Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Sr. Electronic Design Engineer - Zonal ECU
$154K–$212K
Irvine, California · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 27, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of experience in electronic hardware design; automotive industry experience is preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
About the job
Design and develop zonal ECU and battery-management hardware for next-generation vehicles, from concept through validation and production.
What you'll do
- Contribute across the hardware design lifecycle, including requirements, safety concepts, schematic capture, layout, validation, and production.
- Design fault-tolerant power electronics ECUs with eFUSEs, power sequencing, sleep states, and MCU/ECU I/O allocation.
- Integrate and validate components and subsystems; conduct circuit analysis, troubleshooting, and failure investigations while collaborating across teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in electronic hardware design.
- Experience designing for industrial or automotive environments and supporting co-development of bootloader and firmware.
- Hands-on experience with lab tools and schematic capture EDA such as Cadence and Altium.
Nice to have
- Automotive-industry experience; safety-hardware or FuSa design experience is a plus.
- Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems and component release workflows.
Pay
$154K – $212K USD base salary; annual bonus target of 15% (amount not stated)
Tools
Cadence, Altium, ISO 26262, ISO-16750, ISO-25769, oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers
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