ECAD Electrical Engineer

Overview

Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Flex-N-Gate is a leading manufacturer and supplier of components for the automotive industry, recently ranked 10th of the 150 Top North American Suppliers in “Automotive News.” A growing and vital company, Flex-N-Gate provides a great opportunity for hard-working and skilled individuals.

• The eCAD Engineer leads electronic computer-aided design (eCAD) activities for PCBs for automotive exterior lighting electronic systems and other emerging automotive electronics systems for Flex-N-Gate.
• Develop and oversee multi-layer PCB layouts for automotive ECUs and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure robust products.
• Design, develop, characterize, optimize, validate, release, launch and maintain eCAD data for PCBs.
• Ensure schematics, PCB layouts, and manufacturing data comply with Flex-N-Gate standards, electrical performance, reliability, and manufacturability requirements.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability of layouts to requirements using requirements management tools (e.g., Altium, Polarion ALM, DOORS, Jama).
• Collaborate with multiple eCAD, CAD and manufacturing engineers globally to create products that meet customers' requirements.
• Maintain libraries of components, schematics, layouts, symbols, footprints, part attributes and documentation.
• Develop PCB stack-ups, routing strategies, impedance control, and constraints.
• Generate manufacturing and assembly outputs (Gerbers, ODB++, pick-and-place, BOMs).
• Manage PCB projects and report to program managers.
• Provide Electronic support to manufacturing plants and the product engineering teams.
• Comply with Flex-N-Gate and industry processes such as ASPICE, APQP Functional Safety (ISO 26262) and Cybersecurity.
• Communicate and interface with OEM and suppliers.
• Review OEM specifications and integrate customer requirements into eCAD.
• Support system verification and validation planning (DVP&R), DFMEA contributions, and compliance reviews.
• Provide technical support during development, launch, and production for issues related to electronic system behavior, requirements interpretation, and change management.
• Maintain knowledge of automotive electronics technologies, communication protocols (CAN, CAN FD, LIN, hardwire I/O), and regulatory requirements.
• Create and present technical information to other engineers and OEM customers through design reviews, technical discussions, and formal documentation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with eCAD in automotive electronics or similar complex systems.
• Working knowledge of ASPICE system development processes and experience applying them to real projects.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262 Functional Safety concepts at the hardware interface level.
• Understanding of design rules for automotive communication networks (CAN, CAN FD, LIN), hardwire-based system interfaces and EMC.
• Experience contributing to system design activities such as electronics design reviews, DFMEA, DVP&R, architecture development, or system validation.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills; ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

• Master’s degree in a related engineering discipline.
• 5-10+ years’ experience in electronics design.
• Hands-on experience using Polarion ALM, DOORS, or similar requirements management platforms.
• Automotive electronics experience related to lighting, controllers, wiring harnesses, sensors or actuators.
• Background in electronic system modeling, simulation, or analysis tools (e.g., PSpice, MathCAD, Altium, Ansys).
• Exposure to EMC and Environmental requirements, thermal considerations and design-for-manufacturability principles.
• Certification in PCB: IPC CID, PCE or equivalent. EMC/SI/PI Advanced Training Certification.

• What We Offer
• Medical, dental, prescription, vision, life and disability insurance; and a flexible spending account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Extensive safety training, new hire orientation, continuous learning and development programs and tuition reimbursement
• Paid holidays and vacation time

What do our employees have to say?

• “It engages you professionally, and provides learning opportunities.”
• “Lots of growth opportunity.”
• “The company’s young enough to be exciting, but old enough to be stable.”
• Not just a job—a great place to work!

Flex-N-Gate is an equal opportunity employer. EEO/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled.