Interior Lighting Engineer/座舱灯光工程师

Objective of job

Work on the development or localization of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in China in the field of interior lighting, including ambient light, reading lamps, and small white lamps.

Develop electrical/electronic hardware and optical/mechanical designs for interior lighting systems with suppliers in China, and verify results with the R&D headquarters in Germany.

• Define, develop, and refine the complete functional architecture of ambient lighting systems, including LIN, CAN/CAN FD, and basic interior lighting.
• Design and implement scalable, high-performance, and maintainable ambient lighting system architectures.
• Monitor, coordinate, and drive cross-functional teams toward project goals.
• Support change management, parts maturity, milestone delivery, issue diagnosis, and troubleshooting during production at the local BBAC plant.

Main tasks

• Develop China-specific parts from scratch or manage localization projects and suppliers from design freeze through PPAP part release.
• Evaluate supplier testing results and part maturity, ensuring readiness for project milestones.
• Support pilot runs, tryouts, and series production at the local Mercedes-Benz plant.
• Support system- and vehicle-level testing and release activities.
• Coordinate with R&D Germany, product planning, quality, logistics, and other cross-functional departments.
• Support the timely introduction of local and imported China-specific parts for current and future Mercedes-Benz carlines in China.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in automotive engineering or a related discipline, such as automotive, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
• At least 5 years of experience in an OEM or comparable supplier environment.
• Professional experience in interior lighting, including ambient-light optical and mechanical design, validation, component development and localization, CAD, EE diagnostics and troubleshooting, and vehicle EE testing.
• Chinese native speaker with fluent English; German is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of interior-lighting mechanical and optical systems and EE architecture.
• Familiarity with NX, Smaragd, Vector toolchain, CANoe, and CAN FD/Ethernet bus measurement.
• Strong project-management, communication, planning, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to travel within China and abroad.

Benefits

Benefits include employee events, possible flextime and hybrid work, health benefits, mobility offers, employee discounts, possible parking, an in-house doctor, public transport access, a barrier-free workplace, and a canteen and café.