Sr Hardware Engineer/CONTRACT POSITION

Brio Energy; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Leggett Dynamics seeks a Sr. Hardware Engineer on a full-time contract to lead the design and validation of automotive electronic hardware, including requirements, architecture, schematics and EMC considerations.

You will drive development with a focus on quality, cost, and reliability. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet program timing, apply IPC and regulatory standards, and mentor a small hardware group through production readiness and design for manufacturing and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering.
• 5+ years in a Sr. Automotive Embedded Hardware Product Design role.
• Ability to lead a small hardware team and guide engineers.
• Experience with schematic entry and PCB layout; Cadence is a plus.
• Familiarity with EMC, IPC standards, and design for testability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and review design and development of electronic hardware.
• Analyze requirements using ALM tools to derive criteria.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet timing and delivery.
• Ensure designs comply with DFM/DFC/DFR and safety standards.
• Maintain records supporting patent actions.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechatronics Engineering

Tools

Cadence tool suite

Job description

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Sr. Hardware Engineer/Full Time Contract

We, at Leggett Dynamics, are searching for a Sr. Hardware Engineer/Full Time Contract role until 12/27 within our Engineering team. Did you know we are the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of seating support and comfort systems for transportation manufacturers, as well as tier one and two suppliers within the automotive industry? That’s right! Our automotive products fall into four primary groups: Seating and Lumbar support, Motors, Actuators and Massage Systems. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

Position Summary

Lead and review design and development activities of electronic hardware including, requirements, architecture, schematic design, simulation, design for EMC, hardware layout and validation.

Responsibilities

• Utilize the ALM tool (Codebeamer) to analyze requirements to derive hardware design, verification and validation criteria
• Lead and review various engineering efforts to design, prototype and validate product design solutions in support of customer and internal core team timing requirements.
• Maintain regular contact with team on technical issues, and complete efforts to ensure understanding of their needs resulting in delivery of commitments from customer/Leggett & Platt for a given design architecture.
• Active participation in program core teams with proactive presentation of defined engineering deliverables.
• Develop engineered product solutions to meet customer needs by creative use of core part designs and technologies by ensuring compliance to IPC and other regulatory standards, utilizing best practices such as WCCA, thermal, electrical and EMC simulations and other such standard tools.
• Establish and maintain adequate records of technical information, process methods/standards, design, program details, and records to support/procure reliable patent actions.
• Ensure products are reviewed for best practice from a Design for Excellence (DFX) perspective including Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Cost (DFC), Design for Testability (DFT), and Design for Reliability (DFR) to ensure design delivery to product targets.
• Completes any other assignments, duties and projects that may be assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering.
• Preferred 5+ years of experience in a Sr. Automotive Embedded Hardware Product Design role.
• Ability to lead a small team by providing direction and guiding team members in the hardware team as a technical expert for hardware design.
• Experience working with schematic entry and PCB layout design tools and their process (Cadence tool suite is an asset).
• Experienced in schematic design, layout design, design for EMC, engineering calculations and analysis (e.g. WCCA and simulations).
• Experience working with standard automotive communication bus hardware integration (e.g. LIN and CAN).
• Experience with OEM testing specifications and design requirements.
• Experience working with project launch cycles for automotive.
• Experience working with and maintaining hardware component libraries, footprint libraries, and symbol libraries for use in global designs.
• Knowledge of automotive APQP terms.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, communication skills and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of ISO-26262 Functional Safety and ASPICE is an asset.

Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

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We welcome and encourage all applicants to apply. We’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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