery, sample correction, etc

Lead root cause analysis of warranty products

Analyze the root cause of warranty product concerns and report to the customer and the Internal relevant team

Execute the swap test by soldering and desoldering defective components of the circuit board to verify the analysis result

Conduct a physical breakdown of the warranty products for the analysis and re-assembly of the warranty products

Communicate with lead engineers and/or HQ engineers for root cause analysis and problem solving for warranty part analysis with global overseas colleagues in other time zones as required

Lead technical risk reporting based on customer communication

Utilize and apply the knowledge acquired by internal independent research and work experience to assist problem solving and give recommendations to the relevant teams

Provide technical communication with HQ development teams, as well as the global cross functional team to report technical risks and issues

Create communication of technical information and data for RFQ’s, RFP’s and quoting stages of projects

Support and collaborate with HQ for the technical review materials and question/answer based on a full understanding of the customer requirements of the assigned product

Act as the lead technical window person in communicating with the customer and HQ for assigned products

Escalate summaries of deliverables and background on advanced technical requests from customers to HQ and local leadership, while communicating with customers and related teams to ensure accurate guidance

Perform technical research and benchmarking for a new business opportunity

Develop internal/external proposals for new technology based on technical study, benchmarking, and research of assigned products

Champion continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering organization to be shared regionally and with HQ engineering teams

Qualification

Power electronics engineeringAutomotive industry experienceCircuit analysis equipmentElectrical schematics understandingMS Project proficiencyBilingual EnglishKoreanTeam collaborationProblem solvingTechnical communicationAdaptability

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical or electronic engineering is required

A minimum 5-year experience of development engineering in the automotive industry or related industry

Experience in the practical applications of power electronics engineering; including converter and inverter technologies

Skill in analysis of the semiconductors like MOSFET, diode, gate drive, OP-amp and digital circuits

Skill to read and understand electrical schematics, control system configurations, and standardized work instructions

Proficient skills in using equipment for circuit analysis, such as an oscilloscope, function generator and power supply

Skill to select electrical and electronic circuits (resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers) and designs and understand analog and digital circuits

Ability to adapt to flexible work schedules for communication with stakeholders in different time zone (ex, HQ in Korea)

Proficient Skills to use MS project and MS Office, MS Teams

A passion for discovery and learning, with a curiosity that drives you to look beyond obvious obstacles

Preferred

Master's Degree in electrical or electronic engineering with emphasis on power electronics

OEM or Tier1 Automotive experience

Bilingual English and Korean

Benefits

No-cost employee premiums for you and your eligible dependents for competitive medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits.

Auto enrollment with immediate vesting of competitive company matching contributions in a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with several investment options.

Generous Paid Time Off program that includes company holidays and a combined bank of paid sick and vacation time.

Performance based Short-Term Incentives (varies by role).

Access to confidential mental health resources to help you and your loved ones improve your quality of life.

Personal fitness goal incentives.

Family orientated benefits such as paid parental leave and support for families raising children with learning, social, behavioral challenges, or developmental disabilities.

Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance.

Eligible for the relevant benefit programs offered through our partner agencies.