Staff Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Model and maintain the vehicle’s electrical architecture and logical connectivity using advanced E/E architecture tools.
• Author RFI and RFP packages to evaluate Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers for autonomous driving computing platforms and perception sensors.
• Drive the electrical and logical integration of off-the-shelf sensors and autonomous driving compute units into the vehicle platform.
• Manage signal integrity and channel budgets for high-speed camera networks (GMSL and FPD-Link) over coaxial and shielded twisted pair cabling.
• Design multi-gigabit Automotive Ethernet networks connecting off-the-shelf sensors and compute modules.
• Formulate and validate vehicle-wide time synchronization protocols (including IEEE 802.1AS and gPTP) across all autonomous driving nodes.
• Architect redundant, fail-operational power distribution networks for safety-critical autonomous driving actuators.
• Enforce system-level EMI and EMC mitigation strategies and review supplier compliance reports to ensure electromagnetic compatibility.
• Synthesize supplier safety cases into the vehicle-level ISO functional safety framework.
• Define hardware-level diagnostic mechanisms to monitor component health and trigger safe-stop fallback strategies.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical packaging teams to define sensor placement, fields-of-view, and vehicle calibration strategies.
• Lead root-cause investigations of complex, intermittent electrical failures and sensor dropouts identified during fleet testing.
• Audit supplier-provided schematics and hardware designs to identify architectural shortcomings, boundary-case vulnerabilities, and non-compliance with vehicle requirements.
• Architect the vehicle’s logical network topology, including static IP assignment schemes, subnet routing paths, and network switch configurations.
• Design and document end-to-end network traffic paths, mapping individual sensor data streams such as LiDAR UDP packets and ROS messages to target compute nodes and subnets.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in automotive E/E architecture design or vehicle-level electrical systems engineering, with a focus on ground-up vehicle development.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven proficiency with E/E architecture tools such as Zuken E3.series, Siemens Capital, or equivalent system modeling software.
• Deep understanding of electrical architecture, including signal integrity, high-speed Automotive Ethernet, CAN, GMSL, and PCIe bus technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of multi-gigabit Automotive Ethernet networks.
• Strong working knowledge of standard in-vehicle networks, including CAN FD, LIN, and PCIe, as well as related network debugging tools.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing supplier hardware specifications, conducting circuit analysis, and assessing compatibility of off-the-shelf components.
• Familiarity with component and system-level electromagnetic compatibility testing and validation standards such as CISPR 25 and relevant ISO EMC standards.
• Pristine understanding of ISO functional safety concepts up to ASIL-D.
• Understanding of automotive cybersecurity principles as they relate to vehicle electrical and network architectures.
• Experience designing or integrating redundant, low-voltage power distribution networks (12V/24V) and smart electronic fusing architectures.
• Practical understanding of diagnostics strategies for monitoring component health and implementing safe-stop fallback mechanisms.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including mechanical packaging and calibration teams, to optimize sensor placement and coverage.
• Experience leading complex root-cause investigations for intermittent electrical and network-related issues in fleet or vehicle test environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills applied to large-scale, safety-critical vehicle systems.
• Ability to document architectures, network topologies, and data flows clearly for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

• 8+ years of experience in automotive E/E architecture design or vehicle-level electrical systems engineering, with a focus on ground-up vehicle development.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven proficiency with E/E architecture tools such as Zuken E3.series, Siemens Capital, or equivalent system modeling software.
• Deep understanding of electrical architecture, including signal integrity, high-speed Automotive Ethernet, CAN, GMSL, and PCIe bus technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of multi-gigabit Automotive Ethernet networks.
• Strong working knowledge of standard in-vehicle networks, including CAN FD, LIN, and PCIe, as well as related network debugging tools.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing supplier hardware specifications, conducting circuit analysis, and assessing compatibility of off-the-shelf components.
• Familiarity with component and system-level electromagnetic compatibility testing and validation standards such as CISPR 25 and relevant ISO EMC standards.
• Pristine understanding of ISO functional safety concepts up to ASIL-D.
• Understanding of automotive cybersecurity principles as they relate to vehicle electrical and network architectures.
• Experience designing or integrating redundant, low-voltage power distribution networks (12V/24V) and smart electronic fusing architectures.
• Practical understanding of diagnostics strategies for monitoring component health and implementing safe-stop fallback mechanisms.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including mechanical packaging and calibration teams, to optimize sensor placement and coverage.
• Experience leading complex root-cause investigations for intermittent electrical and network-related issues in fleet or vehicle test environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills applied to large-scale, safety-critical vehicle systems.
• Ability to document architectures, network topologies, and data flows clearly for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.