Senior Hardware Design Engineer - Automotive ECUs

Capgemini; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 60,407 - 94,379; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer in Irvine, California, to join their team focused on creating innovative Electronics Control Units for electric vehicles. The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant hardware design experience, particularly in the automotive sector. Responsibilities include enhancing designs and leading investigations into hardware failures. This role offers a competitive hourly wage and a range of benefits.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in hardware design and development, ideally in Automotive.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed design validation and circuit debugging.
• Solid understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal management.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support for deployed hardware systems.
• Identify opportunities for design enhancements.
• Lead investigations into hardware failures.
• Develop and execute test plans for hardware validation.

Skills

Analog and digital circuit design principles

Schematic capture and PCB layout tools

Strong problem-solving skills

Networking and communication protocols

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence

OrCAD

Job description

About the Job You're Considering We’re seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to join our innovative team focused on building Electronics Control Unit (ECU) for Electric Vehicles. This is a high-impact role where you’ll contribute to the design, development, validation and optimization of mission-critical systems used by global enterprises.

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

• Experience Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or a related field
• 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
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail, with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences through both written and verbal channels
  
  

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $43.85/hour - $68.51/hour. Our offered benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.