Electronic Hardware Engineer – Automotive Traction Inverters (m/w/d)

Electronic Hardware Engineer – Automotive Traction Inverters (m/w/d), 1. Bild

Shape the future of mobility with us. And your own.

SEG Automotive combines the strength of a global player with the short decision-making paths and culture of a medium-sized

company. We offer you a fulfilling, challenging and future-proof job: With us, you can make a contribution to society -and at the same time have a wide range of opportunities for personal and international development.  

Become part of our intercultural team of over 6,000 employees in 14 countries. This is how you make an impact - on the automotive industry and your own career.

What Your Future with Us Will Look Like

  • Develop electronic hardware architecture, schematics, and PCB layouts for automotive traction inverters, covering logic and power electronics.
  • Design, select, and integrate microcontrollers, SiC and IGBT power modules, gate-driver circuits, sensing, protection, power-supply, and communication interfaces.
  • Define and optimize inverter concepts and support compliance with automotive EMC, electrical, thermal, insulation, safety, and reliability requirements.
  • Perform design reviews, simulations, calculations, component derating, tolerance analysis, and failure-mode evaluation.
  • Support prototype build, bring-up, verification, validation, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis at component, PCB, inverter, and vehicle-system level.
  • Translate system and customer requirements into robust hardware specifications, interfaces, and verification criteria following ASPICE processes.
  • Coordinate technical work packages with systems, software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and functional-safety teams.
  • Manage technical alignment with semiconductor manufacturers, suppliers, external development partners, and test laboratories.
  • Support system design, technical quotations, concept studies, and acquisition activities for high-voltage electrification projects with international OEM customers.
  • Present technical concepts, trade-offs, risks, and project status clearly to internal stakeholders, partners, and customers.

What You Need to Join Us for a Future with Us

  • Degree in electrical engineering, (power-)electronics, or comparable discipline.
  • Several years of professional experience in automotive electronic hardware development, preferably for traction inverters, electric drives, or other high-voltage power-electronics systems.
  • Deep knowledge of circuit design and PCB layout for mixed-signal logic and high-power electronics.
  • Strong hands-on expertise with automotive microcontrollers, SiC MOSFET and IGBT power modules, gate drivers, and EMC input/output filters.
  • Sound understanding of high-voltage inverter systems, switching behavior, parasitic effects, grounding, isolation, thermal interfaces, and protection concepts.
  • Experience with schematic capture, PCB design and review, laboratory instrumentation, and hardware validation methods.
  • System-oriented thinking and the ability to coordinate complex technical topics across organizational boundaries.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills in an international, cross-functional environment.
  • Professional proficiency in English; German or another relevant language is an advantage.

What We'll Be Offering You in the Future.

  • Flexible work hours with flex time and remote work / hybrid work
  • Additional days off in addition to 30 vacation days
  • Support for personal development (Learning hub@SEG)
  • AvwL (age-related capital-forming benefits), ergonomic workstations
  • Company events (e.g., BBQ, Family Day, etc.), subsidized meals in the cafeteria
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) INSITE
  • Free parking garage with ample parking spaces
  • Additional benefits under the collective bargaining agreement for the metal and electrical industry
  • Affordable electric vehicle charging at headquarters
  • Sustainable, eco-friendly location
  • Flat hierarchies (town hall meetings, direct sessions with the CEO for Q&A)
  • Talent development through the SEG Potential Hub

Herr Axel Gemmert, HR Business Partner