Lead Hardware Design Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Santa Clara, CA, United States

Company

hirify.global develops premium smart electric vehicles and next-generation automotive technologies, including highly autonomous vehicle systems.

What you will do

• Lead hardware design and board layout from proof of concept through production and warranty analysis.
• Deliver hardware design work on schedule and within budget while supporting product requirements.
• Lead Failure Mode Avoidance and the full FMEA process for hardware quality.
• Develop, execute, and improve DV/PV, EMI/EMC, environmental, thermal, and mechanical validation testing.
• Collaborate with product, sensor, quality, project, embedded systems, software QA, suppliers, and manufacturing teams.
• Support hardware bring-up and testing with the in-vehicle infotainment software team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hardware design experience, including 3+ years in automotive hardware design.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with the full product lifecycle of automotive infotainment hardware.
• Experience with Intel Atom/Xeon or ARM Cortex-M processors, hardware description languages such as VHDL or Verilog, and programmable logic devices such as CPLDs or FPGAs.
• Experience with wireless communications, including Wi-Fi, cellular networks, and Bluetooth, plus CAN, LIN, UART, Ethernet, and USB protocols.
• Experience with in-car computing architecture, graphical processor integration, off-the-shelf components, hardware/software integration, and automotive quality processes such as A-SPICE and FMEA.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position supporting next-generation electric vehicle development.
• Work in a free-thinking culture focused on automotive technology innovation.
• Information is handled confidentially according to EEO guidelines.