Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Detroit, MI

Lead development and validation of optical film stacks and light-management technologies for automotive LCD and OLED displays. Evaluate films, polarizers, coatings, and bonding technologies; perform optical simulations and measurements; analyze brightness, contrast, glare, reflections, uniformity, and related performance data; collaborate with suppliers and display manufacturers; and mature validated optical solutions for production vehicle display programs.

Develop and mature next-generation OLED panel technologies for automotive displays. Responsibilities include evaluating pixel and tandem stack architectures, defining technology requirements, validating TCON and driver IC specifications, conducting optical simulations and bench testing, leading supplier testing under automotive conditions, analyzing panel performance data, resolving defects such as Mura and burn-in, and transferring production-ready technologies to Sourcing.

Leads development and maturation of next-generation automotive LCD panel technologies, including TFT backplanes, pixel structures, driver electronics, and halo mitigation. Evaluates emerging architectures, defines technical requirements, collaborates with display and semiconductor suppliers, conducts proof-of-concept builds and environmental validation, analyzes performance data, resolves panel defects, and transfers mature technologies toward sourcing and production readiness.

Leads design release and product development for exterior hardware and movable roof systems, including requirements, sourcing, supplier coordination, vehicle integration, verification and validation, cost control, DFMEA, engineering documentation, and launch activities. The role manages cross-functional Product Development Teams, resolves component and vehicle-level issues, supports build events, and drives design improvements and cost reductions.

Leads hardware design and execution for low-voltage automotive electric power components, including schematics, PCB layouts, embedded architectures, power distribution, validation, and production testing. Coordinates cross-functional teams and suppliers, resolves technical and manufacturing issues, supports vehicle integration, and drives quality, cost, timing, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance across the product lifecycle.

Maintains and troubleshoots server, storage, networking, cabling, and power hardware across a large-scale production data center fleet. Writes Python automation scripts, reviews logs and alerts, performs diagnostics, supports deployments, builds hardware health dashboards, coordinates with DevOps, supply chain, and vendors, and assists with hardware evaluation and reliability improvements. Requires on-call availability and travel to data center sites.

Designs and verifies ultra-high-speed PCB circuits and new routing-system hardware for Nokia’s Service Router products. Responsibilities include schematic and board design, simulation, design verification, production release, board bring-up, debugging, and hardware-lab testing. The role also maintains hardware and system integrity while collaborating with engineering teams to deliver reliable high-performance digital hardware.

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 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.

Lead hardware engineering activities for automotive Power Distribution Boxes and Battery Disconnect Units in low- and high-voltage environments. Design and review circuits, schematics, PCB layouts, and test cases; perform simulation, worst-case analysis, troubleshooting, testing, validation, and board bring-up. Communicate with customers, guide distributed team members, track requirements, and deliver project milestones on schedule.

Lead development of advanced inverter and power electronics hardware for electric vehicles. Design analog and digital circuits, high-voltage PCBs, magnetics, and fast-switching power stages. Perform signal and power integrity, electromagnetic, thermal, and worst-case analyses; optimize layouts for manufacturability, EMC, reliability, and performance. Collaborate with systems, mechanical, manufacturing, suppliers, and engineering teams through validation and production readiness.

Design and develop automotive embedded electronic hardware from requirements analysis and architecture through schematic design, PCB development, validation, and production launch. Perform engineering analyses, EMC compliance, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations. Collaborate with systems, software, mechanical, validation, manufacturing, quality, and customer teams. Provide technical leadership, support OEM and Tier 1 programs, and apply design-for-manufacturing, reliability, testing, and cost principles.

Own hardware strategy and lifecycle for industrial computer vision systems, including cameras, imaging components, edge computing, networking, power delivery, testing, sourcing, compliance, and fleet support. Specify and validate hardware for manufacturing environments, develop standardized BOMs, assess environmental performance, support GigE Vision and PLC integrations, manage certifications, and collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, IT, cybersecurity, vendors, and plant stakeholders. The role requires full-time daily onsite work in Detroit, Michigan.

Integrates sensing devices into vehicle subsystems, especially exterior lighting. Maintains interface control strategies, technical specifications, and commodity documentation. Owns component development through requirements, design, validation, launch, and production support while applying DFMEA, APQP, PPAP, ECM, CAD/PLM, structural analysis, GD&T, and structured problem-solving methods.

Tests, validates, and troubleshoots next-generation cloud server hardware for performance, power, reliability, and quality. Develops test scripts, documents results, identifies defects, recommends improvements, and resolves hardware issues across engineering and manufacturing environments. Requires hands-on embedded systems debugging, Linux and scripting experience, and knowledge of server architecture, firmware, operating systems, networking, storage, and hardware acceleration technologies.

Develop and operate Akamai’s Linux-based cloud infrastructure, including bare-metal and virtual machine platforms, kernels, operating systems, and KVM/QEMU virtualization. Build software, automation, observability, and infrastructure enhancements at scale; troubleshoot complex distributed-system issues; collaborate across engineering and operations; mentor team members; and participate in on-call service restoration.

Designs and maintains high-speed digital hardware for Nokia Service Router products. Responsibilities include ultra-high-speed PCB circuit design, simulation, verification testing, board bring-up, laboratory debugging, and taking complex board designs from concept through production release. The role requires collaboration with engineering teams, ownership of hardware integrity, and practical use of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and digital debugging tools.

Designs and develops FPGA SmartNIC networking acceleration for Microsoft Azure. Responsibilities include hardware architecture evaluation, RTL coding in Verilog/SystemVerilog, simulation, hardware testing, debugging, verification, scripting, software development, Agile collaboration, and production DevOps support. The role partners across hardware and software teams to deliver cloud networking infrastructure, including SDN capabilities, packet manipulation, and performance improvements.

Develops and integrates hardware-in-the-loop applications for vehicle, system, and subsystem testing. Responsibilities include HiL architecture, test stand infrastructure upgrades, control-system integration, test automation, data acquisition, reporting, equipment specifications, and technical support. The role requires engineering expertise in dSPACE, Vector CANoe/CANalyzer, LabVIEW, electronics, instrumentation, signal conditioning, and automotive testing.

The role involves optimizing hardware support within a software stack for AI model deployment, collaborating with teams and hardware vendors to enhance performance and portability across platforms.

Designs electrical control systems for conveyor and material-handling equipment, including power calculations, 480V and 120V schematics, I/O drawings, PLC and panel layouts, field-device layouts, and material specifications. Collaborates with customers, sales engineers, and project managers to define requirements. Inspects, tests, commissions, and troubleshoots motor control panels for compliance with design standards, codes, and project specifications.

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.

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.

Develop and own compute and GPU server platforms from architecture through global deployment. Responsibilities include schematic and layout reviews, design for manufacturability, new product introduction, board and system bring-up, validation, debugging, firmware and BIOS feature management, technology qualification, and vendor coordination. The role requires hands-on server architecture, board-level design, Linux and scripting expertise, platform validation, and five-day-per-week presence in the Cambridge office.

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.