Senior Hardware Design Engineer (Novi, MI, 48377) | 08/21/26

Job Description Job Role:

Senior Hardware Design Engineer Location:

Novi, MI 48377

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid - 4 days per week Work from Office

Duration:

12 Months

Experience:

10+ Years Position Overview We are seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer with strong automotive electronics hardware development experience. The ideal candidate will have proven end-to-end ownership of hardware design, from concept and architecture through validation and production. Strong expertise in PCB design reviews, high-speed layout, hardware architecture, and automotive development processes is highly preferred. Key Responsibilities Lead automotive electronic hardware development from concept through production.

Translate customer/system requirements into hardware requirements, architecture, block diagrams, schematics, and design documentation.

Design analog, digital, power-supply, communication, sensor-interface, and microcontroller-based circuits.

Select automotive-grade components based on performance, reliability, qualification, availability, lifecycle, and cost.

Review and guide PCB placement, routing, stack-up, grounding, shielding, thermal management, signal integrity, and power integrity.

Perform circuit simulations, WCCA, tolerance analysis, derating analysis, and power-budget calculations.

Lead hardware design reviews and drive closure of technical issues.

Develop and maintain BOMs and support component lifecycle/obsolescence management.

Support prototype development, board bring-up, debugging, integration, and functional testing.

Define hardware verification and validation plans, test specifications, acceptance criteria, and test reports.

Support EMC, ESD, electrical transient, environmental, vibration, thermal, and reliability testing.

Perform structured root-cause analysis for design, manufacturing, validation, and field issues.

Support

DFMEA, FMEDA, ISO

26262 and other automotive safety/development activities.

Collaborate with System, Mechanical, Firmware, Software, Manufacturing, Validation, Suppliers, and Customer teams.

Support DFM, DFT, design-for-reliability, and production launch activities.

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior/offshore hardware engineers.

Lead technical discussions, customer reviews, estimates, planning, and delivery activities. Required Skills 10+ years of Hardware Design Engineering experience

Strong automotive electronics hardware development experience

End-to-end hardware development lifecycle ownership

PCB design review and high-speed PCB layout

Hardware architecture and schematic design

Analog and digital circuit design

Power-supply design

Microcontroller-based hardware

Communication and sensor interfaces

Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI)

Circuit simulation and design calculations

WCCA / Worst-Case Circuit Analysis

DFMEA

FMEDA

ISO 26262

Hardware validation and verification

Board bring-up and debugging

EMC/ESD and automotive environmental testing

BOM and component selection/lifecycle management

Root-cause analysis and production support

Strong cross-functional technical leadership Thanks & Regards,

Monu Singh

Sr. Technical Recruiter