Hardware Design Engineer

Ready to take on meaningful challenges and shape the next generation of mobility?Joining OPmobility means stepping into a global group with a purpose to keep people and goods moving safely, smarter, and sustainably everywhere.

Responsabilities 

Provide engineering design, development and production support for new exterior automotive lighting products to meet program timing and cost objectives

Maintain open lines of communication with external customer, internal project team and suppliers

Capture Hardware requirements for lamp electronics, LED Arrays & Lamp ECU’s

Provide detailed design of electrical circuit schematic in Company tools based on design library or design new circuits as needed by working with design team. 

Circuits may include LED driver modules, headlamp control modules, LED matrix drivers, DC/DC-SMPS, microcontrollers and LED arraysCircuit modeling, Worst Case Circuit Analysis and LED knowledge

Contribute on incorporating new circuits to the global standard circuit library and promote its utilization within the HW Team.

Develop best cost offer from HW BOM perspective, Maintain the electronics BOM cost during development phase and control the changes that impact the electronics cost model and develop technical argumentation against when needed.

Work with MCAD and ECAD engineers to ensure high quality circuit board and harness designs

Support electronics testing and validation to ensure design meets Company and OEM requirements

Maintain all HW relevant documentation and reports to company processes

Work with electronic manufacturing suppliers (EMS) or in-house facilities for manufacture of electronics.

Work with electronics component engineering and purchasing to create new parts in Company database for new circuits

Develop hardware test plans, DFMEA, new component selection, support Lamp test plan development

Achieve HW Deliverables due dates that are in line with Lead Electronics and Lamp delivery plan.

Experience requirements

Minimum 8 years of automotive electronics design, development and launch experience

Working level knowledge of modeling electronic circuits using simulation tools such as PSpice, LTSpice , MathLAB or equivalent.

Design for functional safety under ISO26262 standard.

Proficiency on EMC/EMI troubleshooting

Fluent in the use of electronic schematic capture tool Altium.

Familiar or knowledge of engineering tools such as Teamcenter, DOORS NG, Vector CANoe, Mathcad.

Design of Power Electronics: Switching Mode Power Supplies (SMPS), DC-DC converters, Linear regulators in automotive environment

Familiar with embedded systems like microcontrollers and LIN / CAN communication protocols. 

At OPmobility, people truly matter. We are committed to building inclusive teams, promoting diversity and equality, and ensuring that every application is considered fairly - because the future of mobility is built by diverse perspectives, bold ideas, and people who dare to move forward.Innovation is therefore not a buzzword, but a natural part of everyday work. You’ll grow in an international environment where cutting-edge technologies, industrial excellence, and real-world impact come together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow’s automotive industry.Founded in 1946 by Pierre Burelle, OPmobility, known until 2024 as Plastic Omnium, has transformed itself into a player in sustainable and connected mobility. Today, OPmobility develops technological solutions across four areas of expertise: exterior and lighting systems, the integration of complex modules, technologies related to energy storage, hydrogen and electrification, and a division dedicated to the development of embedded software and digital solutions.With €11.5 billion in revenue in 2025, 152 factories, 40 R&D centers, and nearly 38,100 employees across 28 countries, OPmobility combines global scale with local impact. All driven by a shared ambition to accelerate the automotive energy transition.