Senior ECU Verification & Characterization Engineer

TALENT Software Services; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TALENT Software Services seeks a senior Electronics Test and Validation engineer to own design verification and characterization of vehicle ECUs, focusing on Zonal and Battery ECUs. You will drive cross-functional collaboration across reliability, design and firmware teams to ensure module-level requirements are met.

You will develop and execute detailed test plans, lead bench-level characterization, create DFT reports, and mentor distributed teams while delivering tests on time and within scope.

Qualifications

• BS/MS or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of electronics characterization and validation testing.
• Experience with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, power supplies, loads, DMMs).
• Strong EE fundamentals.
• Knowledge of vehicle electrical systems and buses.
• Python scripting and data analysis experience.
• Proven IBM Maximo/MAS implementations, upgrades and integrations.
• Executive stakeholder management and communication to senior leadership.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams.
• Proven delivery excellence and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Develop design verification and characterization test plans for ECU programs.
• Lead execution of characterization testing according to milestones.
• Own test coverage reports and analysis.
• Perform bench-level characterization at IC and PCBA levels.
• Provide feedback to design engineers on design decisions and testability.
• Develop DFT reports for ECU designs.
• Own characterization schedules and senior-management status updates.
• Write Python automation scripts and instrumentation drivers.
• Collaborate with software engineers to flash and test firmware.
• Lead root-cause analysis of non-compliance test results using data analytics.

Skills

Electrical engineering fundamentals

Python scripting

Test planning and verification

Data analysis

Executive stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Vehicle electrical systems

Project delivery

Leadership of distributed teams

Customer satisfaction

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Electronic loads

Digital multimeters

Job description

TALENT Software Services seeks a senior Electronics Test and Validation engineer to own design verification and characterization of vehicle ECUs, focusing on Zonal and Battery ECUs. You will drive cross-functional collaboration across reliability, design and firmware teams to ensure module-level requirements are met.

You will develop and execute detailed test plans, lead bench-level characterization, create DFT reports, and mentor distributed teams while delivering tests on time and within scope.