Sr. Hardware Design Engineer
On-siteFarmington Hills, Michigan, United States or Harrodsburg, Kentucky, United States
Job Summary
Lead electrical design responses for new business opportunities by creating clean sheet concepts or modifying existing advanced development designs for transfer cases, suspension, or BMS ECUs. Collaborate with mechanical, system, production, and software teams to define hardware requirements and drive design reviews, ensuring compliance with automotive quality standards. Work with suppliers to optimize costs while supporting the transition from prototype through series production. Serve as the technical representative to customers and internal leadership to present proposals and resolve issues.
Required Qualifications
- 5-7 years of experience in automotive ECU design and development environment
- 3+ years of experience in driveline control or suspension control or BMS design
- Required to sit or stand for long periods in an industrial lab environment
- The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Dexterity of hands, fingers, and wrists to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and other computer components
- Domestic and international may be required as needed up to 10%
- The candidate will occasionally need to travel to multiple global locations to support project development
- Some amount of working remotely is allowed but the candidate must be physically present in the office/lab when duties dictate the need
Desired Qualifications
- Strong electrical design knowledge in the context of 12V automotive systems, including power distribution, signal conditioning, protection circuitry, and grounding strategies
- Familiarity with power electronics topologies including H-bridge motor drivers, high-side and low-side drive circuits, BLDC motor control, buck/boost switching regulators, and linear voltage regulation
- Basic understanding of ADC signal chains, including input filtering, reference voltage considerations, and signal scaling for sensor measurement applications
- Familiarity with digital communication interfaces such as CAN, SPI, and SENT
- Experience collaborating with simulation teams on power dissipation analysis, thermal modeling, and FEA to validate hardware designs meet thermal and reliability requirements
- Understanding of hardware reliability and validation testing methods, including environmental stress testing and qualification testing, as well as experience defining functional tester requirements to support design verification and production readiness
- Familiarity with driveline control systems (transfer case, suspension) and an understanding of how these subsystems integrate and function within the broader vehicle architecture
- Familiarity with battery management systems (BMS) and an understanding of how these subsystems integrate and function within the broader vehicle architecture
- Familiarity with ASPICE 4.0 hardware engineering (HWE) design concepts and process requirements
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities, and deliverables across concurrent projects
- Fluent in English, both written and verbal communication
- BS Electrical Engineering Related 5-year technical degree
- Equivalent industry experience
- Excellent communication and customer-facing skills
- Providing mentorship to less experienced engineers
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