Power Controls Engineer

Jobtailor; Allen Park (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced engineer to own key parts of the 48V powernet control system for advanced vehicle electrical architectures. You will develop system-level requirements and test cases to ensure robust low-voltage power delivery across normal and edge scenarios.

You will collaborate with software, hardware, electrical, diagnostics, functional safety, and validation teams to ensure coherence from concept through release, and you will analyze interactions between power generation,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in automotive system, hardware, or software engineering development.
• 3+ years experience with ICE and xEV low‑voltage power supply architectures (DCDC, BISG, AGM Li-ion, power boxes, load management).
• 3+ years of experience developing or supporting system-level requirements, DFMEA, test cases, and validation plans.
• 3+ years of experience Agile development practices and Jira.

Responsibilities

• Own key aspects of the 48V powernet control system for advanced vehicle electrical architectures.
• Develop system-level control requirements and test cases for robust low-voltage power supply performance.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, electrical, diagnostics, safety, and validation teams from concept to release.
• Analyze interactions between power generation, energy storage, load behavior, and voltage/current stability.

Skills

Agile development

DevOps practices

System-level thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Computer Science / Automotive Systems

Tools

Jira

Job description

Responsibilities

• Own key aspects of the 48V powernet control system for advanced vehicle electrical architectures, including Powernet 1, 1+, and future platforms.
• Develop system‑level control requirements and test cases that ensure robust low‑voltage power supply performance across normal, edge, and corner‑case user scenarios.
• Work closely with software development, power supply hardware, electrical architecture, diagnostics, functional safety, and validation teams to ensure system coherence from concept through release.
• Analyze interactions between power generation, energy storage, load behavior, voltage and current stability, and charge margin.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Automotive Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in automotive system, hardware, or software engineering development.
• 3+ years experience with ICE and xEV low‑voltage power supply architectures, including:
  • Alternators/Belt-Integrated Starter-Generators (BISG)
  • DC-to-DC power converters (DCDC)
  • Low-voltage batteries (AGM Lead‑acid, Lithium‑ion)
  • Power distribution boxes
  • Vehicle load management systems
• 3+ years of experience developing or supporting system-level requirements, system or software DFMEA, test cases, and validation plans.
• 3+ years of experience Agile development practices and DevOps tools such as Jira.