ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Typical responsibilities for interns include, but are not limited to the following items:
Assist Engineers with Vehicle Electrical Architecture by:
o Developing vehicle integration strategy for electrical systems
o Defining architecture for power generation, management, and storage
o Defining CAN architecture and integrate vehicle communication systems
o Communicating wiring and connector requirements to support harness builds
Hardware Specification by:
o Following industry standards for vehicle electrical systems and wiring
o Researching, selecting, and sourcing sensors, actuators, motors, energy storage, and other hardware
o Communicating mechanical requirements of system to project design staff
o Identifying controller hardware to meet I/O and computational requirements
o Designing wiring harness and working with electronics lab to build harnesses
Assist Engineers with Vehicle Builds by:
o Integrating electronic systems into vehicles
o Interfacing with suppliers to ensure performance and timing expectations are met
o Troubleshooting electrical issues ranging from harnessing to controller states
o Processing and analyzing performance and test data
o Providing analysis, insight, and feedback for development
Assist Engineers with Controls and Software Development through:
o Developing and supporting algorithm development in Simulink using a rapid prototype environment
o Autonomy development leveraging Use of ROS for perception, vehicle path planning and path following
o Integrating and building prototype systems in development vehicles
o Calibrating software and validating software in test vehicles