Automotive High Voltage Safety Engineer

Borgwarner Emissions Systems Spain SL; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Flexible working hours

Multisport card

UNIQA insurance

Job summary

BorgWarner is recruiting an HV Safety Engineer (Expert) in Krakow to own high voltage safety across the product lifecycle. You will define electrical/mechanical safety requirements, coordinate with validation and manufacturing, and lead customer reviews to verify HV safety compliance.

The role emphasizes direct responsibility for HV safety analysis, verification planning, and cross‑regional standardization, requiring strong English and autonomous working style.

Qualifications

• Masters Engineering degree in Electrical/Electronic or an associated field.
• 5 years of experience in Automotive Electronic or e‑Mobility (Hardware).
• Good foundation knowledge in hardware embedded systems and power‑electronics.
• Prior experience with HV safety compliance is an advantage (LV123, MBN 11123,…).
• Strong communication skills are essential.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Working in an autonomous way.
• Problem resolution skills are required.
• Positive, cooperative mindset, fostering trust and effective teamwork.
• Collaborative team player, working effectively across functions to achieve shared goals.

Responsibilities

• Capture and analyze product requirements
• Derive design requirements and align development teams
• Assess electrical and mechanical design for HV safety compliance
• Lead customer reviews of HV safety requirements, design and verification
• Develop the product HV safety verification plan
• Build and improve hardware test setups and benches
• Define and plan supplier‑specific test execution
• Execute product testing on the hardware bench
• Track and report test progress
• Manage and resolve hardware defects
• Drive standardization of HV safety processes across regions

Skills

HV safety engineering

Hardware design

Embedded systems

Power electronics

English fluency

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

HV testing benches

Job description

BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work and amazing technology in a unique environment. At BorgWarner we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy‑efficient world.

Technical Center - Electrification in Krakow

At BorgWarner, we design and manufacture the systems that define the way the world moves forward. With the world’s foremost technologists, engineers and OEMs, we’re accelerating the world’s transformation to eMobility.

As our HV Safety Engineer (Expert), you’ll join our hardware architecture team and help bring highly competitive, innovative products to life—driving requirement analysis, design analysis, and hardware verification from first concept to finished product.

You’ll own the high voltage safety aspect of the product end to end—defining requirements for electrical and mechanical engineering, partnering closely with validation and manufacturing engineering, leading reviews with customers, and verifying high voltage safety compliance every step of the way.

Responsibilities

• Capture and analyze product requirements
• Derive design requirements and align development teams
• Assess electrical and mechanical design for HV safety compliance
• Lead customer reviews of HV safety requirements, design and verification
• Develop the product HV safety verification plan
• Build and improve hardware test setups and benches
• Define and plan supplier‑specific test execution
• Execute product testing on the hardware bench
• Track and report test progress
• Manage and resolve hardware defects
• Drive standardization of HV safety processes across regions

Qualifications

• Masters Engineering degree in Electrical/Electronic or an associated field
• 5 years of experience in Automotive Electronic or e‑Mobility (Hardware)
• Good foundation knowledge in hardware embedded systems and power‑electronics
• Prior experience with HV safety compliance is an advantage (LV123, MBN 11123,…)
• Strong communication skills are essential
• Fluency in English is required
• Working in an autonomous way
• Problem resolution skills are required
• Positive, cooperative mindset, fostering trust and effective teamwork
• Collaborative team player, working effectively across functions to achieve shared goals

Nice to have

• DGUV 200-006 Level 2 & 3 HV qualification

Benefits

• Private Medicover medical care for the employee and his/her family
• Co‑financing for the Multisport card
• Possibility to join the UNIQA insurance
• Flexible working hours
• Competitive salary, adequate to skills and experience
• Co‑financing for holidays, Christmas gifts for employees’ children
• Hard and soft trainings, language courses

BorgWarner is an equal employment opportunity employer such that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.