Hardware Engineer
Alten Technology · Southfield, Michigan, United States ·
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Hardware
- Company size
- 1000+
Hardware Team Lead at ALTEN Technology USA designing Power Distribution Boxes (PDB/BDU) for an automotive client. Day to day combines hands-on circuit design, schematic capture and PCB review, SPICE simulation, worst-case analysis, and board bring-up/testing with leading a distributed team and communicating with the customer.
We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
We are looking for Hardware Team Lead, must combine strong technical expertise with leadership, customer-facing communication, and delivery responsibility. The project focuses on Power Distribution Boxes (PDB / BDU) for automotive client and experience in low and high voltage environments is critical.
Key Requirements:
The ideal profile should demonstrate:
- Strong hands-on circuit design skills
- Experience with schematic tools (DxDesigner preferred; Altium, Or Cadence, etc. accepted if strong)
- Solid PCB design/layout exposure
- Background in Power Distribution / automotive LV & HV systems
- Simulation experience (SPICE) and strong troubleshooting skills
- Ability to design, analyze, and validate circuits independently
Strong experience in:
- Power supply design
- MOSFET-based circuits
- Worst-case analysis (must-have)
- Testing, validation, and board bring-up (critical)
In addition, the candidate must be able to:
- Design and review schematics, PCB layouts, and test cases
- Perform and support testing activities (this is done by the team, not a separate function)
- Communicate issues clearly to customers
- Lead and guide team members across locations
- Deliver milestones on time
Tools like DOORS and JIRA for requirements tracking are a plus.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
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