Hardware and RFQ (Request for Quotation) Designer

Bitron; Grugliasco; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational automotive supplier in Grugliasco, Italy, seeks a candidate to enhance their Automotive Engineering team. Applicants should have over 5 years in automotive tech, showcasing abilities in project management and complex hardware design. Key responsibilities include managing RFQ processes, selecting electronic components, and collaborating with both internal teams and suppliers. The role demands a creative, self-directed person, ready to embrace new challenges and contribute to innovative electronic products.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of automotive experience in a Technical Dept.
• Proven ability to create and execute project plans within budgetary constraints.
• Familiarity with electronic components and their applications.
• Knowledge of software development and cyber security algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Manage all steps of the RFQ flow.
• Analyze customer documentation package.
• Select best electronic components based on cost and availability.
• Develop optimized PCBA assembly processes.
• Interface with suppliers and technical experts...

Skills

Project management

Complex HW circuit design

Familiarity with electronic components

Knowledge of cyber security standards

Team oriented

Excellent planning and organization skills

Job description

Bitron is a multinational, family-owned industrial group with a clear vision: to create products and systems that help improve the quality of people's lives and the world around them. How do we do it? Through more than 8,000 employees who work every day to shape the future of tomorrow. Bitron, thanks to over 21 production plants and more than 500 R&D employees strategically distributed around the world, operates in the automotive, home appliance, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning), energy, and EV-Charging sectors, collaborating with the most important international manufacturers, assisting them not only in component production but also in development and design. Bitron is an equal-opportunity employer and embraces diversity equity and inclusion.

Bitron Group's Automotive Business Unit, led by Bitron Spa, is a leading global supplier with expertise in various components for the automotive market, such as Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), powertrain, transmissions, chassis, electric vehicles, motorcycles, and industrial vehicles. Our manufacturing plants are located in different parts of the world, which helps us be close to car manufacturers (OEMs) and find the best solutions for their needs, even for complex applications.

About the Role:

In this role, you will be part of the Automotive Engineering team, supporting the development of innovative electronic products during the Advance Engineering, RFQ, and Bid phases. You will analyze customer requirements, define system architectures, select hardware components, develop hardware schematics, and contribute to the preparation of technical proposals in collaboration with internal teams, suppliers, and customers.

Main Responsibilities:

• To manage all the steps of the RFQ flow (Request for Quotation)
• To analyze, to check and to understand whole customer documentation package, including functional, validation and cyber-security specifications
• To check the global market of electronic components and select the best ones in terms of cost, availability and match with product specifications
• To develop concepts of optimized PCBA assembly processes
• To define the final HW BOM of innovative electronic products
• To design, develop and test prototypes of innovative electronic products
• To interface with suppliers of main electronic components in the global market, asking technical questions and defining the best technical choices for Bitron
• To interface with the technical experts of Bitron’s Customers, preparing and presenting technical documentation in dedicated workshop in the presence of the Technical and Purchasing Managements of Bitron and of Customers
• To define development plans of innovative electronic products
• To define the estimation of R&D development costs of innovative electronic products

Who we are looking for:

• 5+ years of automotive experience, in a Technical Dept.
• Proven ability to create and execute project plans that achieve defined expectations within budgetary constraints
• Proven ability to design complex HW circuits
• Familiarity with electronic components, their market and their usage and application
• Knowledge of SW development and cyber security global standards and algorithms
• Knowledge of principles of electronic boards assembly
• Highly motivated, self-directed, creative, innovative individual
• Team oriented skill set
• Excellent planning and organization skills

How to be successful in the role and at Bitron:

We are always on the lookout for ambitious individuals who share our values and are ready to embrace new challenges with one goal in mind: building the world of tomorrow. If you are ready for the next chapter in your career, join us at Bitron and get ready to unleash your full potential. We are excited to welcome you to our team!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status and basis of disability or any other personal characteristics.