Position: Project Engineer Intern
Division: R&D
Team: Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Entire Vehicle Team
Duration: 2025 May – 2025 August
Project: Next Generation EV Truck eCanter
eCanter is a light-duty electric truck developed by Fuso, designed for urban delivery operations with zero emissions and low noise.
Key Responsibilities (Expand for details)
Created Project Requirement Specification Book
Defined project specifications with cross disciplinary engineers.
- Project Target and Requirements
- Development Timeline
- Reliability Mileage Targets
- Sample Testing Plans
- Homologation Requirements
Managed input by design engineers and created R&D section of PRSB PowerPoint
- Summarized defined project specifications related to R&D division.
- Coordinated weekly meetings via Microsoft Teams, tracked progress using Microsoft Planner, and maintained task lists and shared files on SharePoint
Assisted in Technical Discussion (Details are limited due to compliance)
- Supported suspension system analysis for the next-generation eCanter
- Contributed to autonomous driving discussions for a heavy-duty truck project
(Image: https://www.mitsubishi-fuso.com/en/product/fuso-fj/)
Managed Funding Estimation
Managed funding plan and cost breakdown for next-generation eCanter project in Excel
- Requested design engineers to fill in required funding
- Reviewed funding and proposed revision if necessary accounting for budget limit.
Created automated plots and funding summaries in PowerPoint
- Automated plots and analysis using think-cell and VBA Macros.
- Developed charts and analysis using think-cell and VBA Macros
Facilitated Functional Safety (FuSa) activities in compliance with ISO 26262
Supported FuSa item definition and Impact Analysis for vehicle systems
- Identified all relevant systems and subsystems in collaboration with the Technical Compliance Team
- Reviewed Impact Analysis reports assessing how design changes in one system could affect others
Assisted in Hazard and Risk Assessment (HARA) and System FMEA
- Identified systems requiring HARA based on FuSa item definition and Impact Analysis
- Analyzed complex vehicle items to determine the need for additional FMEA studies
Conducted Product Performance Research
Analyzed GPS data to evaluate operational use cases of the eCanter
- Identified driving harshness by analyzing road slope, distance traveled, and charging intervals
- Processed data in Google Earth to visualize vehicle routes and elevation profiles
Studied Instrument Cluster (ICC) layout and start-up time in comparison with competitors
- Analyzed information display and usability of major competitors’ ICCs
- Proposed design improvements for the next-generation eCanter ICC
(Image: https://www.mitsubishi-fuso.com/en/product/new-ecanter/#tab-interior)