Automotive LED Hardware Design Engineer

PRISMA; Trento; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent employment

Flexible working hours

Career development opportunities

Sustainable company commitment

Competitive salary with incentives

Job summary

PRISMA is seeking an experienced hardware design engineer for automotive lighting systems in Italy. You will design electronic hardware architectures, LED drivers, PCBAs, and power management solutions, while creating schematics, selecting automotive components, and maintaining documentation.

You will perform simulations, EMC-aware designs, and collaborate across mechanical, optical, and software teams to enable robust, automotive-grade hardware solutions.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Experience in hardware design within automotive or industrial electronics.
• Strong knowledge of power electronics, LED driver circuits, and mixed-signal design.
• Experience with circuit simulation tools (PSpice, LTSpice, Matlab).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electronic hardware architectures for automotive lighting systems.
• Create electrical schematics and prepare hardware documentation including eBOMs.
• Perform circuit simulation, worst-case analysis, and tolerance analysis.
• Define PCB placement, routing, and stack-up requirements and support Altium Designer workflows.
• Review PCB layouts for electrical robustness, EMC, thermal performance, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with mechanical, optical, and software teams for system integration.
• Support hardware testing, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Maintain hardware documentation according to automotive standards.

Skills

Hardware design

Power electronics

Mixed-signal design

EMC principles

Automotive CAN/LIN

Analytical problem solving

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Italian & English communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Mechatronics

Tools

Altium Designer

PSpice

LTSpice

Matlab

Job description

PRISMA is seeking an experienced hardware design engineer for automotive lighting systems in Italy. You will design electronic hardware architectures, LED drivers, PCBAs, and power management solutions, while creating schematics, selecting automotive components, and maintaining documentation.

You will perform simulations, EMC-aware designs, and collaborate across mechanical, optical, and software teams to enable robust, automotive-grade hardware solutions.