River | Hardware Design Engineer

About River :

River is an electric vehicle company building multi-utility scooters. At River, we’re building scooters of tomorrow for the ambitious youth of today. Because we believe people only need two things to achieve success: the desire to make it to the top, and the means to get there.

With our flagship product River Indie, SUV of Scooters, is designed to help you get things done. Engineered to be a dependable ally on your road to success. We are backed by marquee international investors – these are mobility focused funds backed by Yamaha Motors, Al-Futtaim Automotive Group, Toyota VC and Maniv Mobility.

Key Responsibilities :

• As a component owner primary responsibility is to design and develop on-board power electronics for the vehicle (PDU, Charger and Motor Controller)
• Analyze design as per system requirements and components specifications.
• Perform calculations (electrical ratings, mechanical durability and life) and select components (passives, discretes and actives).
• Perform circuit simulations and analysis in SPICE software for POC and ideation.
• Expertise in schematic capture and documentation of design including DFMEA and Internal test reports.
• Carry out board bring up, testing, troubleshooting and initial software flashing.
• Collaborate with mechanical and software engineers to ensure timely development of the product

Ideal Candidate :

• B.Tech in EEE/ECE
• 2 to 9 years relevant industry experience designing automotive electronics. Experience in the EV industry is preferred.
• Strong Electrical Engineering fundamentals (analog/digital design, signal/power integrity, etc.)
• Must have hands-on experience in prototyping, bring-up, debug and validation
• Comfortable in a lab environment using oscilloscopes, power supplies, current probes, spectrum analyzers, frequency counters, etc.
• Expertise in Altium Designer software is a plus
• Experience working with mechanical design and software development teams

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