Automotive Product Hardware Design Engineer

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From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

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Automotive Product Hardware Design Engineer

Leggett & Platt Automotive Detroit, Michigan, United States (On-site)

We make life more comfortable. Leggett & Platt's overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives - by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future. Leggett & Platt's inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People , we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products. From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries. Learn more about the history of Leggett:

Automotive Leggett & Platt Automotive is a global provider of lumbar systems, bolster systems, pneumatic massage systems, wire forms, mechanical control cables, as well as seat suspension, actuator, and motor systems. In addition to these award-winning, category-leading products, we offer tailored goods due to our expertise in product development and attention to market trends. Our unique competitive advantages give us unmatched insight into the demands of the consumer. Learn more about Leggett & Platt Automotive: Leggett & Platt Automotive

Purpose: As a Product Hardware Engineer you will have the opportunity to support project teams through research, design, and development of embedded electronic hardware including schematic design, design for EMC and hardware layout. Your contributions will have a direct impact on the business by providing global and regional engineering support. The team you will be working with is collaborative, strategic, and innovative and values challenging work and diversity of thought.

Responsibilities

• Utilize the ALM tool Codebeamer to analyze requirements to derive hardware design requirements, verification and validation criteria
• Develop Embedded Electronic solutions to meet customer needs through creative use of core product designs and new technologies by ensuring compliance to stakeholder requirements, IPC and other regulatory standards, utilizing best practices such as WCCA, thermal and EMC simulations and other such standard tools.
• Complete various engineering efforts to design, prototype and validate product design solutions in support of customer and internal core team timing requirements.
• Establish and maintain adequate records of technical information, process methods/std's, design and program details/info, and records to support/procure reliable patent actions.
• Ensure products are reviewed for best practice from a Design for Excellence (DFX) perspective including Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Cost (DFC), Design for Testability (DFT), and Design for Reliability (DFR) to ensure design delivery to product targets.
• Completes any other assignments, duties and projects that may be assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering.
• Experience/knowledge working with schematic entry and PCB layout design tools and their process (Cadence tool suite is an asset).
• Experience with schematic design, layout design, design for EMC, engineering calculations and analysis (e.g. WCCA and simulations).
• Experience working with standard automotive communication bus hardware integration (e.g. LIN and CAN).
• Experience in Troubleshooting with a Multimeter and Oscilloscope.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, communication skills and presentation skills.
• Preferred 1+ years of experience in an Automotive Embedded Hardware Product Design role
• Experience working with project launch cycles for automotive is an asset.
• Knowledge of automotive APQP terms is an asset.
• Knowledge of ISO-26262 Functional Safety and ASPICE is an asset.

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• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
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• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
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