Top In-demand Skills and Job Roles for Electric Vehicle Engineers

• PCB Design Engineer
• Hardware Design Engineer
• Motor Design Engineer
• BMS Application Engineer
• System Modelling & Simulation Engineer

PCB Design Engineer

To become a PCB Design engineer you will need to understand circuit diagrams, electronic components, schematics and layout. If you have adequate knowledge of PCB design and Altium design then it will help you a lot. While some of the projects on which you may work in the job of PCB Design engineer are: managing bill of materials, Schematic and routing of complex power, electronic components and layout considerations for power components. To become a PCB engineer, you may require an Undergraduate degree in electrical and electronics engineering or an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. For this role, companies that recruit PCB engineers are Magna, Valeo, Exide and Ametak, delta electronics, Hella Group, Bosch, Cummins, Continental, Ador Digatron etc.

Hardware Design Engineer

If you want to become a hardware engineer, you will need to know the basics of circuit analysis and design. Apart from this, you should have an understanding of the application of control systems for power converter design. Some professional skills for a better understanding of this role and also will help you to get this job are Simulink, Ltspice, Circuit Simulation, plecs, etc. While some of the projects on which you may work in the job of Hardware design engineer are:

Developing a dc to dc power converter for battery charging applications, designing a dc-dc power converter for automotive application constraints, designing and simulation of inverter for control of traction motor and many more. To become a hardware design engineer, you may require an Undergraduate degree in electrical and electronics engineering or an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. For this role, companies that recruit Hardware design engineers are Magna, Valeo, Exide and Ametak, delta electronics, Hella Group, Bosch, Cummins, Continental, Ador Digatron etc.

Motor Design Engineer

To get a job as a Motor design engineer, you know the fundamentals of electromagnetics as well as knowledge of the working of electrical machines. Some professional skills for better understanding of this role and also they are quite essential are: Ansys Maxwell and Motor design. While some of the projects on which you may work in the job of Motor design engineer are the design and development of traction motors for given specifications, etc. To become a Motor design engineer, you may require an Undergraduate degree in electrical and electronics engineering. For this role, the top companies that recruit Hardware design engineers are Hella Group, Crompton greaves and Kirloskar, General Electric, Nide, Bosch and Siemens Varroc Engineering.

BMS Application Engineer

To become a BMS application engineer, you will need to know the fundamentals of battery performance and its construction. If you have professional skills in MATLAB and SIMULINK, then it will help you a lot. There were certain projects in which you make work as a BMS application engineer are Modelling as well as testing battery management systems, and testing algorithms for Undervoltage, overvoltage and short circuit conditions. To become a BMS application engineer, you may require an Undergraduate degree in electrical and electronics engineering. For this role, the top companies that recruit Hardware design engineers are Ather energy, Ultraviolette automotive, Ola electric, ion energy etc.

System Modelling & Simulation Engineer

You will need to know the basics of signals and systems. And oral understanding of the operation of electric machines and power converters. If you have professional skills in SYS (system-level simulation), MATLAB, and SIMULINK then you must get an advantage over others. There were various projects which were assigned to the workers which may include: Modelling and simulation electric vehicles for range estimation and performance analysis. To become a system modelling and simulation engineer you will require an undergraduate degree in electrical and electronics engineering or an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. For this role, companies that recruit system modelling and simulation engineer are:- Honda, Tata, Bajaj, Mahindra, TVS, KPIT, Ford, Accenture, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, KPMG, Ashok Leyland, Wipro, Nissan, TCS, HCL, Capgemini, etc.