Automotive Hardware Design Engineer

Job Title: Automotive Hardware Design Engineer

Location: Palo Alto or Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Pay Range: 55 W2

What's the Job?
Strong Career Progression: Opportunity to grow into Senior Hardware Engineer, Technical Lead, Principal Engineer, or Engineering Manager roles within the EV and automotive electronics domain
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide ongoing support for deployed hardware systems, ensuring reliability and performance.
• Identify opportunities for design enhancements and implement changes to improve efficiency, scalability, and manufacturability.
• Lead investigations into hardware failures, applying analytical techniques to identify and resolve root causes.
• Develop and execute test plans to validate hardware functionality, performance, and compliance with industry standards.
• Work closely with software, firmware, and mechanical engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and product success.

Mandatory Skills:
• Bachelors degree or higher in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or a related field, with 7 years of experience in hardware design and development, ideally in Automotive.
• Strong foundation in analog and digital circuit design principles.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium, Cadence, or OrCAD.
• Solid understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal management.
• Hands-on experience with networking and communication protocols (e.g., Ethernet, PCIe, MIPI, GMSL).
• Hands-on experiences with High speed design validation and circuit debugging

What's in it for the Candidate?

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• Work on Next-Generation EV Technology: Be directly involved in designing and developing Electronic Control Units (ECUs) that power cutting-edge electric vehicle platforms.
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• High Visibility & Impact: Contribute to mission-critical hardware systems that influence vehicle performance, safety, reliability, and customer experience.
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• Advanced Hardware Development Exposure: Gain hands-on experience with analog/digital circuit design, high-speed interfaces, signal integrity, power integrity, and automotive-grade electronics.
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• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with software, firmware, mechanical, validation, and manufacturing teams, providing broad product development exposure.
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• Technical Leadership Opportunities: Lead root-cause investigations, drive design improvements, and influence engineering decisions throughout the product lifecycle.
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• Automotive Industry Growth: Join one of the fastest-growing segments of the industry, building expertise in EV technologies that are in high demand across the market.
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• End-to-End Product Ownership: Participate from concept and design through validation, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
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• Exposure to Industry-Leading Tools & Technologies: Utilize advanced design platforms such as Altium, Cadence, OrCAD, and work with high-speed communication protocols including Ethernet, PCIe, MIPI, and GMSL.
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• Innovation-Driven Environment: Solve complex engineering challenges involving hardware validation, circuit debugging, thermal management, and system optimization.

Benefits

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay