Automotive Senior Hardware Engineer / Specialist / Architect
On-siteCoimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Summary
Lead hardware design and development for vehicle computers, communication gateways, and zone ECUs from concept to production. Design high-speed digital boards with advanced SoCs, DDR interfaces, PCIe, and Ethernet, while performing schematic design, component selection, and BOM optimization. Support thermal design and validation, ensuring ASIL-D compliance through FMEA, FMEDA, and safety architecture reviews. Collaborate with PCB layout engineers for constraint-driven designs and drive hardware validation, including board-level testing, debugging, and root-cause analysis. Work with cross-functional teams through design verification and PPAP stages to ensure manufacturability and reliability.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electronics, Electrical, or related engineering field
- 7–11 years of hands-on experience in automotive hardware design
- Proven experience with SoC-based board design (e.g., NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Renesas, TI, NXP, Infineon AURIX)
- Strong understanding of vehicle computer, communication gateway and zonal ECU domains
- Expertise in high-speed design (DDR4/5, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet, USB 3.x, LVDS, SerDes)
- Expertise in ADC, High side and Low side switches, Bridges and Motor drivers
- Knowledge of Automotive Safety (ISO 26262 – ASIL B to D compliance)
- Familiarity with EMI/EMC standards (CISPR 25, ISO 11452) and compliance testing
- Understanding of thermal design, power sequencing, and power distribution
- Experience in Integration platform, communication gateway and zone ECU's
- Proficiency in schematic tools (Altium, Cadence Allegro, Mentor DxDesigner, Zuken CR-8000)
- Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, and lab instruments (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, power analyzer, etc.)
- Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills
- B.E, Electronics Engineering
- 7 to 10 years
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with ASIL-D compliant ECU development
- Exposure to Ethernet TSN, CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay and in-vehicle communication networks
- Knowledge of thermal simulation and mechanical integration
- Familiarity with AI/ML accelerator SoCs used in perception and fusion ECUs
- Experience working with global OEMs and Tier-1s on production projects
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