Top Hardware Engineer Jobs in Detroit, MI

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.

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.

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