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• Provide technical expertise and continuity for the team. Overseeing all technical sub-teams in the areas of Mechanical, Electrical and Computer, Controls Engineering, Systems Modeling & Simulation, and innovation and overseeing all technical aspects of the project.
• • - Control Systems, System dynamics, Matlab/SIMULINK
  • - Knowledge of induction motors, batteries, power electronics, microcontrollers
  • - Model based design
  • - Leadership qualities. Hybrid Vehicle architectures and control, Familiar with Chevrolet Camaro and its individual subsystems. CAD modeling a good plus
• Eligibility Criteria: Graduate student, commitment for one year required.
• Undergraduate student in final/pre final year of their studies.

We currently have enough team members on the Mechanical Team and are no longer taking applications for this team.

• • - Lead the Mechanical System activities
  • - Assisting in CAD training/mentoring of other EcoCAR students
  • - Leadership/management potential to be able to delegate tasks and lead a sub-team. -Good working knowledge of CAD
  • - Good grasp of the fundamentals of structural analysis (Statics, Mechanical Design)
  • - Experience with FEA
  • - Working knowledge of thermal system fundamentals
  • - Prior experience working with or around vehicles (SAE Baja/Formula)
• Expected Skills:
  • - Practical knowledge of vehicles coming
  • - mechanical part integration and packaging
  • - ICE/Transmission and hybrid powertrain fundamentals
• Eligibility Criteria: Graduate/Senior

• • - Lead the Electrical Systems activities
  • - Designing and building low/high power electrical systems
  • - Maintaining reliability of the electrical subsystem of the vehicle
  • - Mentor for electrical team. -Circuit design, Simulation and analysis
  • - Programming
  • - Microcontrollers
  • - low/High power electrical systems
  • - Electric motors, Drive circuits
  • - Pspice/MultiSIM
  • - Matlab/SIMULINK
• Expected Skills:
  • - Control systems
  • - Hybrid and Electric powertrains
  • - Embedded systems
  • - CAN/BUS interface
• Eligibility Criteria: Graduate/Senior

• • - Lead Control systems activities
  • - Mechanical/Electrical integration
  • - Responsible for making everything work correctly on the vehicle
  • - Lead DFMEA
  • - Decide operating modes
  • - Mentor Students Control team -Mastery of Matlab/SIMULINK
  • - Programming experience
  • - Fundamental understanding of physics and powertrain components
  • - Fundamental understanding of closed-loop control systems and rule based control logic
  • - Ability to work extremely closely with the SMS sub-team lead
• Expected Skills:
  • - Hybrid vehicle control strategies
  • - DFMEA
  • - Microcontrollers
  • - Control system design
• Eligibility Criteria: Graduate/Senior

• • - Leading SMS activities
  • - Work extremely closely with controls team
  • - Visualize physical systems through simulation
  • - Test control functions before final implementation
  • - Make control team more productive
  • - Thesis work -Mastery of Matlab/SIMULINK
  • - Programming experience or background
  • - Understanding of closed-loop feedback systems
  • - HiL simulation knowledge
  • - Understanding of every component of hybrid powertrain and its functioning
  • - Technical Writing
• Expected Skills:
  • - System analysis and modeling
  • - Control systems
  • - Design and analysis of algorithms
• Eligibility Criteria: Graduate/Senior

• • - Leading Innovation Team activities
  • - Come up with innovative ideas, implement and test them with other teams
  • - Other responsibilities will vary according to the area of application -TBD
  • - any specialization from Electrical/Mechanical/controls/Computers/Software can apply
• Expected Skills:
  • - Java/Android app development
  • - Embedded systems
  • - HTML/php
  • - TBD
• Eligibility Criteria: Graduate/Senior