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Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer
| Company | Kodiak Robotics |
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| Location | Mountain View, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $170000 – $225000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- BS or MS, or equivalent experience in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering
- 8+ years of hardware development experience, ideally within the automotive, aerospace or a related industry
- 5+ years of experience with PCBAs, Harnesses, Power Distribution Units, Power Supplies, and automotive subcomponents
- Deep understanding of failure analysis
- Knowledge of mixed analog and digital circuits
- Experience with implementation and on-vehicle debugging of low level hardware buses such as I2C, CAN, SPI, and Ethernet
- Experience with high speed communication such as PCIe and DDR
- Experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation
- Passion about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity
Responsibilities
- Analyze and perform DFMEA analysis and testing from our custom PCBA electronics to the full electrical system architecture
- Conduct comprehensive product-level system validation for autonomous vehicle electronics, focusing on the safety validation of various hardware components
- Utilize hardware and electrical engineering knowledge to assess and ensure the proper functioning of our electrical system from our safety ECUs, fault management architectures, power generation, and power distribution systems
- Partner with external certification and accreditation labs to ensure our designs meet automotive and functional safety requirements
- Proactively suggest improvements in test methodologies and procedures to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the validation process
- Collaborate with electrical and firmware engineering teams to validate designs
- Lead root cause analysis and resolve issues in electrical systems
- Define stress test routines required to validate functional sections
- Validate thermal and power performance of circuits
- Develop and implement ISO 26262 methodologies to drive hardware design to meet ASIL goals
- Interface closely with other teams such as Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and with external suppliers
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
