Principal Engineer

Electronic Hardware Design Engineer

Littelfuse is one of America's Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Seeking an Electronic Hardware Design Engineer for electronic control module (ECU) development. This position requires an experienced professional with an extensive background in high reliability electronics designed for high volume production. The ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with enthusiasm and determination. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate excellence in their respective fields and possess the ability to learn quickly and to strive for perfection within a fast-paced environment.

About the Job

• Work in a cross functional team as the electronic design engineer from concept through prototyping / electrical validation / design validation / in-system test and continue to support in all sustaining phases.
• Specify, design and develop automotive electronic hardware for various vehicle functions such as load switching control, motor drivers, body control and digital keypads that interface CAN and LIN communication networks.
• Create rigorous testing and validation plans to fully support technology transitions from R&D concepts through to production.
• Review and digest customer requirements for initial design concepts for quoting, design costing and scheduling.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years background in high reliability electronics designed for high volume production.
• Ability to perform board design, prototype build, bring-up, functional verification, DVT, PVT and manufacturing support.
• Excellent EE fundamentals, including the use of Oscilloscopes, DVMs, Power Supplies, soldering and CAN and LIN Interface tools.
• Automotive-grade product design experience.
• Ability to perform system design including analog and digital circuits, DC/DC and microprocessors
• Perform board design, prototype build, bring-up, functional verification, DVT, PVT and manufacturing support.
• Power control circuits utilizing MOSFETS, IGBTs, etc. from simple switching applications to complex configurable circuit break emulation with self-monitoring features.
• System architecture experience and building embedded electronic systems ranging from micro controllers to high-end processors.
• Industry experience in the automotive electronics development process for mass volume production design, with focus on Design for Test, Design for Manufacturing) and EMC compliance.
• Develop embedded systems using 8-, 16- and 32-bit MCUs, ARM M0+, M4, Microchip, NXP, ST. Write and debug embedded C code for board bring-up. Design schematic generation and perform PCB layout (Altium Designer OrCAD).
• Understanding of PCBA package release for prototypes and production.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of industry processes applicable to safety critical automotive systems (ISO 26262), DFMEAs, FMEDAs and PPAP.
• Understanding of Automotive Standards but not limited to ISO 11452-1, ISO 7637, ISO 10605, ISO 13766, EN 13309, ISO 14982,
• Low and High voltage and current power delivery.
• Design of vehicle network interfaces CAN FD, LIN for but not limited to J1939, CANOpen.
• Software development (C, Python) to support PCBA board bring up for DVT and Built in Self Testing BIST for PCBA assembly and manufacturing.
• Microcontroller circuit design including external peripherals, transceivers and watchdogs.
• Automotive-grade Tier 1 product design experience.