Senior Hardware Engineer

Your Responsibilities

• Design responsible for Electronic design for LED lighting in automotive applications. 
• Ability to assemble a quotation estimate for an automotive application project. 
• Responsible for Test plan development to customer specifications (Stellantis, GM, Ford, etc)
  • May lead or participate in R&D activities within the organization
  • May prepare project funding requests for R&D activities
• Conducts or leads failure analysis and investigation of electronic failures or incidents.
• Created detailed SORs for testing and outsourcing of electronic manufacturing. 
• Responsible to lead research, design, and develop of electronics for new, existing programs in compliance with automotive standards and customer specifications from concept development to production launch. 
• Development of analog, digital circuitry, power electronics, and embedded software for automotive exterior lighting. 
• Be the main point of contact for electrical designs. Interface with cross- funcational departments, suppliers, and customers with respect to electronic product development, validations, and manufacturing. 
• Project management of sourced electronic designs; manage third party activities.
• Management of costs and quality of electronic products. 
• Monitor and analyze any product failure and provide recommendations to Quality engineering. 
• Develop and test prototypes to ensure design intent and specifications are satisfied.
• Develop PCB layouts for production designs using appropriate PCB technologies. 
• Ensure electrical designs and layouts meet EMC, Environmental, and Lighting requirements 
• Conducting Schematic level circuit simulation for continuous improvement of designs. 
• Support the development of methods and practices to effectively manage data and revision control for electrical and software designs. 
• Create electrical and EMC design validation test plans according to customer requirements and get customer approvals. 
• Deliver and manage the required documentations i.e. BOM, 3D, CAD, drawings and prototypes to product development team. 
• Create, support, and realize benchmark activity linked to electrical design. 

Your preferred qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years electronics development background
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent industry experience. 
• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering preferred. 
• Must have detailed electronic component knowledge
• Must have experience with Microprocessor based designs. 
• Knowledge of electronic manufacturing, quality, and technical standards (IPC, ISO, etc.)
  Proficiency with the use of electronic testing equipment
• Ability to troubleshoot electronic designs
• Clear understanding of EMC design
• Prior exposure to Automotive OEM specifications/standards an asset.
• Prior exposure to Automotive Lighting specifications/standards an asset
• Experience with Altium designer or similar to PCB schematic capture and PCB layout software. 
• Familar with 3D CAD and 2D drawing software. 

Who we are looking for

• Demonstrated proficiency in Computer applications (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Etc.)
• Ability to efficiently work in a fast paced team environment
• Proficient in dimensional systems and analysis 
• Above average communication skills (written and verbal) with various departments within Magna and with customer plant liaisions. 
• Strong organizational and prioritizing abilities.
• Self-motivated, ability to initiate and follow tasks through to completion. 
• Ability to lead a design team and provide technical leadership. 
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems related to electronic design and manufacturing.
• Strong presentsation skills. 

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