Hardware engineer

Requirements:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in hardware engineering, ideally within, industrial electronics, automotive systems, or embedded electronics environments.
• Strong experience across the full hardware development V-model lifecycle.
• Proven expertise in one or more of the following areas:
• Customer requirement review and technical alignment.
• Hardware requirements specification.
• Hardware architecture design.
• Electronic circuit design.
• Simulations, calculations, and prototype PCB development.
• PCB layout design and reviews.
• Production data preparation and EMS industrialization support.
• PCB manufacturing data, BOM management, and End-of-Line (EOL) test specifications.
• Hardware commissioning, validation, and laboratory testing support.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and rapidly integrate into an established engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Support hardware development activities throughout the complete V-model lifecycle.
• Review and align customer requirements and translate them into hardware specifications.
• Develop hardware architectures and electronic circuit designs for new and existing products.
• Perform engineering calculations, simulations, and prototype PCB development to validate concepts.
• Create, review, and support PCB layouts to ensure manufacturability and performance requirements.
• Prepare production data packages, BOMs, and technical documentation for manufacturing and industrialization.
• Define and support End-of-Line testing strategies and hardware verification activities.
• Commission and debug hardware in the laboratory environment.
• Collaborate closely with test engineers and support automated hardware and pack-level testing activities.
• Act as a senior technical contributor, providing guidance and driving engineering decisions where required.

Logistics:

• Location: Graz, Austria.
• Onsite requirement: Minimum 3 days per week.
• 40 hours per week
• Contract duration: 12 months preferred, with potential extension.
• Start: October
• Eligibility: EU citizen required.
• Seniority: Senior-level professional capable of operating autonomously with limited onboarding and supervision.