Requisition ID: 65108 

ABOUT WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading kitchen and laundry appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home and inspiring generations with our brands. The company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2023, the company reported approximately $19 billion in annual sales, 59,000 employees, and 55 manufacturing and technology research centers.  Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.

The team you will be a part of

The Electrical Engineering team designs, develops or coordinates development of components, small systems, quality systems, processes or materials.

We are a diverse, enthusiastic, and growing team of multi-disciplined engineers that further Whirlpool’s mission of Improving life at home by demonstrating the functionality, performance, and reliability of new hardware designs. We get the opportunity to work on a variety of different development programs, and often step outside of our normal role to support the fast-paced environment. 

This role in summary

Whirlpool is looking for a hands-on engineer to work directly with the innovative technology in our products! This individual will focus on hardware validation and reliability of Electronics controls which include: 

 

Appliance Control Units (ACUs)

Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs)

Next-generation LCD controls 

Interactions of these controls with the rest of the appliance, any use cases. 

Power and control of motors, switches, sensors, etc. (This is case by case basis).

Your responsibilities will include

Collaborate with the teams across Whirlpool to ensure these products meet high-reliability standards.

Work alongside Design Teams from initial conceptualization to final sign-off stage of the project with data-driven demonstrated reliability.

Own and drive hardware validation efforts for Electronic controls programs. Your job is to become a product expert, figure out how it could fail, and collaborate with design partners to drive changes. 

Interact with system architects/integrators, Hardware engineers to review and consolidate application requirements and develop robust test plans

Design and build custom test equipment such as test PCBAs, harnesses, and fixtures to make validation efficient, modular, and repeatable 

Manage tests from setup through execution. Coordinate test resources and own validation schedules to communicate status with System Integrators. 

Work with the design partners, reliability team, and suppliers to root cause test failures and arrive at a corrective action  

Collaborate with test technicians to perform component validation by simulating realistic and/or accelerated usage & environmental conditions 

Minimum requirements

Bachelor’s Degree

2+ year of experience in product development, testing environments or electronics related

Advanced in the English language (reading, writing, speaking, comprehension)

Preferred skills and experiences

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with electronics skillset. 

Proven technical experience through internships, industry, passion projects, academic/ extracurricular activities 

Root cause and recreate failure mode

Analyze test data and document in test reports, share results with the team to understand failures and improve designs

Build the appropriate electrical environment for each unit being tested, reaching out to firmware and hardware teams to bring up the device under test

Excellent grasp of engineering fundamentals with experience using standard lab equipment (power supplies, electronic loads, o-scopes, DMM's, etc.) 

Genuine curiosity to figure out why something doesn’t work; demonstrated experience debugging and troubleshooting technical problems 

You love to be hands-on, understand how to interact with a system and automate repeatable tasks. You thrive on efficiency, and hate to see someone waste their time on something a script, fixture, or robotic system could do 

Knowledge of different sensors, what they do, and how to interact with them 

Embedded firmware / hardware experience 

Experience leading and driving technical projects to completion, especially when multiple teams' input and buyoff are required 

Comfort with balancing competing priorities and timelines, discussing prioritization and alignment of work with external teams when resources are constrained 

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