Senior Automotive Hardware Engineer — PCB & Embedded

Long Finch Technologies; Oak Park (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Long Finch Technologies seeks a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead automotive embedded hardware development from concept to production. You will architect, design and document analog/digital circuits, power management, and MCU-based systems for vehicle electronics.

Bring-up, validation, and production interaction are core; you will drive design reviews, select components, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with suppliers and teams to meet stringent automotive standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of automotive or embedded hardware design experience.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design skills.
• Experience with MCUs, processors, sensors and interfaces like SPI/I2C/UART.
• Proficiency in power management, DC-DC converters, protection circuits.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware design from concept through production lifecycle.
• Develop architecture, schematics and design documentation.
• Design analog/digital circuits, power management and MCUs.
• Select components based on performance, reliability and cost.
• Review PCB layouts for signal and power integrity, EMI/EMC.
• Conduct simulations and hardware design reviews.
• Support prototype bring-up, debugging and validation.
• Develop BOMs and manage component lifecycle and obsolescence.
• Define hardware test plans including EMC/ESD and reliability.
• Troubleshoot hardware issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, suppliers and customers.
• Support DFM/DFT/DFR and production launches; mentor juniors.

Skills

Senior HW Design

Analog & Digital design

MCUs & processors

Power management

CAN & LIN

Automotive Ethernet

PCB design tools

Signal integrity

Oscilloscopes & test gear

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Electronics/Embedded Systems

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence OrCAD

Mentor Graphics

Zuken

LTspice

PSpice

HyperLynx

Job description

Long Finch Technologies seeks a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to lead automotive embedded hardware development from concept to production. You will architect, design and document analog/digital circuits, power management, and MCU-based systems for vehicle electronics.

Bring-up, validation, and production interaction are core; you will drive design reviews, select components, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with suppliers and teams to meet stringent automotive standards.