About our company

www.aptiv.com

• Aptiv focuses on smart vehicle architectures, vehicle safety and autonomous driving
• In the latter part of 2019 or early 2020, our site will move to the north side of Indianapolis / Westfield area (currently we are in Kokomo Indiana).

Two full-time openings for Radar Integration engineers

Radar integration engineer

A radar integration engineer will assist Aptiv’s OEM customers in designing vehicle components to be compatible with millimeter wave radars, to successfully integrate automotive radars into vehicles having active-safety and autonomous driving functions. The vehicle components include grilles with visual geometric features, including sub-wavelength features, through which microwave-frequency radar signals pass, and various other vehicle body components having complex interactions with millimeter wave signals. In-depth job-specific training will be provided by a senior radar integration engineer.

Requirements

·         Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics

·         Very strong mathematical/analytical capability

·         Fundamentals of electromagnetics, signal processing, antenna principles, and transmission line theory

·         The items below are a plus, though not required:

o   Deep knowledge of antenna theory

o   Strong Matlab proficiency

o   Familiarity with electromagnetic simulation tools (full-wave, geometrical optics, etc.)

o   Prior knowledge of signal processing specific to radars

Will apply knowledge of electromagnetics, physics, spatial geometry, and radar signal processing principles to:

1)      Analyze the interactions of millimeter wave radar signals with vehicle body components, including reflection, diffraction and refraction, to predict the effects on radar measurements (target range, range-rate, azimuth angle, elevation angle), and ultimately predict the effects on vehicle functions that depend on radar data

2)      Interact extensively with automobile OEM customers, to guide them in the design of vehicle components (including components with complex geometries) through which radar signals pass, to achieve compatibility with automotive radars

3)      Characterize and analyze the effects of microwave-frequency dielectric constant and loss tangent values of plastics and paints on the performance of automotive radars

4)      Use and interpret anechoic chamber radar testing and methodology (including full 2D-scan testing, to measure off-axis effects) to determine the effects of vehicle components on radars

5)      Guide and advance Aptiv’s test methods, analysis capabilities, and the component design guidelines Aptiv provides to customers, to continually improve Aptiv’s service to our automotive OEM customers

Part-time openings for part-time students in engineering or physics

We have part-time openings in Aptiv’s Radar Systems Group for engineering or physics students to assist with data processing, data collection, data analysis, and/or Matlab programming for radar data.