ECU Development Engineer
Listed on 2026-08-17
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Hardware Engineer, Cybersecurity
wWe are seeking an experienced ECU Lead Architec
t to serve as the technical authority for the end-to-end definition, integration, and governance of complex automotive Electronic Control Units (ECUs), including High Performance Computers (HPCs), Zonal Control Units (ZCUs), Domain Controllers, and centralized computing platform
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.The ECU Lead Architect will translate vehicle and system-level requirements into a coherent ECU architecture spanning hardware, software, functional safety, cybersecurity, networking, diagnostics, performance, and deploymen
t. This role will work closely with System Engineering, Hardware, Software, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Validation, Vehicle Integration, Quality, and supplier teams to ensure technical consistency throughout the product lifecycle
.The successful candidate will provide strong technical leadership and ensure that the ECU architecture meets quality, safety, cybersecurity, regulatory, performance, cost, and industrialization objective
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- sAnalyze, consolidate, and decompose functional, safety, cybersecurity, performance, and regulatory requirements allocated to the ECU
- .Establish and maintain the ECU technical baseline, including bidirectional traceability between requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, and release deliverables
- .Define, maintain, and govern ECU hardware, software, safety, cybersecurity, communication, diagnostics, and deployment architecture
s - .Define resource allocation strategies covering processors, memory, communication networks, power management, I/O, and computing resources
- .Own and govern the ECU pinout architecture, ensuring alignment across hardware, software, sensors, actuators, network interfaces, and vehicle integration requirements
- .Allocate functional, safety, cybersecurity, performance, and non-functional requirements across hardware and software domains
- .Derive and maintain Hardware Functional Requirements, Software Functional Requirements, Hardware Safety Requirements, Software Safety Requirements, and cybersecurity requirement
s - .Define and maintain hardware/software interfaces, communication interfaces, signal ownership, and interface specifications
- .Develop and govern ECU state-management concepts, including startup/shutdown behavior, power modes, wake-up management, degraded modes, fault handling, and 12V power management strategies
- .Define architectural solutions supporting ISO 26262 Functional Safet
y and ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurit
y compliance - .Provide technical leadership and support for FMEA activities, including Hardware FMEA, Software FMEA, and Safety Mechanism Analysi
s - .Define ECU-level verification strategies and performance targets, including startup time, timing constraints, runtime performance, communication performance, and resource utilization
- .Define component-level and performance-component test strategies and support verification and validation activities
- .Own the collection, maintenance, and configuration management of sensor, actuator, and external device datasheets in collaboration with DREs and hardware engineering teams
- .Lead architecture reviews, technical reviews, design reviews, trade-off studies, and technical risk assessments
- .Drive technical convergence across Hardware, Software, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Network, Validation, Quality, and Vehicle Integration teams
- .Ensure alignment with program quality and industrialization milestones, including APQP, PPAP, PCIE
E, and applicable product development governance processes - .Provide engineering leadership with clear visibility into architecture maturity, technical risks, open issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans
- .Serve as the primary technical interface between internal engineering organizations, vehicle/system teams, and ECU suppliers
Required Qualifications & Skill
- sBachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, Software Engineerin
g, or a related technical discipline - .Significant experience in automotive ECU, system, hardware, or software architectur
e for complex embedded systems - .Proven experience with HPCs, Zonal Control Units, Domain Controllers, or other safety-critical automotive computing platform
s - .Strong understanding of automotive E/E architectures, Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) concepts, centralized computing, domain architectures, and zonal architecture
s - .Deep knowledge of embedded hardware platforms, microcontrollers, SoCs, multicore processors, operating systems, and middleware technologies
- .Strong knowledge of AUTOSAR Classic and/or AUTOSAR Adaptiv
e, diagnostics, networking, and service-oriented architectures - .Experience with requirements engineering, requirement allocation, system decomposition, architecture definition, and architecture modeling
- .Strong understanding of ISO 26262 Functional Safet
y and ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity Engineerin
g - .Experience with FMEA, safety analysis, architectural trade-off studies, technical risk assessment, and…
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