Sr. Electronic Design Engineer - Zonal ECU
at Rivianvw Tech
Irvine, California, hybrid, senior, full time, USD 1,54,000–2,12,000 / year, 4+ years
posted 27 Apr 2026
- EMI
- ISO-16750
- Oscilloscopes
- Cadence
- ISO 26262
- Altium
- Schematic Capture
- PLM
- Logic analyzers
- Multimeters
- EMC
- ISO-25769
- FUSA
About the role
As a Sr. Electronic Design Engineer, Zonal, you will play a key role in the development of cutting-edge battery-management and zonal hardware which serves as the backbone for power distribution and control functions in our next-generation vehicles. We're looking for a hands-on engineer with a solid foundation in electrical engineering, a passion for innovation, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Your contributions will directly influence the performance, safety, and efficiency of future software-defined vehicles.
This role is a hybrid position.
What you would do
- Contribute to the full hardware design lifecycle - from concept and requirements ingestion, safety concept, schematic capture, layout, validation, and production.
- Understand and implement a fault-tolerant power electronics ECU with hundreds of solid-state eFUSEs, distributed and localized power distribution.
- Design an ECU with a high-compute microcontroller, support power sequencing and sleep states, and manage MCU/ECU IOs allocation.
- Have knowledge of taking an ECU through the HW development cycle from concept to cradle
- Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, thermal, software, vehicle dynamics, manufacturing, validation, and supply chain teams.
- Evaluate and integrate new components and technologies (e.g., microcontrollers, high-side drivers, motor drivers), including working with suppliers to co-develop custom solutions.
- Conduct worst-case circuit analysis, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and failure investigations on PCBAs and electronic subsystems.
- Support system integration and validation across build phases — Proto, EVT, DVT, and vehicle-level testing.
- Ensure compliance with functional safety and regulatory standards (ISO 26262, FUSA, ISO-16750, ISO-25769 etc.).
QUALIFICATIONSBACHELOR'S OR MASTER’S DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING OR A RELATED FIELD.
- 4+ years of experience in electronic hardware design, preferably in the automotive industry.
- Strong foundation in EE fundamentals; safety-hardware development experience is a plus.
- Experience designing for industrial or automotive environments while supporting the co-development of bootloader & firmware.
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