Electronic Hardware Engineer - Automotive Traction Inverters (m/w/d), Stuttgart-Weilimdorf

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