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Senior Electrical Engineer

JTEKT Corporation
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Mar 2026

About the role

Summary
In this role, you will report to the Electrical Engineering Manager and be a contributor to achieving excellence in electrical engineering for electromechanical products including steering and driveline. You will develop and support production of a variety of new chassis components in a dynamic team, finding solutions to interesting challenges.

If you are looking for a challenging, rewarding opportunity to grow your expertise, we want you!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Participate in cross functional development teams within the company to develop and communicate program deliverables, priorities, and timeline targets based on customer derived expectations and internal requirements
• Support new business pursuit and RFQ activities and lead technical reviews, requirement analysis, compliance matrix, etc.
• Lead system level development of safety critical chassis components in compliance with ASPICE and internal development processes.
• Own system requirements development and architecture design, ensuring full traceability throughout all development phases. Provide improvements and optimization ideas.
• Create test procedures based on requirements, reports and DVP&R. Review and ensure test efficiency by validating in MIL / SIL / HIL / production / vehicle environment.
• Create CAN interfaces in embedded environment as well as test tools (CANape, CANalyzer…) for tuning, debugging or customer demonstration.
• Test and debug software and electric hardware in simulation, lab, production line and vehicle environment.
• Support the launch of new products into production as well as products already in production.
• Facilitate communication and strategic coordination between the plant and TC, including support for troubleshooting, process improvement, technical reviews, etc.
• Work daily overtime and Saturdays and/or Sundays when directed by immediate supervisor or, as necessary, to complete essential job duties
• Develop and maintain a responsive and cooperative working relationship with internal and external customers. Treat everyone with dignity, trust and respect.

Supervisory Responsibilities
• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Working knowledge, understanding with design, evaluation and integration of vehicle control systems and/or vehicle sub systems, diagnostics, control modules/software, and electrical systems
• Must have a good understanding of embedded electronics, automotive communication protocols (CAN, CAN FD…), and real time operating systems.
• Working knowledge of ASPICE processes development and implementation
• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, process, and toolchain.
• Working knowledge of Matlab / Simulink, CAN communication tools (ie Vector CANape/CANoe/CANalyzer), and/or other tools and processes related to automotive product development.
• Problem Solving & Analysis: Able to gather appropriate, often complex, data and diagnose the cause of a problem before taking action; separate causes from symptoms; apply lessons learned from others who encountered similar problems or challenges; anticipate problems and develop contingency plans to deal with them; develop and evaluate alternative courses of action
• Self-starter with good verbal and written technical communication skills both written & oral

Education and Experience:
• Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent is required. MS Preferred.
• At least 6 years of related automotive experience with chassis electronic components required.
• Experience with engineering project management is a must
• Experience leading electrical system development in compliance with ASPICE processes is a must
• Experience participating in developing ASPICE processes is a plus
• Experience with toolchains including ALM, requirement and traceability management tools, system architecture tools, test tools, etc. is a must
• Experience with FMEA, FTA and structured problem solving techniques (8D, 5Y…)
• Experience with generative AI, machine learning, and data analysis and their toolchains is a plus
• Familiarity with environmental, mechanical, and electrical verification testing methodologies in an automotive or environment
• Experience with safety critical electric system (Steering, Brakes, powertrain…) development in compliance with ISO26262 is preferred

Work Environment:
• Work is mostly performed in a normal office setting with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards, and with substantial time spent working on a computer.
• The performance of this position may occasionally require exposure to manufacturing areas which require the use of personal protective equipment such as s

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