ECU Lead Architect
Intellectt INC
Title: ECU Lead Architect
Location: Auburn Hills, MI
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Job Description Relevant IndustriesAutomotive, Automotive Electronics, ECU, Embedded Systems, Software Defined Vehicle (SDV), HPC, Domain Controllers, Zonal Controllers, AUTOSAR, Vehicle E/E Architecture, Functional Safety, Automotive Cybersecurity.
Job Description- Lead the end-to-end ECU architecture for HPCs, Zonal Control Units, Domain Controllers, and complex automotive computing platforms.
- Define and govern hardware, software, safety, cybersecurity, communication, diagnostics, deployment, and performance architectures .
- Translate and allocate functional, safety, cybersecurity, performance, and regulatory requirements across hardware and software.
- Maintain requirements traceability, technical baselines, interfaces, signal ownership, ECU pinout, and system decomposition .
- Define ECU resource allocation, processors, memory, I/O, networking, power management, startup/shutdown, wake-up, degraded modes, and fault handling .
- Ensure compliance with ISO 26262 Functional Safety and ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity .
- Support FMEA, safety analysis, technical risk assessments, architecture trade-offs, verification, validation, and performance analysis .
- Lead architecture and design reviews and coordinate technical convergence across Hardware, Software, Safety, Cybersecurity, Network, Validation, Quality, Vehicle Integration, and suppliers.
- Ensure alignment with APQP, PPAP, PCIEE, ASPICE , and automotive product development processes.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, Software Engineering , or a related discipline.
- Significant experience in automotive ECU, system, hardware/software, or vehicle architecture .
- Proven experience with HPC, Domain Controllers, Zonal Controllers, or safety-critical automotive computing platforms .
- Strong system-level technical leadership and cross-functional coordination experience.
- ECU / System Architecture
- HPC / Domain Controller / Zonal Controller
- Software Defined Vehicle (SDV)
- AUTOSAR Classic / Adaptive
- ISO 26262 / Functional Safety
- ISO/SAE 21434 / Cybersecurity
- Requirements Engineering & Architecture Modeling
- CAN / CAN-FD / Automotive Ethernet
- SOME/IP / DoIP
- FMEA / Safety Analysis
- Strong system-level technical leadership
- Embedded MCU / SoC / Multicore platforms
- Operating Systems and Middleware
- ECU Diagnostics
- Resource, Memory, I/O, and Power Management
- ECU Pinout and Hardware/Software Interfaces
- Startup, Shutdown, Wake-up, and Fault Handling
- Verification and Validation
- APQP / PPAP / PCIEE / ASPICE
- DOORS NG / Polarion / Jama / Jira / Git
- ECU Architect / Lead Architect / System Architect
- HPC / Domain Controller / Zonal Controller
- SDV / Vehicle E/E Architecture
- AUTOSAR
- ISO 26262 / ISO/SAE 21434
- CAN / CAN-FD / Automotive Ethernet / SOME-IP / DoIP
- Hardware and Software Architecture
- Requirements Allocation and Traceability
- ECU Integration and Diagnostics
- FMEA / Safety Analysis
- Verification and Validation
- Technical Reviews and Risk Assessment
- APQP / PPAP / ASPICE
- Cross-functional and Supplier Technical Leadership
- Candidates without automotive ECU/system architecture experience.
- Candidates without HPC, Domain Controller, or Zonal Controller experience.
- Software-only or hardware-only candidates without system-level architecture/integration experience.
- Candidates without AUTOSAR, Functional Safety, or Cybersecurity exposure.
- Candidates without automotive CAN/Ethernet/SOME-IP/DoIP experience.
- Candidates limited to component-level engineering without technical ownership.
- Candidates without cross-functional technical leadership experience.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline.
- Significant experience in automotive ECU/system/hardware/software architecture .
- Proven experience with HPC, Domain Controllers, Zonal Controllers, or safety-critical automotive platforms .
- Strong experience in SDV, AUTOSAR, ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, automotive networking, and requirements engineering .
- Proven system-level technical leadership and cross-functional coordination .
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