Automotive Hardware Engineer
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Description
Responsibilities:
- Act as the technical coordination point between customer teams and offshore/onshore engineering teams
- Review and clarify technical requirements, inputs, deliverables, and development status with customers
- Understand customer automotive hardware development processes and provide knowledge transfer to offshore teams
- Support bilingual communication and translation of technical documents between Japanese and English
- Support hardware system and PCBA development activities throughout the product lifecycle
- Review and support hardware design activities including circuit design, schematic implementation, and manufacturing processes
- Participate in design analysis activities such as FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, and WCCA
- Support Design Validation/Product Validation testing, compliance validation, and reliability testing activities
- Coordinate with cross functional teams including Software, Mechanical, PCB, Procurement, and AI development teams
- Support issue tracking, technical reviews, and project status reporting
- Work with Japan-based test laboratories for compliance and reliability testing support
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Embedded Systems, or related field
- 7+ years' experience in automotive hardware system or PCBA development
- Understanding of automotive hardware development lifecycle and validation process
- Experience with hardware design analysis methodologies such as FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, and WCCA
- Knowledge of circuit design, schematics, PCB development, and manufacturing processes
- Experience supporting DV/PV testing and reliability validation activities
- Ability to coordinate with multiple engineering teams in global development environments
- Native level Japanese and business level English communication skills
- Experience working with Japanese customers or offshore development teams is preferred
- Knowledge of automotive functional safety or ISO 26262 is an advantage
- Strong communication, coordination, and problem solving skills