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Company Description

LEONI is a global provider of products, solutions, and services for energy and data management in the automotive industry. With around 87,000 employees in 21 countries and EUR 5 billion in sales in 2024, we are a leading supplier of complex wiring systems and customer‑specific cable harnesses.

We believe that meaningful connections drive innovation and success. At LEONI, you will join a diverse, international, and collaborative team shaping the future of mobility, from autonomous driving to alternative drives and smart charging solutions.

Since mid‑2025, we have been part of the Luxshare Group, one of the world’s leading solution providers for consumer electronics, communications and data centers, automotive, and medical industries, based in China. Join us and help shape the future of connectivity together.

Position Overview:

This position serves LEONI’s North American Development Department with expertise to organize our Systems Engineering effort in order to create and maintain E/E schematics in LEONI and customer’s systems. The candidate should possess the capabilities to independently process E/E systems designs and to represent LEONI in front of our customers and partners. This position reports directly to our Head of Harness Design in Troy, Michigan.

Job Profile Description:

• Import Wiring DEF for all families including all sub-suppliers (Large, Medium, Small, Data/Communication, HV, Battery, etc)
• Trouble shoot any issues in data and software and resolve with our customers and business partners.
• Train/support junior team members
• Create hrn/cmp/csv files from imported DEF
• Support def quality team with def checks
• Create system level DVP&R
• Determine inline positioning
• Resistance check to meet system requirements
• Confirm design meets Terminal Plating and Special Requirements.
• Create subcomponent list (Terminal, Seal and etc) according to housing information
• Create inline list file (X/Y-NUMs, Male/Female, connector p/ns, description, etc)
• Create inline pinout
• Create inline device transmittal (add special reqs and terminal plating)
• Wire gauge selection
• Provide splice information to DRE to integrate into 3D design.
• Wire harness troubleshooting for the full vehicle

Qualifications

• Engineering degree (Mechanical/Electrical/Automotive preferred)
• 3 years’ experience in executing full vehicle systems engineering projects (Stellantis preferred)
• Experience in Capital Logic/Integrator or equivalent schematics design tool
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to represent LEONI professionally with customers.
• Experience executing full‑vehicle systems engineering projects.
• Understanding of harness, inline, and device‑to‑harness partitioning.
• Knowledge of cable and sub‑assembly partitioning.
• Understanding of ground and network topology.

Candidate needs to be authorized to work in US

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Additional Information

Details about benefits will be shared in the interview process.

People of all genders are always meant equally; for linguistic simplification and better readability, only the masculine form is used in the text.
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LEONI Wiring Systems, Inc.