Senior Hardware Engineer

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Automotive

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.

• Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
• Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
• Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment

About the Role

The Hardware Senior Engineer/Expert is a member of a global HW development team to realize telematics and connectivity functions in automotive IVI and telematics systems, which includes assessment of requirements and feasibility, definition of suitable concepts, implementation and verification.

Your Team

You will be part of Telematics Development/ Engineering Team inside the SBU Connectivity, reporting to the Team Leader HW Engineering or/and to Director Hardware Engineering.

What You Will Do

• Sr. Hardware Engineer in BU Connectivity HW department
• Assist of resource planning, tracking & prioritizing in the scope of a project
• Development, test and verification of analog and digital functional blocks (e.g. power supplies, MCU/SoC/HU units, …) within complex hardware architectures under consideration of quality, cost, Harman Guidelines and suitability for series
• Direct and assist the bring up and debugging of new design prototypes, specifying testing parameters and procedures
• Functional Safety
  Develop HW functional blocks and systems maintaining the aspects of functional safety (ISO 26262), where applicable. Review overall HW design under functional safety aspects and guide team members to develop HW meeting the ISO26262.
• Creation of measurement reports and technical documentation
• Schematic entry and variant management
• Signal- and Power-Integrity Simulations to ensure that the design is respecting the given requirements
• Layout review and layout in depth guidance together with the experts to ensure the correct functionality of the design
• Assisting in the technical requirements specification of purchased parts, of functional blocks, and the evaluation and selection of suitable supplier considering the road map
• Realization of system designs, schematics and/or schematics integration of hardware applications in the range of medium to high complexity under consideration of Harman guidelines
• Global cooperation with other departments as Construction Mechanical, Quality, Manufacturing and Software during the development process
• Maintenance support
• Technical support for internal and/or external staff in the industrialization of function items in an international environment
• Perform technical measurements on customer site ( EMC, Thermal, functional )

What You Need to Be Successful

• Minimum of bachelor degree in engineering (Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering or appropriate graduation)
• At least 3 years professional experience in the HW development and verification of analog/digital applications and standalone functional units
• Knowledge of Hardware and Software Technology in automotive area
• Experience as a hardware engineer in the development of analogue and digital circuits and systems.
• Knowledge of tools for schematic/layout realization and simulation (e.g. Mentor Graphics, SPICE, …) as well as Microsoft applications
• Knowledge of the requirements inside the automotive area, especially for EMC
• Knowledge of commonly used interfaces in telematic systems (PCIe, UART, Ethernet, I2C, I2S, SPI, USB …) appreciated
• ISO 26262 Experience in Automotive products is appreciated
• Good knowledge in spoken and written English
• Creativity and analytical thinking