Staff Validation Engineer - Electronics Design

The role

You will develop and validate electronic control units for vehicles. You will contribute to the complete electronic hardware design lifecycle from concept to production launch.

What you will do

• Design, develop, modify, and validate electronic hardware throughout the product-development lifecycle.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for electronics verification and validation.
• Partner with systems and product engineering teams to translate product needs into hardware requirements.
• Develop and evaluate hardware architectures, circuit designs, and component selections.
• Perform reviews of schematics and PCB layouts to identify risks.
• Provide technical leadership in Design for Testability, Reliability, and Manufacturing.
• Develop design verification and validation strategies, plans, and test methods.
• Lead DVP&R and PVP&R activities.
• Lead prototype bring-up, hardware characterization, and debugging.
• Modify electronic designs based on test results and root-cause findings.

Required qualifications

• Extensive experience developing and validating electronic hardware through the complete product-development lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with electronic hardware architecture, circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout review, prototype bring-up, debugging, and design validation.
• Subject-matter expertise in electronic hardware verification and validation, including electrical, functional, environmental, durability, and fault-injection testing.
• Experience developing and executing DVP&R and PVP&R activities for complex electronic products.
• Ability to analyze test data and lead root-cause investigations.
• Product-development design experience with complex electronic systems.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual company performance bonus program
• Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Health coverage
• Retirement savings
• Time off
• Family planning programs

About the company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders. They address the challenges of electric vehicles through technology for software-defined vehicles.