Power Electronics Controls Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Warren, Michigan, United States; hybrid with on-site attendance at least 3 times per week. Relocation benefits are available under company policy. Periodic travel to supplier, test, and vehicle-development locations is required.

Company

hirify.global develops automotive technologies focused on zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.

What you will do

• Define controls architecture and operating modes for voltage and current regulation, power management, protection, derating, fault recovery, and safe-state behavior.
• Translate vehicle and electrical-system requirements into controls, embedded software, calibration, diagnostic, interface, and verification requirements.
• Lead integration across converter hardware, embedded software, battery systems, vehicle energy management, electrical architecture, and validation.
• Plan and review simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, laboratory, and vehicle testing using objective performance data.
• Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions for controls, communication, diagnostic, performance, and vehicle-integration issues.
• Provide technical direction to suppliers, coordinate cross-functional decisions, communicate risks, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, controls engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in power electronics, embedded controls, automotive electrical systems, or electrified-vehicle technologies.
• Hands-on experience developing or integrating production embedded controls for DC/DC converters, on-board chargers, or related power-conversion systems.
• Strong knowledge of feedback control, mode management, transient response, stability, protection, derating, diagnostics, and fault handling.
• Experience with automotive diagnostics, model-based development, automatic code generation, plant modeling, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or real-time controls simulation.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without GM immigration sponsorship; GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or advanced technical training in electrical engineering, controls, power electronics, computer engineering, or a related field.
• 10 or more years of relevant experience.
• Experience with bidirectional on-board chargers, isolated DC/DC converters, high-voltage systems, or low-voltage vehicle networks.
• Knowledge of functional safety, cybersecurity, EMC, electrical transients, and vehicle energy-management strategies.
• Experience with supplier technical reviews, production launch, design-for-manufacturing, and design-for-service.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with regular collaboration at the assigned location.
• Relocation benefits may be available for eligible candidates.
• Employee benefits and total rewards support well-being at work and at home.
• Inclusive workplace focused on belonging and equal employment opportunity.

Hiring process

• Role-related assessments and pre-employment screening may be required where applicable.