Sr Hardware Engineer/CONTRACT POSITION until 12/27

Leggettlogistics; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Leggettlogistics is seeking a Sr. Hardware Engineer for a contract position until 12/27 in Detroit, Michigan. The role involves leading the design and development of electronic hardware, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards, and actively participating in program core teams.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechatronics Engineering and preferably 5+ years of experience in automotive embedded hardware design. Strong communication and technical problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in automotive embedded hardware product design.
• Ability to lead a small team as a technical expert.
• Experience with schematic entry and PCB layout design tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development activities for electronic hardware.
• Utilize ALM tools to analyze requirements for hardware design.
• Ensure compliance with IPC and regulatory standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Schematic design

PCB layout design

Automotive communication protocols

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering

Tools

Cadence tool suite

Job description

Sr Hardware Engineer/CONTRACT POSITION until 12/27

Sr. Hardware Engineer/Full Time Contract role until 12/27.

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 the 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, ensuring compliance to IPC and other regulatory standards, and utilizing best practices such as WCCA, thermal, electrical and EMC simulations and other 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 DFM, DFA, DFC, DFT, and DFR, to ensure design delivery to product targets.
• Complete 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, communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of ISO-26262 Functional Safety and ASPICE is an asset.

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