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The Opportunity:
Driving better future mobility
VS (Vehicle component Solutions) Company (https://www.lg.com/global/mobility) of LG Electronics focuses on commercializing environmentally responsible automotive components and core solutions based on LG’s proprietary technologies. A leading provider of core components for global car manufacturers, VS Company is supporting the emerging trend of the vehicle industry.
Development Engineer II - Connectivity Module HW
This job requires technical experiences related to building cutting-edge product and Development experiences. This position needs to have comfortable working with the manufacturing industry as well as high technology-driven products with LG and customers. This role is focused on developing a project and deeply involving technical requirements in the development as well as issue resolving. Customer & Tier companies communication and development management to ensure strength and innovation in the LG automotive business. This role is directly influencing the integration project development across all LG and automotive manufactures and requires a confidant with identifying problems, communicating the concerns and driving for closure in order to deliver the best development quality within the time frame with build trust while demonstrating excellent features implementation and problem resolving skills. This role must play nice with others, have a humble service mindset, and be a results-driven self-motivator. This role requires strong collaboration skills, a humble service mindset, and the ability to independently drive results.
Responsibilities:
- Resolving Hardware issues and communicate the customer to handle the issues.
- Manage OEM customer design request, develop APQP and manage 3rd party solution
- Support to identify and manage all feature issues, publish a weekly report
- Support cross-functional teams Validation, Manufacturing, Sales and Quality, customers
- Communicate with LGE HQ cross-functional teams not limited to program
- Support multiple teams such as program management, validation, quality team.
- Release weekly development progress report and communicate with customer's engineers.
- Vehicle Infotainment & Telematics feature and Vehicle interface technology products preferred.
- Automotive materials or service new technologies to industry players.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- 3+ years or equivalent experience in automotive
- Prior experience or knowledge of:
- Managing multiple technical projects simultaneously and delivering to agreed-upon cost, quality, and timing expectations
- Automotive development process or service new technologies to industry players
- Vehicle Infotainment features & Telematics and Vehicle interface technology products
- Hardware development skill (EE design process including schematic design, board layout, circuit analysis, Wi-Fi/Modem/BLE/Bluetooth/UWB/Cellular)
- Working across multiple disciplines (SiriusXM, Carplay, Android Auto, Bluetooth, WiFi, Audio sound control, RF, OTA, VIF, CPU&Micom, Network, Hardware, testing)
- Leading and manage engagements with customers (mostly internal), collaborators, and 3rd party developers
- MS office software applications
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with transparency
- Strong commitment to quality and attention to detail
- Desire to learn constantly and dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies
- Passion for technology and problem solving
- Maintain regular on-site attendance at the designated work location
- Conduct work activities and/or attend occasional meetings after regular business hours when necessary.
- Maintain respectful work-related interactions and communications at all times.
- Adhere to all established company policies and procedures, work rules, and code of conduct.
Travel/Physical Requirements:
- Up to 15% travel(domestic and international)
- Use of X-ray equipment and environmental chambers
- Ability to:
- Sit/Drive and/or test in a vehicle for up to 8 hours a day, up to 4 hours at a time
- Ability to lift/carry up to 30lb samples, benches, box and tools
- Interact with display/center controller/steering wheel while driving or while stationary testing
Preferred:
- Prior experience with:
- IATF 16949 certification
- APQP&FMEA certification
Benefits Offered Full-Time Employees:
- No-cost employee premiums for you and your eligible dependents for competitive medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits.
- Auto enrollment with immediate vesting of competitive company matching contributions in a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with several investment options.
- Generous Paid Time Off program that includes company holidays and a combined bank of paid sick and vacation time.
- Performance based Short-Term Incentives (varies by role).
- Access to confidential mental health resources to help you and your loved ones improve your quality of life. Personal fitness goal incentives.
- Family orientated benefits such as paid parental leave and support for families raising children with learning, social, behavioral challenges, or developmental disabilities.
- Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance.
Benefits Offered Temporary/Contractors:
- Eligible for the relevant benefit programs offered through our partner agencies.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- 3 or more years of automotive experience or equivalent experience
- Experience managing multiple technical projects and delivering to cost, quality, and timing expectations
- Knowledge of automotive development processes or new technology services
- Knowledge of vehicle infotainment, telematics, and vehicle interface technology products
- Hardware development experience, including electrical engineering design processes, schematic design, board layout, and circuit analysis
- Experience with Wi-Fi, modem, BLE, Bluetooth, UWB, or cellular technologies
- Experience working across multiple disciplines, including RF, OTA, audio, networking, hardware, and testing
- Experience leading engagements with customers, collaborators, and third-party developers
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Regular on-site attendance at the designated work location
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 15%
- IATF 16949 certification
- APQP and FMEA certification
LG Electronics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LG Electronics and has not been reviewed or approved by LG Electronics.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as a standout part of the package, including instances of fully company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums. This strength often elevates overall satisfaction with total rewards even when base pay is debated.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with employer matching, which is repeatedly positioned as a meaningful component of total compensation. The presence of matching contributions supports the perceived stability of long-term benefits.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Overtime pay and performance bonuses are cited as meaningful additions to take-home earnings in certain roles. These incentives can materially improve overall compensation value, particularly for hourly and shift-based work.
LG Electronics Insights
What We Do
At LG, we deliver products and services that make lives better, easier and happier though increased functionality and fun. Put simply, we offer the latest innovations to make “Life Good” – from home appliances, consumer electronics and B2B solutions to innovations in digital signage, air conditioning, solar and vehicle components. As a global leader, we strive for greatness in product leadership, market leadership and people leadership to realize our growth strategies.
