Hardware integration Engineer
Woerden - Netherlands
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Job Summary
Motion Controls International (MCi) a Flex company is the global market leader in mirror glass and power-folding actuators. As part of our continued growth MCi is expanding its portfolio into advanced automotive actuation solutions including Active Aerodynamics and Motor Cooling Management systems.
To support our continued growth and the development of next-generation automotive actuation products we are looking for a Hardware Integration Engineer to join our team in Woerden Netherlands.
In this role you will be responsible for supporting the hardware development lifecycle from requirements definition through integration validation and production support. You will work on automotive actuator systems involving motors sensors microcontrollers electronics and embedded systems collaborating closely with multidisciplinary Agile teams to deliver robust and high-quality hardware solutions.
What a typical day looks like
- Define manage and maintain hardware requirements and traceability.
- Support electronic hardware architecture schematic design and PCB review activities.
- Select and evaluate components such as microcontrollers sensors motor drivers transceivers and power devices.
- Work on motor and actuator development including DC and BLDC motor applications.
- Perform hardware/software integration debugging and root cause analysis.
- Support verification validation EMC and reliability testing activities.
- Build modify and validate prototype circuits test setups harnesses and development fixtures.
- Use laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes multimeters logic analyzers power supplies and signal generators for bench-level troubleshooting.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and collaborate closely with Product Owners and engineering stakeholders.
The experience were looking to add to our team
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Electronics Mechatronics or a similar technical field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in hardware or automotive electronics development.
- Experience with microcontroller-based embedded systems and actuator applications.
- Strong knowledge of hardware requirements engineering analog and digital circuit design and component selection.
- Hands-on experience in electronics assembly bring-up debugging hardware prototyping PCB testing soldering/rework and prototype validation.
- Ability to develop and execute hardware verification integration and validation tests for motors sensors actuators microcontrollers and communication interfaces such as LIN CAN UART SPI and I2C.
- Experience with ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers LIN CAN SPI I2C UART PWM DC and BLDC motor control and hardware/software integration.
- Knowledge of automotive development processes; ASPICE experience is preferred.
- Agile mindset strong ownership proactive communication teamwork problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
What youll receive for the great work you provide
- Development opportunities and clear career growth paths.
- Be part of a collaborative engineering team developing innovative automotive technologies.
- Open culture where ideas and continuous improvement are encouraged.
- Diverse work with broad technical responsibilities.
- Flexible working hours.
- Hybrid working model with 1 day per week working from home.
- Professional and international work environment.
- 8% holiday allowance.
- Bonus plan.
- Discount on selected insurance packages.
- 50/50 pension contribution.
This role is open to both internal and external applicants.
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