Hardware Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Support Design to Cost and Value competitiveness teams to promote cost reduction initiatives.
• HW re-design of the products to achieve economic advantages.
• HW characterization.
• Collaborate with the development team to simplify and make products and platforms more competitive (i.e. HW components selection and HW architecture definition).
• Support the Team in assessing the possible impacts of each change and estimating the efforts, the costs and the timing associated with implementing each initiative.
• Interact with Vendors to identify and optimize more cost-effective alternative solutions and components. Meet and monitor Suppliers Road maps with particular reference to costs.
• Support and participate to Cost Optimization and Value competitiveness workshops to assess, propose, and estimate cost down proposals.
• Assure the projects’ cross fertilization from developed actions and consolidate knowledge in form of lesson learnt.
• Manage and release related product and project documentation.
• Tracking initiatives on the dedicated Tool.

REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION (SCHOOL/SPECIALIZATION):

LANGUAGES:

• Previous work experience (minimum 8 years) in Electronics HW design for automotive electro-mechanical assemblies
• Knowledge of HW specifications of electronic components and devices and their influence in the realization of a project
• Knowledge of RISC Microprocessors: 32 bit and 64 bit Arm Cortex microcontroller
• Knowledge of LTE and 5G Modem SoCs
• Knowledge of automotive components: PMICs, Memories, Connectivity SoCs / ICs, A/V Controllers, CAN Transceivers, LED Drivers, etc.
• Knowledge of electromechanical devices (e.g. stepper motors, relays) and gate drivers
• Knowledge of component placement rules on PCBs

OTHER INFORMATION & SPECIFIC SKILLS

• Knowledge of the Cadence Allegro Platform
• Knowledge of HW components application in automotive
• Knowledge of Automotive electronic device (e.g. Radio, Display, Body Computer, etc.) architectures
• Knowledge of Automotive Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference (EMC/EMI) standards
• Knowledge of Automotive Functional Safety ISO 26262
• Knowledge of Road Vehicles Cybersecurity ISO 21434
• Knowledge of PCB Assembly processes
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing
• Knowledge of Testing for Electronics Manufacturing
• Knowledge of automotive electronic product validation
• Knowledge of HW components production technologies related costs
• Knowledge of main HW components Suppliers
• Knowledge of data management
• Knowledge about Jira, Appian SW
• Team working
• High accountability (externally and internally)
• Good communication and presentation skills