ECU Lead Architect

Job Title:

ECU Lead Architect
Durations:
Long-Term

Location:

Auburn Hills, MI

Job Description:

Lead the end-to-end ECU architecture for HPCs, Zonal Control Units, Domain Controllers, and complex automotive computing platforms.
Define and govern hardware, software, safety, cybersecurity, communication, diagnostics, deployment, and performance architectures.
Translate and allocate functional, safety, cybersecurity, performance, and regulatory requirements across hardware and software.
Maintain requirements traceability, technical baselines, interfaces, signal ownership, ECU pinout, and system decomposition.
Define ECU resource allocation, processors, memory, I/O, networking, power management, startup/shutdown, wake-up, degraded modes, and fault handling.
Ensure compliance with ISO 26262 Functional Safety and ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity.
Support FMEA, safety analysis, technical risk assessments, architecture trade-offs, verification, validation, and performance analysis.
Lead architecture/design reviews and coordinate technical convergence across Hardware, Software, Safety, Cybersecurity, Network, Validation, Quality, Vehicle Integration, and suppliers.

Ensure alignment with APQP, PPAP, PCIEE, ASPICE, and automotive product development processes.

Priority 1 Must Have
ECU / System Architecture
HPC / Domain Controller / Zonal Controller
Software Defined Vehicle (SDV)
AUTOSAR Classic / Adaptive
ISO 26262 / Functional Safety
ISO/SAE 21434 / Cybersecurity
Requirements Engineering & Architecture Modeling
CAN / CAN-FD / Automotive Ethernet
SOME/IP / DoIP
FMEA / Safety Analysis
Strong system-level technical leadership

Priority 2 Preferred
Embedded MCU / SoC / Multicore platforms
Operating Systems & Middleware
ECU Diagnostics
Resource / Memory / I/O / Power Management
ECU Pinout & Hardware/Software Interfaces
Startup / Shutdown / Wake-up / Fault Handling
Verification & Validation
APQP / PPAP / PCIEE / ASPICE
DOORS NG / Polarion / Jama / Jira / Git

Education & Experience
Bachelor's / Master's degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline.
Significant experience in automotive ECU/system/hardware/software architecture.
Proven experience with HPC, Domain Controllers, Zonal Controllers, or safety-critical automotive platforms.
Strong experience in SDV, AUTOSAR, ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, automotive networking, and requirements engineering.
Proven system-level technical leadership and cross-functional coordination.