As a leader in thermal technology, we design,
develop, and manufacture heating, cooling, and
ventilating devices for diverse global markets. With
our employees, we pioneer and shape markets for comfort
devices while seeking new ways to drive value for our
customers. We employ approximately 8,000 people at
eleven locations in North America, Europe and Asia.
In the field of Engineering in (Northville, MI), we are
looking for you to strengthen our team as soon as
possible as an Advanced Development EngineerMechatronics.
ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER- MECHATRONICS
Summary: Research, development, and validation for new sensing and optical processing strategies in
vehicle system thermal management optimization.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Ensure that brand new products or processes are designed within industry standards according to applicable
specification in a safe, cost efficient and timely manner while following Gentherm processes.
 Identify, quantify, and qualify a range of sensing devices implemented for an automotive interior application.
 Responsible for sensor selection and computational module development of a multi-modal vehicle perception
system.
 Develop product specification, requirements, and validation documents for an optical sensing device within
application requirements.
 Implement industry standard vision recognition techniques used to identify objects of interest from a
continuous video stream including facial recognition and facial movement.
 Develop and design an interior monitoring system following engineering and technical disciplines
 Define system and component operating requirements and control schemes.
 Prepare technical specifications for the electrical/electronic components and system.
 Responsible for algorithm and software prototype development
 Create and maintain DVP&R, BOM and drawings.
 Initiate, review and release drawings and specifications.
 Continuously improve existing product design and internal processes to increase customer satisfaction (CI
and VAVE initiatives).
 Support design, build, and testing of safe, functional prototypes.
 Support and participate in engineering development meetings, program launches with the customer and team
from design phase through production and service.
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Act as a technical liaison between suppliers and customers as required
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical degree/experience. 7+ years industrial
experiences with an emphasis on system engineering and product-oriented technical innovation.
 Hands-on skills on 2D/3D image processing, video processing, camera calibration, object detection
and tracking, feature extraction, 3D geometric modeling, real-time graphics rendering.
 Experience with image processing, machine vision & learning, and estimation & detection
 Experience with temperature and optical sensing devices within a closed loop system.
 Thermal image acquisition, signal processing, and data handling within a microprocessor /
microcontroller based control framework
 OpenCV and/or MatLab modeling and software development environments (preferred)
 Electronics and optics packaging, optical system architecture layout, and optical system verification
 Possess a practical working knowledge of human thermo-physiology and occupant based thermal
management
Submit your resume via e-mail to: [email protected]
GENTHERM | 21680 Haggerty Rd. Suite 101 | Northville, Michigan |
www.gentherm.com
Gentherm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected
veteran status