Electrical Engineering Associate

Volkswagen Group of America - Chattanooga, TN

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - Chattanooga, TN

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

About the position

This position is responsible for supporting series maintenance and model care launch activities of the high and low voltage wire harnesses in Chattanooga built vehicles. The responsibilities include the tracking of development status with lead engineers in Germany and Mexico to identify and propose changes as necessary along with identifying and pushing forward material cost savings ideas.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external partners to ensure technical Volkswagen requirements are available and understood during engineering changes or requests.
• Provide technical assistance to Volkswagen internal partners and supplier partners.
• Track and report project timelines for wire harness topics.
• Represent local development project interest in tandem with project lead in Germany or Mexico.
• Ensure constant communication of project status.
• Align locally requested changes with project leads in Germany or Mexico.
• Align platform changes initiated abroad with the localized project.
• Coordinate and participate in workshops with engineering partners during prototype phases.
• Support cross-functional teams for electrical topics.
• Support in defining and maintaining procedures and instructions of the VW engineering processes.

Requirements

• 2 years of experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or applicable experience
• Experience with automotive component development, preferably electrical.
• Experience with the use of electrical measurement equipment, such as Oscilloscope, VOM, insulation testers.
• Experience identifying and implementing material cost savings changes on automotive components.
• Experience of Automotive electrical drawing interpretation.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• German language skills
• Spanish language skills
• Experience working with high voltage automotive systems.
• Experience with Volkswagen electrical system architecture.
• Experience with VW Engineering software systems.
• Experience with wire harness manufacturing.
• Experience with the development and launch of interior and/or exterior automotive components.