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Posted 30 Oct 2026

Senior EE Engineer - Zonal ECU HW Design, Validation & Failure Analysis

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Rivian
Posted
30 Oct 2026

About the role

Hardware Design Engineer

We are looking for a skilled Hardware Design Engineer to join our team in Bangalore, India. This role involves performing hardware design analysis, validation, board-level debugging, and root-cause investigation of returned or field-failed Zonal ECU units. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in automotive ECU hardware design and have experience with schematic and circuit analysis. This position is critical for ensuring the reliability and performance of our products.

Experience Required:

6 to 8 years

Key Responsibilities:
  • Review ECU hardware architecture, schematics, and circuit design.
  • Perform bench validation and board-level debugging of returned units.
  • Analyze power supplies, MCU/SoC interfaces, memory, I/O, and communication circuits.
  • Reproduce field failures in a laboratory environment.
  • Use oscilloscope, multimeter, logic analyzer, power supply, and diagnostic tools.
  • Prepare FTA, failure hypotheses, and hardware root-cause reports.
  • Identify design, component, PCB/assembly, interface, or HW/SW interaction issues.
  • Recommend corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
Qualification Criteria:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • 6 to 8 years of experience in automotive ECU hardware design.
  • Proficiency in hardware validation and board-level debugging.
  • Strong knowledge of schematic and circuit analysis.
  • Experience with analog and digital electronics.
  • Understanding of power supply and power-management circuits.
  • Familiarity with microcontroller/SoC-based ECU architecture.
  • Knowledge of CAN/CAN FD, LIN, and/or Automotive Ethernet.
  • Experience with RMA, field failure, production failure, or validation failure analysis.
  • Proficient in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
Primary Skills:
  • Automotive ECU hardware design
  • Hardware validation and board-level debugging
  • Schematic and circuit analysis
Key Skills:
  • Analog and digital electronics
  • Power supply and power-management circuits
  • Microcontroller/SoC-based ECU architecture
  • CAN/CAN FD, LIN and/or Automotive Ethernet
  • RMA, field failure, production failure or validation failure analysis
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  • Hands-on laboratory equipment usage
  • Zonal Controller
  • Body Controller
  • Gateway ECU
  • Domain Controller
  • HPC
  • PCB/component failure analysis
  • DFMEA/FMEA, 8D, 5-Why and CAPA
  • Automotive electrical/environmental validation
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • 6 to 8 years of experience in automotive ECU hardware design.
  • Proficiency in hardware validation and board-level debugging.
  • Strong knowledge of schematic and circuit analysis.
  • Experience with analog and digital electronics.
  • Understanding of power supply and power-management circuits.
  • Familiarity with microcontroller/SoC-based ECU architecture.
  • Knowledge of CAN/CAN FD, LIN, and/or Automotive Ethernet.
  • Experience with RMA, field failure, production failure, or validation failure analysis.
  • Proficient in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).

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