Hardware Engineer
Summary
Maintains and improves existing softstarter electronics within a client R&D care team in Västerås: handling component obsolescence, quality issues and cost optimisation, updating schematics/PCB requirements, and running verification, type and EMC testing in the lab at voltages up to ~1000 V.
Hardware Engineer – Softstarter
Location: Västerås, Sweden
Are you an experienced Hardware Engineer who enjoys hands-on lab work and keeping industrial products reliable and competitive?
About the assignment
You will join an agile R&D organisation, mainly in a care team responsible for the existing product portfolio. The focus is on maintaining and improving current products rather than designing new ones from scratch. Typical work includes handling obsolete components, quality issues, cost optimisation and new customer requirements.
What you will do
Maintain and improve existing electronics hardware
Handle obsolescence: find and qualify replacement components and new suppliers
Investigate and solve quality problems
Update schematics and define PCB layout requirements when changes are needed
Plan and perform verification, type testing and EMC testing in the lab
Work with voltage levels up to approximately 1000 V
Take technical decisions and document solutions for production
Collaborate with software, system architecture, product management, production and suppliers
Must have
B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, Embedded Systems or a related field
Experience in electronics hardware development in an industrial environment
At least 2 years of hands-on laboratory experience, with the ability to work independently in the lab
Experience with circuit design, schematics, simulation tools and prototype testing
Ability to independently drive hardware activities
Fluent English, written and spoken
Meritorious
EMC design and EMC/type testing
Experience with voltage levels up to 1000 V
Product maintenance or obsolescence management
Application-oriented mindset
Swedish language skills
