Hardware Design Engineer
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - PRISMA in Bolzano
We are looking for a Hardware Design Engineer (m/f/d) to join our team in Italy and contribute to the next generation of innovative lighting solutions.
Your responsibilities
- Design and develop electronic hardware architectures for automotive lighting systems
- Develop LED driver circuits, LED PCBAs, headlamp control modules, and power management solutions (SMPS, DC/DC converters, linear regulators)
- Create electrical schematics, select automotive-grade components, and prepare hardware documentation including eBOMs
- Perform circuit simulation, worst-case analysis, and tolerance analysis
- Define PCB placement, routing, and stack-up requirements and support PCB layout activities using Altium Designer
- Review PCB layouts regarding electrical robustness, EMC compliance, thermal performance, and manufacturability
- Support hardware testing, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis
- Collaborate with mechanical, optical, and software engineering teams for system integration
- Support automotive communication interfaces such as CAN and LIN
- Contribute to DFMEA, test planning,
design rules, and quality documentation
- Maintain hardware documentation according to automotive and internal standards
Your profile
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field
- Experience in hardware design within automotive or industrial electronics
- Strong knowledge of power electronics, LED driver circuits, and mixed-signal design
- Experience with circuit simulation tools (PSpice, LTSpice, Matlab, or equivalent)
- Proficiency in Altium Designer and PCB design principles
- Understanding of EMC requirements and automotive communication systems
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
- Hands-on mindset and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams
- Good communication skills in Italian and English
Languages
Italian and English
What we offer
- Permanent employment
- A collaborative team of highly motivated and qualifi