Job Description

ARi, headquartered in East Peoria, IL, USA, is a rapidly expanding global engineering enterprise. The essence of our “i” symbolizes our distinctiveness from competitors – an embodiment of innovation, intelligence, ingenuity, and insight. Boasting a diverse team of over 1,500 engineering experts hailing from various nations and cultures across the globe, we are excellently poised to provide intricate and personalized resolutions to our esteemed clients.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full development cycle of purchased-finished converters and inverters for Caterpillar electric drivetrains
• Define converter/inverter requirements in collaboration with systems’ teams
• Perform technical analysis and evaluation needed to select best supplier option
• Execute design customization and development with suppliers, both hardware and software aspects
• Support component testing, evaluation, and validation activities with validation teams
• Support NTI & NPI process: communication with NTI/NPI leads; prepare and present design and gateway reviews.
• Collaboration with Caterpillar China team. Flexibility to attend evening or early morning meetings needed.
• Play an active role in supplier evaluation, selection and development– some limited travel will be required.
• Support component commissioning on machine builds.
• Support APQP activities on purchased components in collaboration with suppliers.
• Resolve and document field issues.
• Procurement, inventory management, and shipment of components.
• Stay up to date with the latest advances and market trends in e-powertrain DC converters and inverters.
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Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in an accredited Electrical Engineering degree
• Minimum 10 years of experience in product development or design
• Demonstrated ability in successful execution of full or partial component/product development cycles
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to lead/facilitate discussions and generate conclusions, able to navigate a matrix organization
• Solid technical background and analytical skills in power electronics and e-powertrain systems.
• Self-starter who can understand a program’s status, generate action items, identify problems, and initiate actions
• Power Electronics design and development experience, product development experience (design / analysis / validation), NPI process experience

 Required  Skills:

• Experience with electric drive systems and/or components
• Component development experience: design/analysis/assembly/testing.
• Experience with quality tools including FMEA, APQP & PPAP
• Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) Issue resolution process
• Experience in inverters and motor drives for electric powertrain development
• Experience in supplier evaluation and development
• Power converter testing and validation experience

The Benefits of Working at ARi

At ARi, our commitment to our employees goes beyond the workplace, ensuring comprehensive benefits. From day one, full-time employees enjoy group health, dental, and life insurance coverage. Additionally, vision coverage is accessible starting the following month.

Recognizing the significance of rejuvenation, we provide paid time off, sick days, company holidays, and maternity/paternity leave to our full-time staff. In times of loss, we also offer bereavement support. Furthermore, a

401(k) program is maintained for eligible employees.

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