Hardware Engineer

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds toughest engineering challenges supported by mentorship career growth opportunities and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued supported and inspired to grow.

Job Summary:

• We are seeking a skilledHardware Engineerwith strong expertise inautomotive electronic hardware design to join our engineering team.
• The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in analog and digital circuit development power management design automotive communication interfaces testing and PCB design.
• This role requires a strong problem-solving mindset and the ability to support hardware development throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop automotive electronic hardware from concept through production.
• Create and review analog and digital circuit designs.
• Develop hardware solutions using microcontrollers processors memories sensors and peripheral interfaces.
• Design power management circuits including DC-DC converters LDOs protection circuits and power sequencing architectures.
• Implement and validate automotive communication interfaces such as CAN LIN Ethernet SPI I²C and UART.
• Generate schematics and support PCB layout activities using tools such as PCAD and Dx Designer.
• Perform circuit simulations and analyses using LTspice PSpice or equivalent tools.
• Conduct hardware debugging validation and root-cause analysis using oscilloscopes and laboratory equipment.
• Ensure compliance with automotive EMC ESD transient protection and environmental standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software systems validation and manufacturing engineering teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in hardware design preferably within the automotive industry.
• Strong knowledge of analog and digital electronics design principles.
• Experience with microcontrollers processors memory devices sensors and interface circuits.
• Proven experience in power supply and power management circuit design.
• Familiarity with automotive communication protocols and associated physical layer designs.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as PCAD and Dx Designer.
• Expertise in circuit simulation tools including LTspice PSpice or similar.
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes logic analyzers and electronic test equipment.
• Knowledge of automotive EMC/EMI ESD transient protection and environmental qualification requirements.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working within automotive product development processes.
• Familiarity with automotive standards and design-for-reliability practices.
• Experience supporting design validation and hardware qualification activities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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