Senior Hardware Engineer

ALTEN

$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechatronics Engineering.
  • 7+ years of automotive embedded hardware development experience.
  • Strong experience in schematic design and electronic hardware development.
  • Familiarity with WCCA, engineering calculations, and hardware simulations.
  • Hands-on experience in EMC design and validation.
  • Proficient in CAN and LIN communication integration.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze customer and system requirements utilizing ALM tools like Codebeamer.
  • Design and develop automotive embedded electronic hardware solutions.
  • Perform engineering analyses including thermal and electrical simulations.
  • Support the entire product development lifecycle from concept to production launch.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to hardware team members.
  • Apply design for manufacturability and reliability principles during development.
  • Collaborate with various teams to ensure project alignment and success.

Benefits

  • Full-time onsite presence required for enhanced collaboration.
  • Opportunities for continuous technical challenges in a hands-on role.
  • Engagement in diverse automotive projects focusing on advanced technologies.
  • Potential exposure to multiple cross-functional teams enhancing career growth.
Full Job Description
Overview :
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field. Minimum 7+ years of experience in automotive embedded hardware development and electronic product design environments.
  • This position is focused on the design, development, validation, and launch of embedded electronic hardware supporting automotive seating, comfort, actuator, motor, and interior system applications.
  • The engineer will lead hardware development activities from requirements analysis and hardware architecture through schematic design, PCB development, validation, and production launch. This is a hands-on engineering position requiring active involvement in product design activities, not solely testing or validation support.
  • The role will work closely with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Validation, Manufacturing, and Customer teams to deliver reliable automotive products that meet customer, quality, timing, and cost objectives.
  • This position requires strong technical ownership, excellent communication skills, automotive development experience, and the ability to support programs throughout the complete product lifecycle.
  • Full-time onsite presence is required.

Key Responsibilities :

Requirements Analysis & Traceability
  • Analyze customer and system requirements using ALM tools such as Codebeamer
  • Translate requirements into hardware architecture, design solutions, verification, and validation criteria
  • Support requirements traceability throughout the development lifecycle
  • Participate in requirements reviews and technical discussions

Electronic Hardware Design & Development
  • Design and develop automotive embedded electronic hardware solutions
  • Create and review schematics, component selection, circuit design, and PCB development activities
  • Support hardware architecture development and design reviews
  • Contribute to prototype development and product maturation activities
  • Support component, symbol, and footprint library management activities

Engineering Analysis, Validation & Compliance
  • Perform engineering analysis including WCCA, thermal analysis, electrical simulations, and EMC considerations
  • Support verification and validation activities throughout product development
  • Troubleshoot hardware issues and support root cause investigations
  • Ensure compliance with automotive, customer, and regulatory requirements

Automotive Product Development & Launch Support
  • Support programs from concept through production launch
  • Participate in customer reviews and program milestone activities
  • Support OEM and Tier 1 product development requirements
  • Ensure hardware solutions meet quality, performance, reliability, and timing objectives

Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to hardware team members
  • Collaborate with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Quality, Validation, and Manufacturing teams
  • Clearly communicate technical concepts, risks, and recommendations
  • Actively participate in customer-facing technical discussions

Design for Excellence (DFX)
  • Apply DFM, DFA, DFC, DFT, and DFR principles throughout development
  • Ensure products are designed for manufacturability, reliability, quality, and cost efficiency

Profile:
  • Hands-on Hardware Design Engineer with strong automotive electronics experience
  • Strong ownership mindset and ability to independently drive technical activities
  • Clear and effective communicator capable of presenting technical information to customers and internal stakeholders
  • Comfortable working in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Customer-focused engineer capable of balancing technical requirements and business objectives
  • Able to provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in product design

Must Have:
  • 7+ years of automotive embedded hardware development experience
  • Strong experience with schematic design and electronic hardware development
  • Experience supporting PCB layout and hardware design activities
  • Experience with WCCA, engineering calculations, and hardware simulations
  • Experience designing for EMC and supporting EMC validation activities
  • Experience with CAN and LIN communication integration
  • Experience supporting automotive OEM or Tier 1 development programs
  • Experience with requirements management and requirements traceability
  • Strong communication, presentation, and technical leadership skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechatronics Engineering

Good to Have:
  • Codebeamer experience
  • DOORS or Polarion experience
  • Cadence tool suite experience
  • APQP knowledge
  • ISO 26262 Functional Safety experience
  • ASPICE knowledge
  • Seating systems experience
  • Interior electronics experience
  • Mechatronic systems experience
  • Actuator or motor control systems experience

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