Senior Forensic Engineer
The Vertex Companies LLC
Propulsion Engineer, Electric Drive Thermal
General Motors
full-time
Posted on:
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteJob Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Hybrid role supporting GM’s vision of a Zero Emission future by managing thermal performance and integration of electric drive systems.
- Develop and release 1-D thermal models of electric drive components (motors, inverters, high-voltage connections).
- Integrate component models into system-level simulations and represent thermal analysis in larger thermal design activities.
- Perform thermal simulations to determine capability against requirements and support early architecture decisions.
- Verify model predictions against test data; perform model correlation and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with CAE teams for higher-fidelity thermal and flow simulations where critical.
- Calibrate motor and inverter temperature estimation algorithms for vehicle control software using component, subsystem, and vehicle test data.
- Review and support vehicle and component level testing; compile and present simulation results to internal customers.
- Stay abreast of new technologies and competitive methods and products.
- Travel as required (<10%).
- Expected to report to Pontiac, Michigan three times per week (hybrid).
Requirements
- BS in mechanical or electrical engineering or equivalent field
- 3+ years of relevant work experience
- Extensive knowledge in heat transfer and fluid mechanics principles
- Strong experience with 1D thermal model development and simulation activities (e.g. GT thermal)
- Experience with thermal testing/validation
- Knowledge of electric motor and/or inverter design
- Experience with Matlab, Simulink
- Interpersonal skills to work cross functionally with multiple teams
- Ability to create and present information to leadership, peers, customers and suppliers clearly and concisely
- Fluency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Preferred: MS or Ph.D. in mechanical or electrical engineering or equivalent field
- Preferred: 5+ years of relevant work experience
- Preferred: Experience with modeling electric machine or inverter thermal performance
- Preferred: Experience with automotive cooling system design and automotive electric drives
- Preferred: Experience with commercial CAE software for heat transfer and flow simulations (StarCCM, Fluent, etc.)
- Preferred: Experience with vehicle data acquisition systems (INCA, etc.)
- Preferred: Experience developing software calibrations
