Senior Product Development Engineer - Electrical Engineering

Your Job

As an Electrical Product Design & Test Engineer within Vehicle Sensing Solutions (VSS), you will serve as the primary regional electrical and electronics engineering link between the Global Product Development Team, Chinese automotive customers, EMC/validation laboratories, suppliers, and manufacturing operations.

This role is focused on the electrical hardware lifecycle, spanning schematic review/layout optimization, electrical verification, EMC/EMI qualification, environmental testing, and manufacturing test support. You will play a critical role in ensuring the successful implementation, electrical robustness, and local compliance of globally developed sensor technologies within the China market. You will provide local ownership for hardware design changes, circuit simulations, signal integrity, ASIC/microcontroller integration, and continuous electrical reliability improvements.

The successful candidate will work closely with global electrical design teams and local validation labs to bring new sensor products to production and ensure long-term electrical and functional safety success throughout the product lifecycle.

•Global Engineering Collaboration

oServe as the primary China-based electrical engineering representative for globally developed VSS sensor products.

•Customer Technical Support (Electrical & EMC)

oSupport Product Management and Field Apps Engineers to address customer queries and support sensor integration. Travel to customer location as needed.

oRepresent regional customer electrical requirements to global engineering and product management organization.

•Prototype Development and Testing

oSupport prototype development for new design concepts in collaboration with global Cross-functional Teams.

oIdentify electrical design risks and drive mitigation plans.

oSupport prototype hardware bring-up, bench testing, and engineering sample evaluation for customer and internal testing.

•Product Design & Development

oSupport detailed schematic design, PCB layout optimization, and component selection with global engineering teams.

oReview electrical designs for DFM, DFT readiness, signal integrity, power management, and regional regulatory compliance.

oParticipate in Engineering Analyses such as FMEA, WCCA, MTTF.

oSupport global electrical design reviews, schematic/PCB layout reviews

•Product Verification & Validation

oCollaborate with DFR Engineers to develop electrical, ENV and EMC test plan.

oPartner closely with China-based Validation laboratories to execute Electrical ENV and EMC test plans.

•Failure Analysis

oSupport root cause analysis (RCA) of field failures, ENV, EMV, Electrical failures.

oDrive containment and corrective actions, and design updates as required.

•Manufacturing Support

oRepresent product engineering during production line setup. Work directly with manufacturing engineers to support debugging SMT, EOL, ICT etc. as needed. 

oSupport reviewing PFMEA, electrical test control plans, capability studies, and hardware readiness activities.

•Production & Lifecycle Support

oProvide ongoing sustaining electrical engineering support for released products (e.g., component obsolescence redesigns, second-source semiconductor qualifications).

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

•Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, or related discipline.

•5+ years of automotive electronic hardware development, electrical testing, or sensor design experience.

•Hands-on laboratory experience utilizing oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, signal generators, and power supplies.

•Strong working knowledge of automotive EMC/EMI standards (CISPR 25, ISO 11452, ISO 7637) and qualification methodologies (DV/PV testing).

•Strong understanding of APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA, and automotive product development processes.

•Ability to communicate effectively in both English and Mandarin.

•Strong analytical, schematic-reading, and structured problem-solving skills.

What Will Put You Ahead

•Experience with automotive sensing technologies and their front-end conditioning circuitry (e.g., Accelerometers, Magnetic/Hall-effect sensors, Pressure sensors, temperature sensors).

•Familiarity with automotive communication protocols (A2B, LIN, CAN, CAN-FD, SENT, analog ratiometric outputs).

•Experience supporting Chinese OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.

•Knowledge of functional safety standards (ISO 26262), IATF 16949, and ASPICE.

•Experience with PCB design tools (e.g., Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro) and circuit simulation (SPICE).

•Familiarity with semiconductor manufacturing, IC packaging, and/or sensor calibration methods.

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