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 workplace.
- 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

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