Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Detroit, MI

Design and develop mechanical components and electrical control units for next-generation vehicle electronics. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, tolerance analysis, design calculations, prototyping, testing, validation documentation, and integration with electrical and PCBA systems. The engineer will collaborate with internal teams and Tier 1 suppliers, assess semiconductor selections, communicate design risks, and help establish enterprise mechanical design strategies.

Leads the design release of propulsion controller hardware for production vehicles. Owns hardware requirements, supplier negotiations, electrical and mechanical interfaces, design reviews, prototypes, PPAP readiness, and warranty-quality targets. Coordinates cross-functional product development teams, supports sourcing, validates hardware for vehicle milestones, and provides technical leadership and mentorship.

Design and develop wireless power transfer and energy-harvesting hardware for IoT and wearable devices. Apply power electronics, RF and electromagnetic theory to create ICs and circuits, integrate solutions into scalable systems, optimize energy efficiency, and drive sustainable innovation for large sensor networks.

Owns the hardware lifecycle for GPU and infrastructure assets, including fleet health monitoring, vendor RMA workflows, firmware and BIOS upgrades, burn-in testing, failure investigation, inventory accuracy, capacity planning, spare-parts strategy, runbook creation, and new platform qualification. The role serves as the technical owner of physical compute platforms and supports high-density GPU infrastructure across sites.

Lead design, development, validation, and release of vehicle thermal management components and subsystems. Manage supplier relationships, define interface requirements, perform analytical validation (FEA/CFD/modal), coordinate cross-functional activities, resolve production issues, and drive continuous improvement to meet performance, cost, manufacturability, and quality targets.

Design, develop, and validate electronic hardware for automotive control modules. Responsibilities include schematic design, circuit analysis, PCB layout oversight, BOM selection, testing (including EMC), troubleshooting, and cross-functional/customer coordination through prototype, pre-production, and product release.

Design and verify in-vehicle high-speed network hardware (Layer 1-2). Lead SI simulations, lab validation, design reviews, component qualification, root-cause analysis, and cross-team technical guidance for automotive networking interfaces.

Lead hardware and software core development for ADAS sensors across vehicle programs. Own requirements, design reviews, sourcing, failure mode and functional safety analyses, validation and launch support, supplier management, and quality documentation (DFMEA, DVP&R, WCCA). Troubleshoot hardware/software/packaging issues, define testing and durability needs, and drive warranty reduction and continuous improvement.

Lead development of high-fidelity component plant models in MATLAB/Simulink for electrical, mechanical, and software interfaces. Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to parameterize, validate, and integrate models into CoSim/SIL/HIL environments (FMU export). Define modeling standards, lead correlation/validation strategies, document assumptions, and mentor peers to scale virtual hardware modeling across programs.

Develop high-fidelity MATLAB/Simulink component plant models that emulate electrical, mechanical, and software interfaces. Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to define requirements, parameterize and validate models, export FMUs for co-simulation, integrate models into vehicle-level sims, run virtual tests and what-if studies, document assumptions and validation, and help define modeling standards and best practices.

Validate server hardware components and new platform designs through power, thermal, performance, firmware, and automation testing. Maintain hardware test infrastructure, document technical findings, coordinate with ODM/OEM partners, and collaborate with software teams on BIOS, kernel, and firmware optimization. The role requires expertise in server architectures, validation methodologies, Linux, Python, Bash, Redfish, IPMI, and industry standards including PCIe, NVMe, and DDR.

Pipeline hiring for hardware engineers at all experience levels. Work includes circuit board design, schematic capture, component selection and prototype bring-up, hardware debug/testing and failure analysis, integration with firmware/software teams, and design for manufacturability with production handoff.

This role involves developing and executing hardware testing plans and procedures, analyzing test results, and maintaining test equipment for validation in the automotive sector.

Design electrical control solutions: create schematics, panel layouts, BOMs, size components, calculate power/SCCR/heat, ensure NEC & UL508A compliance, design PLC/servo systems, collaborate with customers and project teams.

Design, develop, and validate electronic hardware for automotive control modules. Responsibilities include schematic design, circuit analysis, PCB layout oversight, BOM selection, prototype and production support, DFMEA/WCCA/thermal analysis, EMC validation and troubleshooting, customer liaison, and cross-functional coordination with software, production, and purchasing teams.

Designs and leads safety-critical embedded firmware for automotive hardware safety and power systems. Responsibilities include architecting safe-state strategies, power sequencing, thermal monitoring, watchdog systems, low-level drivers, diagnostic frameworks, and HALs for ARM-based SoCs. The role requires FreeRTOS or SafeRTOS expertise, ISO 26262 ASIL-B/C knowledge, register-level debugging, hardware-software safety integration, code reviews, failure analysis, and mentoring engineers.

Lead standardization strategy for optical transport and Ethernet technologies, develop and advocate contributions to standards bodies (ITU‑T, IEEE, OIF, OpenROADM), coordinate with PLMs and R&D, report progress internally, provide technical influence and guidance, and represent Nokia at standards meetings and industry events.

Lead architecture, development, and deployment of end‑of‑line manufacturing test systems for electronic and electromechanical products. Own test strategy, supplier engagements, installation/validation, data analysis to improve yield and OEE, and ensure compliance. Mentor junior engineers and support NPI, DFT, and continuous improvement across cross‑functional teams.

Debug and resolve complex hardware/software issues for manufacturing test stations. Lead commissioning and release-to-manufacturing of opto-electrical test stations, improve test uptime, provide documentation and support to contract manufacturers and vendors, coordinate equipment RFQs/RMAs, and use AI tools for data analysis.

Design, develop, and validate electronic hardware for automotive control modules. Responsibilities include schematic design, circuit and thermal analysis, PCB layout oversight, BOM selection, supplier interfacing, prototype and production support, EMC testing, customer liaison, and documentation for software-hardware integration.

Provides technical leadership and customer support for Marvell switching, PHY, and processor SoC products. Architects hardware solutions, investigates and reproduces hardware and software issues, performs schematic reviews, debugs boot sequencing and customer-reported problems, and supports Linux BSPs, U-Boot, device drivers, and board designs. Serves as a liaison among customers, Avnet field applications engineers, and Marvell engineering teams, while delivering training and occasional customer-site support.

Design and release brake control hardware (ABS, ESC, electronic brake boosters) including CAD/BOM management, supplier integration, FMVSS compliance, feasibility and manufacturability analyses, FMEA/functional safety, cross-functional vehicle interface coordination, and support for vehicle, rig, and HIL testing to deliver cost‑effective, production-ready systems.

Design, build, and operate reliable backend systems while mentoring engineers, participating in design discussions, and improving system performance.