Master Thesis: Product Development- Optimized PCB design

At Magna Electronics, we are at the forefront of developing and manufacturing cutting-edge products such as cameras, radar, and other sensors for modern vehicles. Our mission is to lead the way in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and the future of autonomous cars.

A thesis internship at Magna offers students the opportunity to delve into a high-tech automotive company. Throughout your internship, you will receive mentorship and guidance, allowing you to apply your theoretical knowledge to practical, real-world scenarios.

Subject: Investigation of strain optimized PCB design solutions for camera systems in the automotive industry.

Background:
The large temperature range and fluctuation in a car is a critical parameter to handle from a design perspective, especially the PCB.

Purpose:
Create a guideline that the design team can use to reduce the strain in the PCB over its lifetime when assembled in a camera system. To achieve this, the thesis worker will for example need to:

• Do research to understand why strain optimization on PCB’s are important and how the strain occurs
• Do research about PCB design and materials
• Generate, evaluate and refine concepts
• Perform simulations

Field: 
Product Development and Mechanical Engineering

Learning objectives:

• Apply theory behind product development into practice
• Learn how to efficiently collect requirements and set a baseline for the product development
• Design For Manufacturing earn how to evaluate a concept using tests and simulations

Number of student(s): 1-2

Student background: Product Development and Mechanical Engineering

Extent: 30 credits (Master)

Start: Spring 2025

Location: Linköping

Contact information and Supervisor: 
David Hanberger, david.hanberger@magna.com

Last application date: 2024-10-31, applications will be evaluated continuously.

At Magna, our groups work together to deliver advancements in mobility to build a better world for everyone and everything. Magna’s ADAS technologies are shaping an autonomous future and improving lives.

Full autonomy is coming. But to create the technology which will bring it into view, you need the desire and ability to adapt complete ADAS systems or modular solutions to any vehicle, for any mobility need.

Magna’s electronics solutions connect OEMs to their customers with features that improve their lives. It’s our expertise across the entire vehicle, key strategic partnerships and culture of innovation that allow us to make our industry-leading technologies road-ready. And it is how we’ll continue to build a safer, smarter and more connected mobility experience for all people.

Magna Electronics Sweden is located in 4 different cities throughout the country: Vårgårda, Linköping, Stockholm and Skellefteå.