Hardware Engineer Jobs in Michigan
Hardware Engineer jobs in Michigan are in strong demand, concentrated in automotive electronics, defense systems, and industrial automation, with openings at every level from entry-level associate engineer through principal and staff roles. Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Grand Rapids are the primary hiring hubs, home to major employers like General Motors, Bosch, and L3Harris Technologies. The most sought-after specialties in Michigan are embedded systems design, FPGA development, and automotive-grade circuit design. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
Overview :
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field. Minimum 7+ years of experience in automotive embedded hardware development and electronic product design environments.
- This position is focused on the design, development, validation, and launch of embedded electronic hardware supporting automotive seating, comfort, actuator, motor, and interior system applications.
- The engineer will lead hardware development activities from requirements analysis and hardware architecture through schematic design, PCB development, validation, and production launch. This is a hands-on engineering position requiring active involvement in product design activities, not solely testing or validation support.
- The role will work closely with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Validation, Manufacturing, and Customer teams to deliver reliable automotive products that meet customer, quality, timing, and cost objectives.
- This position requires strong technical ownership, excellent communication skills, automotive development experience, and the ability to support programs throughout the complete product lifecycle.
- Full-time onsite presence is required.
Key Responsibilities :
Requirements Analysis & Traceability
- Analyze customer and system requirements using ALM tools such as Codebeamer
- Translate requirements into hardware architecture, design solutions, verification, and validation criteria
- Support requirements traceability throughout the development lifecycle
- Participate in requirements reviews and technical discussions
Electronic Hardware Design & Development
- Design and develop automotive embedded electronic hardware solutions
- Create and review schematics, component selection, circuit design, and PCB development activities
- Support hardware architecture development and design reviews
- Contribute to prototype development and product maturation activities
- Support component, symbol, and footprint library management activities
Engineering Analysis, Validation & Compliance
- Perform engineering analysis including WCCA, thermal analysis, electrical simulations, and EMC considerations
- Support verification and validation activities throughout product development
- Troubleshoot hardware issues and support root cause investigations
- Ensure compliance with automotive, customer, and regulatory requirements
Automotive Product Development & Launch Support
- Support programs from concept through production launch
- Participate in customer reviews and program milestone activities
- Support OEM and Tier 1 product development requirements
- Ensure hardware solutions meet quality, performance, reliability, and timing objectives
Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to hardware team members
- Collaborate with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Quality, Validation, and Manufacturing teams
- Clearly communicate technical concepts, risks, and recommendations
- Actively participate in customer-facing technical discussions
Design for Excellence (DFX)
- Apply DFM, DFA, DFC, DFT, and DFR principles throughout development
- Ensure products are designed for manufacturability, reliability, quality, and cost efficiency
Profile:
- Hands-on Hardware Design Engineer with strong automotive electronics experience
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to independently drive technical activities
- Clear and effective communicator capable of presenting technical information to customers and internal stakeholders
- Comfortable working in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Customer-focused engineer capable of balancing technical requirements and business objectives
- Able to provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in product design
Must Have:
- 7+ years of automotive embedded hardware development experience
- Strong experience with schematic design and electronic hardware development
- Experience supporting PCB layout and hardware design activities
- Experience with WCCA, engineering calculations, and hardware simulations
- Experience designing for EMC and supporting EMC validation activities
- Experience with CAN and LIN communication integration
- Experience supporting automotive OEM or Tier 1 development programs
- Experience with requirements management and requirements traceability
- Strong communication, presentation, and technical leadership skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechatronics Engineering
Good to Have:
- Codebeamer experience
- DOORS or Polarion experience
- Cadence tool suite experience
- APQP knowledge
- ISO 26262 Functional Safety experience
- ASPICE knowledge
- Seating systems experience
- Interior electronics experience
- Mechatronic systems experience
- Actuator or motor control systems experience
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.
Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
Overview :
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field. Minimum 7+ years of experience in automotive embedded hardware development and electronic product design environments.
- This position is focused on the design, development, validation, and launch of embedded electronic hardware supporting automotive seating, comfort, actuator, motor, and interior system applications.
- The engineer will lead hardware development activities from requirements analysis and hardware architecture through schematic design, PCB development, validation, and production launch. This is a hands-on engineering position requiring active involvement in product design activities, not solely testing or validation support.
- The role will work closely with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Validation, Manufacturing, and Customer teams to deliver reliable automotive products that meet customer, quality, timing, and cost objectives.
- This position requires strong technical ownership, excellent communication skills, automotive development experience, and the ability to support programs throughout the complete product lifecycle.
- Full-time onsite presence is required.
Key Responsibilities :
Requirements Analysis & Traceability
- Analyze customer and system requirements using ALM tools such as Codebeamer
- Translate requirements into hardware architecture, design solutions, verification, and validation criteria
- Support requirements traceability throughout the development lifecycle
- Participate in requirements reviews and technical discussions
Electronic Hardware Design & Development
- Design and develop automotive embedded electronic hardware solutions
- Create and review schematics, component selection, circuit design, and PCB development activities
- Support hardware architecture development and design reviews
- Contribute to prototype development and product maturation activities
- Support component, symbol, and footprint library management activities
Engineering Analysis, Validation & Compliance
- Perform engineering analysis including WCCA, thermal analysis, electrical simulations, and EMC considerations
- Support verification and validation activities throughout product development
- Troubleshoot hardware issues and support root cause investigations
- Ensure compliance with automotive, customer, and regulatory requirements
Automotive Product Development & Launch Support
- Support programs from concept through production launch
- Participate in customer reviews and program milestone activities
- Support OEM and Tier 1 product development requirements
- Ensure hardware solutions meet quality, performance, reliability, and timing objectives
Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to hardware team members
- Collaborate with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Quality, Validation, and Manufacturing teams
- Clearly communicate technical concepts, risks, and recommendations
- Actively participate in customer-facing technical discussions
Design for Excellence (DFX)
- Apply DFM, DFA, DFC, DFT, and DFR principles throughout development
- Ensure products are designed for manufacturability, reliability, quality, and cost efficiency
Profile:
- Hands-on Hardware Design Engineer with strong automotive electronics experience
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to independently drive technical activities
- Clear and effective communicator capable of presenting technical information to customers and internal stakeholders
- Comfortable working in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Customer-focused engineer capable of balancing technical requirements and business objectives
- Able to provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in product design
Must Have:
- 7+ years of automotive embedded hardware development experience
- Strong experience with schematic design and electronic hardware development
- Experience supporting PCB layout and hardware design activities
- Experience with WCCA, engineering calculations, and hardware simulations
- Experience designing for EMC and supporting EMC validation activities
- Experience with CAN and LIN communication integration
- Experience supporting automotive OEM or Tier 1 development programs
- Experience with requirements management and requirements traceability
- Strong communication, presentation, and technical leadership skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechatronics Engineering
Good to Have:
- Codebeamer experience
- DOORS or Polarion experience
- Cadence tool suite experience
- APQP knowledge
- ISO 26262 Functional Safety experience
- ASPICE knowledge
- Seating systems experience
- Interior electronics experience
- Mechatronic systems experience
- Actuator or motor control systems experience
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.
Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
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Hardware Engineer Job Market in Michigan
A snapshot from current Michigan openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- General Motors (GM)13
- Ford Motor Company4
- KLA3
- ALTEN3
- General Motors3
Top Industries Hiring
- Automotive13
- Electronics & Hardware10
- Banking & Financial Services7
- Manufacturing3
- Distribution & Wholesale2
What Michigan Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in hardware engineer jobs across Michigan.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related field
- Hands-on experience with PCB design, circuit simulation, or embedded hardware development
- Proficiency with design tools such as Cadence, Altium Designer, or MATLAB
- Familiarity with automotive or defense hardware standards including ISO 26262 or MIL-STD
- Experience collaborating with firmware and software teams throughout a full product development cycle
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional engineering documentation and reviews
Hardware Engineer Jobs in Michigan: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a hardware engineer in Michigan?
Most hardware engineers in Michigan start with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related discipline from a Michigan university such as the University of Michigan, Michigan State, or Michigan Technological University. The role does not require a state-issued license, though engineers who offer services directly to the public may pursue Professional Engineer licensure through the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Employers in automotive and defense generally prioritize demonstrated project experience and relevant certifications like Certified Electronics Technician over licensure.
How much do hardware engineers make in Michigan?
Hardware engineers in Michigan earn a median of about $119,670 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $78,240 for the lowest 10% to over $176,700 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire hardware engineers in Michigan?
Employers hiring hardware engineers in Michigan right now include General Motors (GM), Ford Motor Company, and KLA, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Michigan's deep automotive supply chain means many of these openings sit inside vehicle electrification, advanced driver assistance, and powertrain hardware programs that are expanding across the Detroit metro region.
Which Michigan cities have the most hardware engineer jobs?
Warren, Ann Arbor, and Troy account for the largest share of hardware engineer openings in Michigan. Detroit and its surrounding suburbs drive the most volume because of the region's dense concentration of automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and defense contractors, while Ann Arbor's research institutions and technology campuses attract embedded systems and semiconductor-adjacent roles, and Grand Rapids supports hardware positions tied to medical device and industrial automation companies headquartered in west Michigan.
Are there remote hardware engineer jobs in Michigan?
Yes, but they're rare. Hardware engineering involves hands-on lab work, prototype builds, and equipment validation that usually requires on-site presence. About 27% of hardware engineer openings tied to Michigan are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, and those positions tend to concentrate in architecture review, requirements definition, and documentation-heavy roles rather than in lab or test engineering.
How can I get hired as a hardware engineer in Michigan with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an internship or co-op with an automotive or defense employer while still in school, since companies like General Motors, Ford, and Aptiv run structured programs specifically for students without full-time experience. New graduates can also target associate hardware engineer or test engineer roles at Michigan Tier 1 suppliers, where hands-on exposure to circuit validation and bench testing provides a strong foundation. Building a portfolio of personal or senior-capstone projects and earning an entry-level certification such as Certified Electronics Technician gives applicants a concrete edge over other candidates.
Where can I find and apply to hardware engineer jobs in Michigan?
You can find and apply to hardware engineer jobs in Michigan on Migrate Mate, which lists current Michigan openings across automotive, defense, industrial, and medical device employers. Find the roles that fit your background and apply directly.
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