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Application and Validation Engineer (General Sensors)

FORVIA HELLA
Northville, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Jun 2026

About the role

Application and Validation Engineer (General Sensors)

Location Northville, USA

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 36,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.1 billion in fiscal year 2024.

YOUR TASKS

FORVIA - HELLA is seeking its next great Application and Validation Engineer (General Sensors) to join our human resources team. The primary function of this role is to support our dynamic employee compensation and benefit packages.  This individual will be joining a well established group that is focused on supporting our internal associates.

About Us
FORVIA - HELLA is  a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier operating under the umbrella brand FORVIA. Within this factual group, HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, the Company covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special-purpose vehicles with its Lifecycle Solutions business group. HELLA has around 36,000 employees at more than 125 locations worldwide and generated sales of €4.4 billion in the seven-month short fiscal year 2022.

Daily Responsibilities

  • Serve as the on site technical expert for application related topics
  • Analyze customer test requirements and internal test specifications
  • Coordinate with global testing team all activities to ensure alignment and standardization of test methods
  • Execute vehicle level testing in Rain Chamber as well as Road Tests.  Document evaluation results in official reports with the global engineering team.
  • Create evaluation reports and present to internal and external stakeholders
  • Maintain rain chamber equipment maintenance schedule

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, or related field.
  • Self starter, ability to work with little to no daily supervision.
  • 1+ years of experience conducting sensor application work: Familiarity with LIN CAN and Vector tools a plus
  • Ability to support vehicle level testing in chamber as well as road test drives to collect data.  Certain tests may require night driving occasionally
  • Valid driver’s license with no active restrictions
  • Good communication skills (verbal and written) are a must

Why Forvia Hella?

  • Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours
  • Industry leading health benefits program
  • Lucrative PTO policy
  • Competitive 401K matching
  • Extensive career and training opportunities
  • Annual Bonuses
  • On campus restaurant as well as employee water and coffee services
  • Team and company wide events
  • And much more!

Please feel free to apply if you do not meet 100% of the positional requirements. Forvia Hella is dedicated to the development and future advancement of all our employees.


Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

Please send us your application via our career portal, stating your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, with the reference number req18331. 

HELLA Electronics Corp., USA
Eric Spence
  

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