Senior Hardware Design Engineer

We are currently seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer for in-house electronic control module (ECU) development. The position is on Lucid’s low-voltage HW development team. This position requires an experienced professional with an extensive background in high reliability electronics designed for high volume production.

Required automotive skills include PCBA level Functional Safety analysis: DFMEAs, pin FMEAs, HARA, Safety Goals, FMEDA, Functional safety manuals, Fault-tree Analysis, FIT rate calculations in order to validate and design ASIL rated ECUs.

In addition, these skills are desirable: high-speed network hardware design, low voltage high current power delivery, cabled high speed interfaces (automotive ethernet, GMSL, etc.), advanced LED drivers, automotive processors, SOC processor boards.

Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate excellence in their respective fields and possess the ability to learn quickly and to strive for perfection within a fast-paced environment.

The Role: Specify, design and develop automotive electronic hardware for various vehicle functions such as access control, motor drivers, body control, network gateways, low voltage redundant power delivery. A specific specialty skill of this position will be the functional safety analysis described above.

The candidate must have excellent EE fundamentals; be able to perform system design including analog and digital circuits, DC/DC, microprocessors as well as industry bleeding edge technologies for future EVs. Perform board design, prototype build, bring-up, functional verification, DVT, PVT and manufacturing support. Create rigorous testing and validation plans to fully support technology transitions from R&D concepts through to production. Qualifications: Automotive-grade product design experience, System architecture experience and building embedded electronic systems ranging from micro controllers to high-end processors. Industry experience in automotive electronics development process for mass volume production design, with focus on DFx (test & manufacturing), EMC compliance, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience.

Education degree requirements:  A Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Engineering or a related technical field is required.