Hardware Engineer

Electrical Hardware Engineer
Kelly SETT, a managed solution provider and business unit of Kelly Services, Inc., is currently seeking an
Electrical Hardware Engineer
for a multi-year engagement at one of our Global clients' Research and Development facilities in Auburn, MI
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Our client develops electronics, embedded systems, and magnetics, used in precision motor-controlled applications across multiple global industries.

This role is a full-time, fully benefited position. As a Kelly SETT employee, you will be eligible for Medical, Dental, 401K and a variety of other benefits to choose from. You will also receive a generous paid time off allowance, including holiday, vacation, and sick/personal time.

Position Overview
You will be a mid to senior level individual contributor on Mando's R&D team that develops custom electronic hardware for automotive applications. You will design, prototype and test custom electronics to the component level.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Deconstruct and combine, customer and internal requirements to specify hardware design requirements.
• Design (or verify if reusing existing design) analog & digital electronic circuits that meet customer requirements including selecting the capacitors, resistors, IC, etc.
• Board design & bring up using Altium
• Test and debug circuit with the aid of customer requirements, schematic, bill of materials, PCB layout artwork, etc.
• Develop tests (or update if reusing existing tests) to validate design to customer requirements.
• Work with suppliers to select appropriate components and ensure supply throughout the life of designed part
• Support calibration and EOL FFT stands and equipment
• Research innovative and effective solutions (circuit designs, component selections, etc.) to customer requirements
• Manage database of approved parts used across multiple projects

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with 5+ years hardware design or MS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with 3+ years hardware design, preferably for automotive systems (engine controls, or steering, or braking, etc.)

• Design, Build, and Test of Electrical Hardware Design and Processor Interfaces

• Design and develop schematics, analysis of circuit design to requirements, verification of performance to requirements

• Power Electronics Design and Analysis of 3 Phase machines - DC to DC conversion
• Analog & Digital Circuit design including power conversions, specifying convertors/invertors, board layout, system components.

• Schematic Capture and Circuit Analysis Tools

• Cadence for circuit analysis

• Altium for PCB layout

Preferred Competencies

• Familiarity with motors, sensors, and electromagnetics (EMI/EMC) desirable
• Familiarity with digital communications protocols (CAN, LIN, SENT, I2C, SPI, etc.) desirable

• Strong knowledge of Electrical Hardware and Microprocessor Architecture for automotive systems

• Experience determining the frequencies, impedances, mosfets

• Microcontroller programming to test hardware functionality a plus

• Bench, Test Stand, and Vehicle debug and analysis

Additional Useful Skills/experience

• Knowledge of Freescale, Infineon, TI processors
• Knowledge of ISO 26262 Safety Standards and Requirements is preferred
• Knowledge of Customer Specific CAN tools and Requirements (CANalyzer, CANape Preferred)
• Matlab/Simulink
• Excel/Visual Basic
• Thermal Analysis Tools, Ex. Ansys or Flowtherm
• IPC 610 Standards Class II and III, and other applicable IPC Standards Preferred

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As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending