ECU Lead Architect

Stellantis; Poissy; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Stellantis is seeking an ECU Lead Architect to drive end-to-end ECU definition, integration, and governance for HPCs, ZCUs, domain controllers, and automotive computing platforms.

You will translate vehicle requirements into a coherent ECU solution, overseeing hardware, software, safety, cybersecurity, and network architectures while coordinating across System Engineering, Hardware, Software, and supplier teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/CS or related.
• Significant automotive ECU experience and embedded systems knowledge.
• Strong software/hardware architecture and requirements engineering background.
• Familiarity with safety, cybersecurity, ISO 26262 and ISO/SAE 21434 standards.

Responsabilités

• Consolidate functional, safety, cybersecurity and performance requirements for ECU.
• Define ECU hardware/software/safety/cybersecurity architectures.
• Manage ECU resource allocation, pinout, and integration constraints.
• Lead technical reviews and risk assessments across disciplines.
• Ensure traceability and alignment with quality and industrialization milestones.

Connaissances

Automotive ECU

Embedded systems

Software architecture

Hardware architecture

System requirements

ISO 26262

AUTOSAR

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electronics Engineering

Outils

DOORS NG

Polarion

Jama

Jira

Git

Description du poste

Build your brand. Tell your story. Take advantage of a rare opportunity to start from the ground up and build something great.

Stellantis is a leading global automaker and mobility provider that offers clean, connected, affordable and safe mobility solutions. Our Company’s strength lies in the breadth of our iconic brand portfolio, the diversity and passion of our people, and our deep roots in the communities in which we operate. Our ambitious electrification and software strategies and the creation of an innovative ecosystem of strategic, game-changing partnerships are driving our transformation to a sustainable mobility tech company.

With industrial operations in nearly 30 countries, Stellantis could consistently exceed the evolving needs and expectations of consumers in more than 130 markets, while creating superior value for all stakeholders.

Job Overview

The ECU Lead Architect is the technical authority responsible for the end-to-end definition, integration, and governance of a complex Electronic Control Unit (ECU), including High Performance Computers (HPCs), Zonal Control Units (ZCUs), Domain Controllers, and similar automotive computing platforms.

The role translates vehicle and system requirements into a coherent ECU solution by defining and maintaining the hardware, software, safety, cybersecurity, network, and performance architectures. The ECU Lead Architect ensures consistency across all engineering disciplines and acts as the primary technical interface between System Engineering, Hardware, Software, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Validation, Vehicle Integration, and supplier teams.

The ECU Lead Architect is accountable for the technical coherence of the ECU throughout the complete product lifecycle and ensures compliance with quality, safety, cybersecurity, regulatory, performance, cost, and industrialization objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and consolidate functional, safety, cybersecurity, performance, and regulatory requirements allocated to the ECU.
• Establish and maintain the ECU technical baseline and ensure bidirectional traceability between requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, and release deliverables.
• Define, maintain, and govern the ECU hardware, software, safety, cybersecurity, communication, diagnostics, and deployment architectures.
• Define ECU resource allocation strategies, including processors, memory, communication networks, power management, and I/O management.
• Own the ECU pinout architecture and ensure consistency between hardware, software, sensors, actuators, network connectivity, and vehicle integration constraints.
• Perform and govern the allocation of functional, security, performance, and non-functional requirements between hardware and software domains.
• Derive and maintain Hardware Functional Requirements, Software Functional Requirements, Hardware Safety Requirements, Software Safety Requirements, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Consolidate hardware/software interfaces, communication interfaces, signal ownership.
• Consolidate ECU state-management concepts, including power modes, startup and shutdown behavior, wake-up management, degraded modes, fault handling, and 12V management strategies.
• Define architectural solutions supporting ISO 26262 Functional Safety and ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity compliance.
• Technical Support to FMEA activities, including Hardware FMEA, Software FMEA, and Safety Mechanism Analysis.
• Define ECU-level verification strategies and performance targets, including startup time, timing constraints, runtime performance, communication performance, and resource utilization.
• Define component test strategies and support verification and validation activities.
• Own the collection, maintenance, and configuration management of sensor, actuator, and external device datasheets in coordination with DREs and hardware teams.
• Lead technical reviews, architecture reviews, design reviews, and technical risk assessments.
• Coordinate technical convergence across Hardware, Software, Safety, Cybersecurity, Network, Validation, Quality, Vehicle Integration disciplines.
• Ensure alignment with program quality and industrialization milestones, including APQP, PPAP, PCIEE, and product development governance processes.
• Provide engineering leadership with clear visibility of architecture maturity, technical risks, open issues, and mitigation plans.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in automotive ECU, system, hardware, or software architecture for complex embedded systems.
• Proven experience delivering HPC, Zonal Controller, Domain Controller, or other safety-critical automotive platforms.
• Strong understanding of vehicle E/E architectures, Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) concepts, centralized computing, and zonal architectures.
• Deep knowledge of embedded hardware platforms, microcontrollers, SoCs, multicore architectures, operating systems, and middleware technologies.
• Strong knowledge of AUTOSAR Classic, AUTOSAR Adaptive, diagnostics, networking, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience in requirements engineering, requirement allocation, architecture modeling, and system decomposition.
• Good understanding of ISO 26262 Functional Safety and ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity Engineering.
• Experience performing FMEA, safety analyses, architectural trade-off studies, and technical risk assessments.
• Strong knowledge of automotive communication technologies, including CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, SOME/IP, and DoIP.
• Familiarity with ASPICE, APQP, PPAP, PCIEE, and automotive product development processes.
• Experience with requirements and lifecycle management tools such as DOORS NG, Polarion, Jama, Jira, Git, or equivalent solutions.
• Strong technical leadership, problem-solving, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.