Senior Hardware Engineer - Digital-LV

Position Overview

ECU MFG HW/SW Engineer provides dedicated ownership of software release management across engineering builds, manufacturing, sustaining, and operations teams for In house Low Voltage ECUs. As program volume, ECU content, software complexity, production deployment, and sustaining activities continue to increase, a centralized resource is required to manage release timing, content readiness, validation status, traceability, field/manufacturing issue follow-up, and resolution across concurrent programs. This role supports both new program launches and sustaining operations by maintaining released software packages, coordinating updates for production and service needs, ensuring software and flashing information remain accurate, and driving closure of issues that impact internal sites, contract manufacturers, and ongoing production. This role will improve execution discipline by ensuring software releases and sustaining updates are planned, tracked, validated, documented, and communicated through each phase from engineering development to production rollout and post-launch support.

Key Responsibilities

• Support sustaining activities by coordinating troubleshooting for hardware-related issues impacting ECU flashing, manufacturing test execution, software deployment, or production continuity
• Act as the technical point of contact between the in-house Low Voltage ECU team and Lucid Manufacturing teams to align on sustaining issues, escalation paths, technical containment, and production support needs
• Serve as the central resource to establish and track SW releases, timing and content rollout based off program plans within cross functionals teams
• Act as user champion when coordinating software releases with business stakeholders
• Manage in-house ECU SW release process with Test Team (MFG), Operations and Contact Manufacturers
• Collaborate with TPMs, SW engineers and test engineers to implement and maintain release management system, solutions, and processes.
• Support other teams providing information requested (e.g. SW files location, flashing tools, traceability information, etc.) for all Engineering builds and Production
• Communicate regularly to management on activities and status for all programs assigned
• Review, track and sign off all SW QUALs/PCRs/ECR/ECOs for internal and external ECUs
• Manage multiple concurrent releases/build and deployments from development to production rollout
• Manage the pre-release SW testing in the Mfg Test lab, CM, and Internal sites
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and lead the team to achieve goals
• Track all open SW issues that affect these teams and manage to resolution
• To support engineering teams at HQ during final verification of SW intended to be released to production

Skills

• HW Program Management or HW/SW TPM role in an Engineering role
• Skilled in working with multiple organizations across different cultures and regions
• Problem resolutions tools
• Ability to work in a small, motivated group within a larger organization
• Configuration management process (knowledge and implementation)
  • Engineering Change Request, Issue manager and configuration management

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, in CS, EE, CE or related field
• 7+ years of experience in electronics to end customers
• At least 5 years of experience in technical roles
• Experience in the SW release process, SW testing, Jira, waterfall (Development), SCRUM, and build processes required
• Experience in high volume Consumer or Enterprise, with Automotive ECU experience a definite plus
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• ERP, Bug tracking and ECO/BOM systems experience (Examples; NetSuite, Jira, Arena, MKS, Smart Bear)
• Excellent communication skills (writing and oral)

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of UDS standard (User level)
• Knowledge of CAN and DoIP protocols (User level)
• Automotive experience