Power Electronics Hardware Design Lead (Automotive)

Location: Warren, Michigan, United States; hybrid attendance at the assigned location at least three times per week. Relocation benefits are available under company policy. Immigration sponsorship is not available, including H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, and J-1 support.

Company

hirify.global develops automotive products and electrified vehicle technologies with a focus on zero emissions, safety, and mobility.

What you will do

• Develop and release high-voltage power electronics, including DC-DC converters, inverters, on-board chargers, and related energy-conversion hardware.
• Translate system requirements into converter architectures, topologies, control and protection strategies, interfaces, diagnostics, and verifiable hardware requirements.
• Lead electrical, thermal, magnetic, worst-case, reliability, EMC, and lifetime analyses across normal and fault conditions.
• Direct the design of power stages, magnetics, switches, gate drives, sensing, capacitors, filters, connectors, cooling interfaces, and high-voltage PCB layouts.
• Lead design reviews, validation, simulation-to-test correlation, vehicle integration, production readiness, and launch support.
• Coordinate suppliers and cross-functional engineering teams, lead root-cause investigations, communicate technical risks, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, power electronics, or a related discipline.
• At least eight years of hands-on experience designing, industrializing, validating, or launching high-voltage automotive power electronics.
• Experience with converter architecture, topology trade studies, power switches, gate drives, magnetics, high-voltage PCB design, filters, EMI/EMC mitigation, and electrical and thermal analysis.
• Experience with laboratory measurement, hardware debugging, simulation-to-test correlation, structured root-cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Experience with LTspice, PSpice, MATLAB/Simulink, FEM or thermal tools, schematic capture, PCB design tools, and automotive development processes including DFMEA, DRBFM, PRTS, ECRs, and vehicle milestones.
• Ability to lead technical work, influence suppliers and cross-functional teams, and communicate complex engineering issues clearly.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or advanced technical training in electrical engineering or power electronics.
• Ten or more years of relevant experience, preferably with automotive DC-DC converters, on-board chargers, inverters, integrated power-electronics modules, or high-volume production programs.
• Experience with phase-shifted full-bridge, LLC/CLLC, active-clamp forward, resonant, buck, boost, silicon-carbide, or other high-speed switching technologies.
• Knowledge of functional-safety interfaces, cybersecurity-related hardware, high-voltage service requirements, or supplier production readiness.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with regular reporting to the assigned location.
• Relocation benefits for candidates who qualify under company policy.
• Health and well-being support through the total rewards program.
• Inclusive workplace focused on belonging, equal opportunity, and non-discrimination.

Hiring process

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