Electrical Systems Engineer Jobs in Michigan
Electrical Systems Engineer jobs in Michigan concentrate in the Detroit metro, Grand Rapids, and the Ann Arbor corridor, where automotive electrification, defense systems, and advanced manufacturing drive steady demand at every level from entry-level design roles to senior systems architects. Major employers with lasting Michigan footprints include General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and L3Harris Technologies, each maintaining large engineering teams focused on power electronics, vehicle electrical architecture, and embedded controls. The most in-demand specialties are EV powertrain systems, high-voltage battery integration, and electrical harness design. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Position: R&D Electrical Hardware & Systems Engineer
At Nexteer, our strength lies in the diversity of our team—each member contributing unique backgrounds, experiences, and aspirations. We believe this diversity fuels our innovation, broadens our perspectives, and propels our collective growth.
For over a century, we’ve been innovators in the automotive industry. Our vision is clear - we are a global leading motion control technology company accelerating mobility to be safe, green and exciting. Our unwavering commitment to Quality, Collaboration, Integrity, and Accountability guides us as we solve motion control challenges for our global customers. If you’re ready to join a dynamic team that drives change and makes a difference, Nexteer welcomes you!
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative, hands-on engineer to join our Research & Development team developing next-generation electromechanical brake (EMB) and brake-by-wire systems for automotive applications.
This role owns the electrical hardware and electrical systems engineering of EMB technologies, from system requirements through prototype validation. The engineer will flow vehicle- and system-level requirements down to electrical hardware, define hardware/software interfaces for sensors and actuators, and develop power electronics, motor drive, sensing, and embedded control hardware for safety-critical braking.
The ideal candidate combines strong theoretical understanding with practical hardware development experience and is passionate about technologies such as wide-bandgap semiconductors, high-power-density motor drives, and fault-tolerant, redundant electrical architectures.
Key Responsibilities
As an R&D Electrical Hardware & Systems Engineer, you will be responsible to:
- Research, develop, and validate electrical hardware for electromechanical brake actuators and brake-by-wire systems.
- Analyze system requirements and flow them down to electrical architecture, hardware, and component-level requirements, maintaining traceability.
- Define and document hardware/software interfaces for sensors (motor position, clamp force, current, temperature, pedal) and actuators, working with software and controls teams.
- Design, analyze, and optimize analog, digital, mixed-signal, sensing, motor drive, and power electronic circuits, including redundant and fail-operational/fail-safe designs.
- Develop schematics and support PCB layout for electronic control units and power stages.
- Evaluate emerging technologies including wide-bandgap semiconductors, advanced motor drive topologies, and power architectures for 12V/48V systems.
- Build, test, troubleshoot, and validate prototypes in lab, and vehicle environments.
- Lead or participate in design reviews, DFMEA, and functional safety analyses.
- Collaborate with systems, controls, software, mechanical, safety, manufacturing, and validation teams, and document designs, analyses, and test results.
- Interface with suppliers, industry partners, and research organizations on emerging technologies.
Required Qualifications
- Strong understanding of electrical circuit design, analysis, simulation, and troubleshooting across analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronic circuits.
- Knowledge of power electronics, switching converters, power semiconductor devices, and motor control electronics.
- Experience with electrical systems engineering, including requirements analysis, flow-down to hardware, and interface definition.
- Understanding of sensor interfacing and signal conditioning, and of hardware/software interaction with microcontrollers (ADC, PWM, SPI, SENT, CAN).
- Experience with design and simulation tools such as OrCAD, PSpice, PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent.
- Familiarity with PCB design using Mentor Graphics Xpedition or equivalent, including signal integrity, power distribution, thermal management, and EMI/EMC.
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers) and strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft office tools (Excel, Word, Powerpoint).
- Must be able to look at computer screen/monitor for extended periods of time
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with electromechanical brake, brake-by-wire, steer-by-wire, or other safety-critical automotive actuator systems.
- Working knowledge of ISO 26262 functional safety, including hardware metrics, safety mechanisms, and redundant architectures.
- Experience with wide-bandgap (GaN/SiC) devices and high power-density motor drive design.
- Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Polarion) and model-based systems engineering (e.g., SysML).
- Working knowledge of CAN FD, CAN XL, Automotive Ethernet (10BASE-T1S/100BASE-T1), and embedded control systems.
- Ability to read embedded software written in C; experience with LabVIEW and HIL test systems.
- Familiarity with automotive development processes (ASPICE, DVP&R), DFMEA, and design verification methodologies.
Education Requirements
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering with 3+ years of relevant experience in power electronics, automotive electronics, or electrical systems engineering.
- PhD preferred.
About Nexteer
Nexteer Automotive is a global leader in advanced steering and motion control systems, enabling intuitive, safe, and comfortable mobility for drivers around the world. Our innovative product portfolio includes Electric Power Steering (EPS), Steer-by-Wire™, Driveline, and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technologies that support electrification, software-defined vehicles, and autonomous driving.
With approximately 13,000 employees and operations in more than 20 manufacturing plants and multiple technical centers globally, Nexteer partners with nearly every major global and regional automotive manufacturer.
Employment Agencies
Employment agencies are an important component of our talent acquisition strategy, and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. We will not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies for any employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Nexteer Automotive or directly to hiring managers in any form without a signed Nexteer Automotive Agency Agreement on file, and search engagement for that position, will be deemed unsolicited in nature, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired as a result of the referral or through other means. Additionally, any resume submitted without a contract in place will be considered Nexteer Automotive property and no fees will be paid to the agency if the candidate is hired.
Please note, agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by a member of Nexteer’s Human Resources team. No other Nexteer employee is authorized to bind Nexteer to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by an agency.
Position: R&D Electrical Hardware & Systems Engineer
At Nexteer, our strength lies in the diversity of our team—each member contributing unique backgrounds, experiences, and aspirations. We believe this diversity fuels our innovation, broadens our perspectives, and propels our collective growth.
For over a century, we’ve been innovators in the automotive industry. Our vision is clear - we are a global leading motion control technology company accelerating mobility to be safe, green and exciting. Our unwavering commitment to Quality, Collaboration, Integrity, and Accountability guides us as we solve motion control challenges for our global customers. If you’re ready to join a dynamic team that drives change and makes a difference, Nexteer welcomes you!
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative, hands-on engineer to join our Research & Development team developing next-generation electromechanical brake (EMB) and brake-by-wire systems for automotive applications.
This role owns the electrical hardware and electrical systems engineering of EMB technologies, from system requirements through prototype validation. The engineer will flow vehicle- and system-level requirements down to electrical hardware, define hardware/software interfaces for sensors and actuators, and develop power electronics, motor drive, sensing, and embedded control hardware for safety-critical braking.
The ideal candidate combines strong theoretical understanding with practical hardware development experience and is passionate about technologies such as wide-bandgap semiconductors, high-power-density motor drives, and fault-tolerant, redundant electrical architectures.
Key Responsibilities
As an R&D Electrical Hardware & Systems Engineer, you will be responsible to:
- Research, develop, and validate electrical hardware for electromechanical brake actuators and brake-by-wire systems.
- Analyze system requirements and flow them down to electrical architecture, hardware, and component-level requirements, maintaining traceability.
- Define and document hardware/software interfaces for sensors (motor position, clamp force, current, temperature, pedal) and actuators, working with software and controls teams.
- Design, analyze, and optimize analog, digital, mixed-signal, sensing, motor drive, and power electronic circuits, including redundant and fail-operational/fail-safe designs.
- Develop schematics and support PCB layout for electronic control units and power stages.
- Evaluate emerging technologies including wide-bandgap semiconductors, advanced motor drive topologies, and power architectures for 12V/48V systems.
- Build, test, troubleshoot, and validate prototypes in lab, and vehicle environments.
- Lead or participate in design reviews, DFMEA, and functional safety analyses.
- Collaborate with systems, controls, software, mechanical, safety, manufacturing, and validation teams, and document designs, analyses, and test results.
- Interface with suppliers, industry partners, and research organizations on emerging technologies.
Required Qualifications
- Strong understanding of electrical circuit design, analysis, simulation, and troubleshooting across analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronic circuits.
- Knowledge of power electronics, switching converters, power semiconductor devices, and motor control electronics.
- Experience with electrical systems engineering, including requirements analysis, flow-down to hardware, and interface definition.
- Understanding of sensor interfacing and signal conditioning, and of hardware/software interaction with microcontrollers (ADC, PWM, SPI, SENT, CAN).
- Experience with design and simulation tools such as OrCAD, PSpice, PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent.
- Familiarity with PCB design using Mentor Graphics Xpedition or equivalent, including signal integrity, power distribution, thermal management, and EMI/EMC.
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers) and strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft office tools (Excel, Word, Powerpoint).
- Must be able to look at computer screen/monitor for extended periods of time
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with electromechanical brake, brake-by-wire, steer-by-wire, or other safety-critical automotive actuator systems.
- Working knowledge of ISO 26262 functional safety, including hardware metrics, safety mechanisms, and redundant architectures.
- Experience with wide-bandgap (GaN/SiC) devices and high power-density motor drive design.
- Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Polarion) and model-based systems engineering (e.g., SysML).
- Working knowledge of CAN FD, CAN XL, Automotive Ethernet (10BASE-T1S/100BASE-T1), and embedded control systems.
- Ability to read embedded software written in C; experience with LabVIEW and HIL test systems.
- Familiarity with automotive development processes (ASPICE, DVP&R), DFMEA, and design verification methodologies.
Education Requirements
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering with 3+ years of relevant experience in power electronics, automotive electronics, or electrical systems engineering.
- PhD preferred.
About Nexteer
Nexteer Automotive is a global leader in advanced steering and motion control systems, enabling intuitive, safe, and comfortable mobility for drivers around the world. Our innovative product portfolio includes Electric Power Steering (EPS), Steer-by-Wire™, Driveline, and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technologies that support electrification, software-defined vehicles, and autonomous driving.
With approximately 13,000 employees and operations in more than 20 manufacturing plants and multiple technical centers globally, Nexteer partners with nearly every major global and regional automotive manufacturer.
Employment Agencies
Employment agencies are an important component of our talent acquisition strategy, and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. We will not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies for any employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Nexteer Automotive or directly to hiring managers in any form without a signed Nexteer Automotive Agency Agreement on file, and search engagement for that position, will be deemed unsolicited in nature, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired as a result of the referral or through other means. Additionally, any resume submitted without a contract in place will be considered Nexteer Automotive property and no fees will be paid to the agency if the candidate is hired.
Please note, agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by a member of Nexteer’s Human Resources team. No other Nexteer employee is authorized to bind Nexteer to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by an agency.
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What Michigan Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in electrical systems engineer jobs across Michigan.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or closely related engineering discipline required
- Proficiency with electrical system design tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, or CAD software
- Experience with automotive or defense electrical architectures and system-level integration
- Familiarity with high-voltage EV or hybrid powertrain systems and safety standards
- Strong knowledge of CAN bus, LIN, or other vehicle communication network protocols
- Professional Engineer licensure or active pursuit of PE registration through LARA preferred
Electrical Systems Engineer Jobs in Michigan: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a electrical systems engineer in Michigan?
The core path is a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited program, followed by gaining professional experience in systems design or integration. Michigan does not require a state license to work as an electrical systems engineer in most industry roles, but engineers who offer services to the public or sign off on public infrastructure must obtain a Professional Engineer license through the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, which administers the FE and PE exams.
How much do electrical systems engineers make in Michigan?
Electrical systems engineers in Michigan earn a median of about $106,070 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $75,880 for the lowest 10% to over $159,090 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire electrical systems engineers in Michigan?
Companies currently hiring electrical systems engineers in Michigan include Ford Motor Company, General Motors (GM), and KLA, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Michigan's concentration of automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and defense contractors creates consistent demand across Detroit's suburbs and the I-94 corridor connecting Ann Arbor to the western part of the state.
Which Michigan cities have the most electrical systems engineer jobs?
The cities with the most electrical systems engineer openings in Michigan are Warren, Allen Park, and Troy. Greater Detroit and its suburbs like Dearborn, Troy, and Warren account for the largest share because the major automotive OEMs and their supplier networks are headquartered or have major engineering centers there, while Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor draw openings from medical device, defense, and university-affiliated research employers.
Are there remote electrical systems engineer jobs in Michigan?
Yes, but they are limited. About 50% of electrical systems engineer openings tied to Michigan are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting that much of the work involves hands-on lab testing, hardware validation, and collaboration with physical prototypes that cannot be done fully off-site. The parts of the role most compatible with remote work are simulation modeling, documentation, and design review.
How can I get hired as a electrical systems engineer in Michigan with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point is an internship or co-op during an engineering degree, since General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis all run structured programs for students and new graduates specifically in electrical and systems engineering. Candidates can also move laterally from roles like electrical technician, test engineer, or controls engineer. Building a portfolio with MATLAB or Simulink projects and passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam through Michigan LARA strengthens any early-career application significantly.
Where can I find and apply to electrical systems engineer jobs in Michigan?
You can find and apply to electrical systems engineer jobs in Michigan on Migrate Mate, which lists current Michigan openings. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level, location preference, and specialty, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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