Senior Engineer, Excavator Electrical Systems

Your Responsibilities

As a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer for John Deere, you will provide technical and project leadership for defining the electrical and software systems architecture within the HEX and DEX excavator product line. In addition, you will: 

• Plan, lead, and execute technology and electrical (hardware and embedded software) Product Development Process (PDP) projects for current and future programs
• Develop architectures, designs, interfaces, and system requirements. Maintain design specifications, component design specifications, and Software Requirements Documents (SRD).
• Assist in defining the vision, technology features, and technically feasible strategies on excavators analyzing customer needs and marketing requirements.
• Provide technical leadership on complex designs and issues, support physical builds and production launches, testing, customer field evaluations, and EDPR/QIT teams to rapidly address early field issues and emerging quality problems.
• Support the DEX global product line portfolio localization and engineering team integration efforts to the Kernersville, NC factory.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

What Skills You Need

• 5 or more years of hydraulic, electrical, or powertrain systems development for program implementation
• Experience in electronic systems development and/or embedded system architecture for off highway applications
• Experience developing system requirements, electronic hardware, circuit design and analysis
• Interpersonal skills with the ability to break complex tasks down into executable action items

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience diagnosing and resolving vehicle system performance issues on electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, or electro-mechanical systems
• J1939 CAN, EMB 32, and design diagnostics experience
• C programming, Model Based Software Design (MBSD) with MATLAB Simulink, Python
• Experience with Excavator, battery-electric or hybrid vehicle development
• Experience using Creo and/or Capital Harness
• Systems Engineering education, training or demonstrated capability

Education

Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering (preferably but not limited to Electrical Engineering) or equivalent experience