Senior Hardware Developer (Automotive)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Hardware Developer (Automotive)

Description

Responsible for robust hardware architectures, circuits, and PCB layouts for safety-relevant control units and mechatronic systems up to ASIL D. Develop safety mechanisms, redundancies, and hardware security concepts in line with ISO 26262 and ISO/SAE 21434, and support analyses and audits. Validate designs with worst-case, tolerance, derating, and FIT analyses using LTspice, SI/PI, and thermal simulations.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware architectures, circuit design, and PCB layouts for safety-critical ECU and mechatronic systems up to ASIL D
• Develop safety mechanisms, redundancies, and hardware security concepts according to ISO 26262 and ISO/SAE 21434; support analyses and audits
• Secure designs using worst-case, tolerance, derating, and FIT analyses, supported by LTspice, SI/PI, and thermal simulations; bring up A-, B-, and C-pattern builds and coordinate external test labs
• Design and troubleshoot communication systems using CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet across software, mechanics, and system development
• Select critical components considering lifecycle, obsolescence, and second sourcing; optimize manufacturing, testability, reliability, space, and cost
• Evaluate effort and risks; represent technical decisions with customers, suppliers, and stakeholders in OEM/Tier-1 settings
• Moderate reviews, coach developers, and establish practical standards and best practices

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Technical Informatics, or equivalent
• Long-term hardware development experience in automotive, commercial vehicles, off-highway, or safety-critical environments (ideally 10+ years)
• Proven experience with complex control units or mechatronic systems from development through industrialization
• Very good knowledge of ISO 26262 up to ASIL D
• Routine in FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, SPFM, LFM, PMHF, and FIT
• Deep practical experience in circuit and PCB design plus analog, digital, and power electronics; MCUs, PMICs, sensors, and actuators
• Confident EMC-compliant design; SI/PI, grounding, and shielding
• Practical experience with CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, and Automotive Ethernet
• Experience with AEC-Q100/200, CISPR 25, ISO 11452, and ISO 16750 (advantage: LV123, LV124, LV148)
• Hands-on, analytical, decisive; strong communication and moderation skills in German and English