Staff Engineer: Hardware Design & System Integration

CARIAD, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CARIAD, Inc. in Mountain View is seeking a Staff Engineer, Hardware Design, System Integration & Test Automation.

This hands-on individual contributor connects embedded hardware design with system-level integration and validation, expanding ownership from board or ECU design to full system behavior, interfaces, bring-up, and verification. The engineer applies a systematic view across hardware, software, power, networks, mechanics, diagnostics, manufacturing, and validation to translate design

Responsibilities

• Lead the transition from board and ECU design to successful system integration with clear interfaces, dependencies, operating states, and verification needs.
• Review schematics, PCB implementation, power architecture, clocks, reset, interfaces, design margins, and test provisions to identify risks and improve readiness.
• Lead complex bring-up across prototypes and revisions, including power, reset, clock, boot, flashing, communications, diagnostics, and cross-domain issue isolation.
• Build systematic integration plans with sequencing, entry/exit criteria, instrumentation, baselines, expected behavior, evidence, records, owners, and closure criteria.
• Debug hardware/software/system issues using schematics, ICDs, harness drawings, logs, instruments, and root-cause methods while mentoring engineers in disciplined investigation.

Job description

CARIAD, Inc. in Mountain View is seeking a Staff Engineer, Hardware Design, System Integration & Test Automation.

This hands-on individual contributor connects embedded hardware design with system-level integration and validation, expanding ownership from board or ECU design to full system behavior, interfaces, bring-up, and verification. The engineer applies a systematic view across hardware, software, power, networks, mechanics, diagnostics, manufacturing, and validation to translate design