About River

River is a design company building multi-utility products. Our flagship product River Indie, #SUVofScooters, is designed to help you get things done. Engineered to be a dependable ally on your road to success.

We're a 1000 team headquartered in Bengaluru – backed by marquee international investors, with mobility-focused funds linked to Yamaha Motors, Al-Futtaim Automotive Group, Toyota VC, Trucks Venture Capital, Mitsui & Co. Ltd, Marubeni Ventures Inc., Lowercarbon Capital, and Maniv Mobility.

Key Responsibilities

- Architecture & Development: Contribute to the design and development of vehicle-level or component-level architecture for EV platforms.

- Logic & Testing: Derive system logics and write comprehensive test cases, with a solid focus on identifying and validating corner cases for embedded HW/SW systems.

- Documentation: Draft, review, and manage documents such as Product Requirements Documents (PRD), Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), Hardware Requirement. Specifications (HRS), Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA) and Design Verification Plans (DVP).

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional internal teams (mechanical, software, hardware) and external vendors to ensure seamless system integration.

- Lifecycle Management: Actively participate in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process, from concept through to production.
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- Diagnostics: Manage Field Failures with Interim Corrective Actions (ICA) while working on a Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA).

- This position will be in our Electric Vehicle (EV) development team. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between hardware and software, possessing a strong foundational understanding of embedded system logic, safety standards, and testing methodologies.

Ideal Candidate

- 3 to 8 years of hands-on experience working on vehicle architecture or component architecture, preferably within the EV domain.

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechatronics Engineering.

- Embedded Systems: Solid understanding of the core logic behind embedded Software (SW) and Hardware (HW) systems.

- Technical Comprehension: Highly proficient in reading, interpreting, and applying technical data sheets and engineering drawings.

- Functional Safety: A strong ISO 26262 mindset with a working understanding of automotive functional safety standards.

- Automotive Protocols: Proficiency in standard vehicle communication networks, primarily CAN (Controller Area Network).

- Basic to intermediate programming proficiency in Python and/or C for automation, scripting, or basic tool development.

- Prior hands-on experience taking at least one component or architectural module through a complete development cycle.

- Knowledge or Hands-on experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE).

- Hands-on work with FOTA.

📌 Engineer / Senior Engineer - Powertrain Components (Bengaluru)
🏢 River
📍 Bengaluru