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

- Contribute to the design and development of vehicle-level or component-level architecture for EV platforms
- Derive system logics and write comprehensive test cases, with a robust focus on identifying and validating corner cases for embedded HW/SW systems
- 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)
- Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional internal teams (mechanical, software, hardware) and external vendors to ensure seamless system integration
- Actively participate in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process, from concept through to production




- Owned or worked with at least one of the following projects/products end-to-end : VCU, ABS, Cluster, Telematics, BCM, TCU
- Manage Field Failures with Interim Corrective Actions (ICA) while working on a Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA)

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
- Solid understanding of the core logic behind embedded Software (SW) and Hardware (HW) systems
- 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
- 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) and FOTA

📌 Senior Engineer - LV Components (Bengaluru)
🏢 River
📍 Bengaluru