New Grad - Systems Engineer

About Canoo 

Canoo’s mission is to bring EVs to Everyone and build a world-class team to deploy this sustainable mobility revolution. We have developed breakthrough electric vehicles that are reinventing the automotive landscape with pioneering technologies, award-winning designs, and a unique business model that spans all owners in the full lifecycle of the vehicle. Canoo is starting production and is distinguished by its pioneering and experienced team of technologists, engineers, and designers. With offices around the country, the company is scaling quickly and seeking candidates who love to challenge themselves, are motivated by purpose, and possess a strong desire to get things done. 

 

The “Canoo Way” 

Canoo’s success is the direct result of our disciplined application of our core operating principles and drills, which are based on three main principles: Think 80/20 (“Important versus less important”), Act 30/30 (“Reduce waste and increase output”), and Live 90/10 (“We have each other’s back”). We hire based on “MET” - Mindset, Equipment and willingness to Train - and seek individuals that take accountability and deliver results being Humble, Hungry to succeed, and Hunting for opportunities to win. We train our team to engage with each other by modulating between their intellect (iQ) and emotional intelligence (eQ) applying Facts, Finesse, and Force when they communicate. The principles and drills of the CANOO Way have been fundamental to our success, our ability to grow, continuously improve, innovate and are at the core of our day-to-day operations. 

 

Job Purpose 

As a Systems Engineer for vehicle requirements, you will be focused on the implementation of vehicle system requirements. There are several domains supported by the systems team like powertrain, high voltage systems, vehicle charging, infotainment, or ADAS. You will initially support several domains and eventually pick one as your main domain to support. In your day to day work you will interface with the engineering team, the software team, and manufacturing to ensure proper coordination and communication and proper implementation and testing of existing and new vehicle features. It is required to verify features to fully conclude the work on a feature.

 

Responsibilities (80s of the Position) 

• Generate requirements for vehicle features which integrate with vehicle control logic.
• Support requirements definition for system components like powertrain, high voltage systems, charging, ADAS, infotainment.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure proper coverage of requirements.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure delivery and implementation of features.
• Support testing at both the vehicle and system level to verify proper functionality and implementation of requirements.
• Interface with cross-functional teams to support the performance testing, software testing, and validation.

Required 

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge of CAN, CANFD, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet communication protocols.
• Understanding of writing requirements at the vehicle, system, and component level.
• Understanding of supervisory controls including state diagrams and state flows.
• Basic knowledge on classic systems and controls theory.
• Experience working with Matlab/Simulink.
• Be comfortable with designing features and being hands on to evaluate proper functionality.

Preferred   

• 1+ year experience with automotive electronic systems and/or control logic, candidate must understand function of all electric vehicle systems.
• Strong knowledge of vehicle systems and architecture paired with a solid background in controls.
• Experience using a requirements management database (e.g. Polarion, DOORS, Jama, etc)
• Working knowledge of automotive software architecture and implementation
• Working knowledge of automotive data collection & analysis tools (e.g. Vector CANalyzer)
• Understanding of binary and other related number systems (e.g. hexadecimal, ASCII, etc)
• Experience working within an Agile development framework & using relevant tools (e.g. JIRA)

Travel Requirements

• Up to 25% Travel

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Physical Requirements for Non-Physical Positions

•  While performing the duties of this job, employees may be required to sit for prolonged periods of time, occasionally bending or stooping, lifting up to 10 pounds, and prolonged periods of computer use.

 

Reasonable Accommodations

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