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Reception Engineer

POSITION SUMMARY / PURPOSE

Reception Group. Liaison engineer interfacing with the customer base and Product Development Team in Japan with regard to electrical engineering and validation issues on automotive electronics.

KEY JOB DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Major responsibilities of the position are listed below. To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties, assignments and specific projects may be assigned at the discretion of management. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Capture and analyze in-vehicle bus data including AVC LAN and CAN

  • Understanding of basic RF (FM, AM, XM, and HD)

  • Test equipment experience with signal generator, audio analyzer, spectrum analyzer, noise generator, capture/ playback simulations, oscilloscope, pulse generator, active probe

  • Work with OEM customers to define specifications and negotiate requirements when necessary.

  • Communicate analysis results and customer requirements to the core engineering team in Japan for radio reception.

  • Serves as the main contact with the customer and Product Development Team in Japan on the understanding of the system and for requirement definition, as well as issue analysis and validation.

  • Bench testing and field testing (including subjective and objective test)

  • Long drives for quality confirmation

  • Prepare and support design review and technical review meetings with OEM customers for system-level engineering issues.

  • Create and execute functional and system testing and measurements based on specifications/requirements

  • Conducts hardware and software quality testing

  • Support customer with updating parts and testing when require

  • Customer Plant support especially during launch period

  • Prepare necessary documentation, material, reports, etc. for customer engineering meetings. Request necessary input to Product Development Team in Japan as part of preparation.

  • Develop and maintain open issue list for customer engineering meetings

  • Gain in-depth understanding of customer requirements/ requests to give clear and concrete instructions to Product Development Team in Japan

  • Support vehicle and functional vehicle testing internal and with customer to confirm product functionality

  • Travel requirements – May require more than 40% travel once product is ready for production

Supervisory Responsibility:

No supervisory responsibilities

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE / LICENSE / CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and related experience and/or training

SKILLS & ABILITIES

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and customers.

MATH ABILITY:

Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing software; Spreadsheet software and Design software.

COMPETENCIES

Competency Group #1: Personal / Interpersonal Skills

Exceeding Customer Expectations -Provides timely and professional service to both internal and external customers; is responsive to customer needs and requests; is always courteous to the customer and considers the needs of the customer when making decisions. Has sufficient knowledge of products and services, builds rapport, and helps customers enthusiastically; communicates well with customers and follows up as necessary; is always professional and represents the organization positively.

Communicating Effectively -Shares information. Listens and involves others. Clearly conveys ideas in a manner that engages others and helps them understand and retain the message. Changes interpersonal style and approach based on circumstance or audience; works hard with all kinds of people and workgroups; does not judge others.

Accountability - Takes accountability for his/her actions and their consequences, both good and bad, owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development.

Building Fostering Teamwork-Is an honest and dependable team player who contributes to group collaboration and consensual decision making and shows empathy and respect for others. Builds and maintains good working relationships.

Competency Group #2: Work Results

Delivers High Quality Results- Effectively organizes and balances tasks and priorities. Delivers on commitments; finishes tasks on time and critically reviews work to ensure quality and accuracy.
Continuous Improvement-Uses formal and informal tools and techniques to achieve operational excellence. Maintains a constant focus on efforts to improve performance, quality and efficiency of work processes.

Competency Group #3: Job Specific Expertise

Applies Job-Specific Expertise- Understands and masters the skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform daily work tasks.

Competency Group #4-Profession Specific Competencies-Technical

Solving Complex Problems- Thinks through complex problems and information using traditional and innovative approaches to identify effective solutions. Breaks down large problems into smaller, more manageable components; identifies key factors that influence the viability of different solutions; clarifies information needed to solve problems. Anticipates, detects, and prevents problems using a variety of methods and approaches.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.