Lighting Hardware Engineer

Job Title: Lighting Hardware Engineer
Location: Allen Park, Michigan
Expertise: Automotive Exterior Lighting, Hardware & Power Electronics

Job Summary:

• Develop automotive exterior lighting hardware for headlamps, signaling lamps, and rear combination lamps.
• Handle end-to-end hardware development from architecture through production readiness.
• Design system-level power architectures and LED driver strategies (linear vs. switching).
• Work within EMI, thermal, cost, and functional safety constraints.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop hardware for automotive exterior lighting systems.
• Implement LED driver and power electronics architectures.
• Support ASIL QM/A/B functional safety requirements.
• Integrate CAN-FD and LIN communication.
• Perform Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA) and component derating.
• Conduct thermal and reliability analysis, including DFMEA and MTBF.
• Drive pre-compliance and compliance EMC testing.
• Troubleshoot conducted and radiated emissions.
• Resolve EMC issues through PCB layout, filtering, and architectural changes.
• Ensure hardware meets production-readiness and reliability requirements.

Required Skills:

• Automotive exterior lighting systems
• Hardware development
• Power electronics
• LED drivers
• EMI/EMC
• CAN-FD / LIN
• Functional safety (ASIL QM/A/B)
• WCCA and derating
• Thermal & reliability analysis
• DFMEA / MTBF
• PCB layout and EMC troubleshooting

Qualification:

• BE / BS / B.Tech in Engineering.