Cariadinc

Cariadinc

Principal Systems Engineer, Infotainment ECU

Mountain View, CA · Principal · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$10k-$20kDetected 71 days ago
AndroidLinuxCybersecurityProduct StrategyNegotiationPCB DesignEMI/EMCSystems EngineeringLeadershipCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.
  • The Principal Systems Engineer provides technical leadership to cross-functional teams and suppliers within the infotainment ECU scope.
  • Motivates teams to joint action to achieve common goals across organizational boundaries & cultural differences. - Highly Accountable: Assumes personal responsibility for making and keeping realistic agreements.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with build and maintain performance models to guide design choices; drive cross-functional reviews and support domain signoffs with domain owner
  • Review schematic/PCB progress, DFM/DFT readiness, and EVT/DVT/PVT builds; surface and track thermal, EMC/EMI, and reliability risks with the hardware team.
  • Coordinate lab bring-up activities and issue tracking with responsible domain teams, ensuring hardware owners stay in the loop and own fixes.
  • Lead ECU integration into vehicle networks (CAN/CAN FD, LIN, Ethernet as applicable) in partnership with network owners.
  • Partner with SoC, BSP, and middleware leads on SoC selection, boot chain (UEFI/U-Boot, secure boot), BSP, middleware, and driver integration; co-evaluate performance/power targets and trade-offs.
  • Support roadmap alignment with HMI, connectivity, and cloud teams; jointly validate audio, video, display, and storage pipelines through system-level test plans.
  • Ensure diagnostics, logging, security features, and OTA readiness at ECU level with contributors from each discipline, keeping ownership with respective domain leads.
  • Lead system requirements gathering and traceability for infotainment ECU features, diagnostics, and compliance.
  • Contribute to architecture trade-off analysis, performance and power estimations, and capacity planning; validate against user experience and vehicle constraints.
  • Partner with hardware leads to define and refine system-level hardware requirements and constraints for the infotainment ECU (power, high-speed interfaces, memory, connectivity, audio/display) and ensure they flow to silicon and PCB vendors.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of Systems Engineering experience with an emphasis in embedded/infotainment ECU development across SoC, board, and system integration.
  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics or related technical field
  • You, the applicant, will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.

Skills

  • Experience in developing strategies for automotive safety
  • Strong ARM SoC, DDR/flash, PMIC, PCIe/USB, audio/video/display understanding.
  • Proficient in BSP/bootloader/kernel fundamentals and embedded Linux/RTOS.
  • Skilled in schematic/layout review, bringup, validation, and triage across domains.
  • Strong knowledge of vehicle networks (CAN/CAN FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet).
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; clear communicator with cross-functional teams and suppliers.
  • Self-driven, organized, and comfortable coordinating multi-partner deliverables.
  • Experience with automotive safety (ISO 26262) and cybersecurity (ISO/SAE 21434).
  • Background with Android Automotive, QNX, or embedded Linux infotainment stacks.
  • Exposure to audio tuning, display/graphics optimization, and validation
  • Familiarity with OTA campaign orchestration and security hardening.
  • Thoughtful Problem Solver & Communicator: Thinks analytically, critically & creatively and communicates with clarity, direction & purpose.

Compensation

  • Salary range is dependent on factors such as geographical differentials, credentials or certifications, industry-based experience, qualification and training. In the city of Mountain View, CA, the salary range for this position is $194,670 - $282,735.
  • CARIAD, Inc. provides performance based merits and annual bonus along with a competitive benefits package.
  • We also offer a unique vehicle lease program that covers registration and insurance fees.
  • Employment with Cariad Inc. is contingent upon the successful completion of this screening process.
  • We emphasize the importance of compliance with export control and sanctions laws as a fundamental aspect of our operations.
  • Our company is dedicated to adhering to these regulations to ensure the lawful and ethical conduct of our business activities.

Benefits

  • Strong empathy, influencing and negotiation skills that help create alignment around product vision, budgets, resources, program planning, etc.

Company info

  • Speaks up with compassion & empathy to firmly stand by our values, principles, rules & regulations.
  • Assumes personal responsibility for making and keeping realistic agreements.
  • Openly owns mistakes and consequences.
  • Demonstrates strong commitment and consideration for the larger interests of society, the environment, the company, and the team.

Equal opportunity

  • CARIAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We emphasize the importance of compliance with export control and sanctions laws as a fundamental aspect of our operations
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