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Lighting Hardware Engineer

Full-time

Purple Hires Inc

Job Title: Lighting Hardware Engineer

Location: Allen Park, Michigan

Expertise: Automotive Exterior Lighting, Hardware & Power Electronics

Job Summary:

  • Develop automotive exterior lighting hardware for headlamps, signaling lamps, and rear combination lamps .
  • Handle end-to-end hardware development from architecture through production readiness.
  • Design system-level power architectures and LED driver strategies (linear vs. switching).
  • Work within EMI, thermal, cost, and functional safety constraints.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop hardware for automotive exterior lighting systems.
  • Implement LED driver and power electronics architectures .
  • Support ASIL QM/A/B functional safety requirements.
  • Integrate CAN-FD and LIN communication.
  • Perform Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA) and component derating.
  • Conduct thermal and reliability analysis , including DFMEA and MTBF .
  • Drive pre-compliance and compliance EMC testing .
  • Troubleshoot conducted and radiated emissions .
  • Resolve EMC issues through PCB layout, filtering, and architectural changes .
  • Ensure hardware meets production-readiness and reliability requirements.

Required Skills:

  • Automotive exterior lighting systems
  • Hardware development
  • Power electronics
  • LED drivers
  • EMI/EMC
  • CAN-FD / LIN
  • Functional safety (ASIL QM/A/B)
  • WCCA and derating
  • Thermal & reliability analysis
  • DFMEA / MTBF
  • PCB layout and EMC troubleshooting

Qualification:

  • BE / BS / B.Tech in Engineering.
Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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