Senior Electronics Engineer

Canoo; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Flexible PTO

Casual workplace energy

Job summary

Canoo is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer to lead the development and sourcing of in-house control units and ensure requirements are met. You will be hands-on across the engineering spectrum, supporting all functions and collaborating with cross‑functional teams.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of automotive electronics design, mixed-signal expertise, and strong documentation skills. The role is on-site and focused on delivering robust ECUs for rugged automotive environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics or related STEM field.
• 5+ years designing automotive electronics with mixed-signal hardware.
• Experience with CAN/LIN/Ethernet and hardware validation.
• Strong documentation, traceability and fault analysis skills.
• Familiarity with EMC best practices and testing.

Responsibilities

• Capture system requirements and translate into a technical specification tying HW and SW.
• Select components and perform schematic capture.
• Architect ECU to meet rugged automotive environmental requirements.
• Create documentation for robustness: SI, Power Budget, WCA, DFMEA, FSA.
• Collaborate with PCB Designer and Mechanical Engineer on layouts.
• Develop and execute engineering and validation test plans focusing on bring-up.
• Coordinate with Programs and Supply Chain to meet cost targets and schedules.
• Work with validation teams to verify operation to specification.
• Integrate final design into vehicle or subsystem and perform DVP&R planning.
• Log, track and drive closure of product issues during testing.

Skills

Mixed-signal design

High-speed design

CAN/LIN/Ethernet

Circuit theory

Electrical troubleshooting

Documentation & traceability

EMC design & validation

Education

ABETBachelor Electrical/Computer Engineering or Physics

M.S.E.E. or related STEM degree preferred

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscope / VNA / DMM

Job description

Job Category: Hardware Development Engineering

Requisition Number: SENIO001354

• Posted: September 10, 2024
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Description

Job Title

Senior Electronics Engineer

About Canoo

Canoo’s mission is to bring electric vehicles to everyone and build a world‑class team to deploy a sustainable mobility revolution. The company is scaling quickly and seeks candidates who are motivated by purpose and enjoy challenge.

Job Purpose

Senior Electronics Engineer is responsible for leading the development and sourcing of in‑house control units and ensuring the products satisfy all requirements. The successful candidate will be multi‑talented and hands‑on, supporting all functions of engineering.

Responsibilities

• Capture system requirements from all stakeholders and translate into a technical specification. Technical specification shall guide and glue together HW and SW requirements maintaining linkages to the system requirements.
• Responsible for component selection and schematic capture
• Responsible for the architecture of the Electronic Control Unit, ensuring it meets all functional and environmental requirements for a rugged automotive environment.
• Create the documentation to support technical robustness of design (Signal Integrity, Power Budget, Worst Case Analysis, Circuit Simulations, DFMEA, Functional Safety Analysis)
• Work with PCB Designer and Mechanical Engineer to verify library components and guide and approve layouts
• Responsible for the development and execution of all engineering and validation test plans and reports with an emphasis on board bring up and detailed characterization under accelerated operating conditions.
• Work with all engineering disciplines to ensure the final product meets all technical and commercial requirements.
• Work with commercial teams (Programs, Supply Chain) to ensure cost targets and schedules are met. Be the main technical point of contact between suppliers and all engineering disciplines.
• Work with test and validation team to verify functional operation to technical specification
• Work with all stakeholders to integrate final design in vehicle or subsystem
• Assist in the development of detailed DVP&R plans, including statistical confidence intervals
• Ensure all product issues are identified, logged, tracked, and resolved during each testing phase
• Good communication with the rest of the organization when issues/failures arise

Required Experience

• Minimum bachelor’s degree from an ABET accredited university with a major in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or another related STEM field.
• MSEE or advanced degree in STEM is preferred.
• Must be highly analytical with excellent documentation and traceability skills
• Experience with mixed‑signal embedded controller design
• Experience with high‑speed design and signal integrity
• Technical understanding and familiarity with automotive industry standards that covers environmental, mechanical, electrical aspects of validation
• Familiarity with CAN, LIN, Ethernet communications and the tools used to interface with them
• Familiarity with board design and manufacturing processes. Consider design for manufacturing during all stages of the development process
• Hands‑On experience working with electronic/electric systems and all traditional lab equipment (DMM, Oscilloscope, VNA, Logic Analyzers, Power Supplies)
• Excellent aptitude in circuit theory and general electronics design practice (communication networks, SMPS, Analog and Digital design)
• Experience in designing for EMC best practice and validation test.
• Experienced in troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• 5+ years designing automotive electronics

Preferred Experience

• Experience with automotive electronics development standards such as ISO 16750 series
• Experience with automotive controllers used in safety critical systems. Demonstrated experience with ISO 26262 is preferred.
• Experience with Altium Designer preferred

Physical Requirements for Non‑Physical Positions

While performing the duties of this job, employees may be required to sit for prolonged periods of time, occasionally bending or stooping, lifting up to 10 pounds, and prolonged periods of computer use.

Reasonable Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

What’s Cool About Working Here…

• Meaningful, challenging work that will redefine automotive landscape and make EVs available to everyone
• Equity Compensation
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Casual workplace with an unbelievable feeling of energy

Canoo is an equal‑opportunity‑affirmative action employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, past or present military service or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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