ECU Hardware Integration Engineer

Objectives

Responsible for hardware platform enablement and integration activities for Cockpit, ADAS, and Centralized Computing platforms, supporting board bring-up, low-level hardware/software integration, interface validation, and technical issue analysis.

Act as the technical bridge between hardware development teams and software development teams, enabling efficient platform bring-up, issue debugging, and product maturity improvement throughout the development process.

As the primary technical investigation point for platform-level integration issues, supporting objective root cause analysis and ownership determination across hardware, software, suppliers, and validation teams.

Main tasks

1. Board Bring-up & Platform Enablement

Support first power-on and board bring-up activities

Verify power, reset, clock, boot, and key hardware functions

Support platform enablement and initial hardware readiness assessment

Identify and resolve board bring-up issues

2. Hardware & Software Integration

Act as the technical interface between hardware and software teams

Support integration of hardware platforms with BSP and low-level software

Analyze and resolve hardware/software interaction issues

Ensure successful enablement of platform functions and interfaces

3. Platform-Level Technical Issue Investigation

Serve as the first technical investigation point for platform-level integration issues

Analyze problems involving hardware, software, suppliers, and validation activities

Determine technical ownership and root causes across multiple domains

Support corrective action definition and issue closure

4. Supplier Hardware Integration Support

Review and assess supplier-delivered hardware bring-up and integration status

Validate supplier technical conclusions and issue analysis

Support integration of supplier-developed hardware into local products and vehicle programs

Coordinate technical discussions among suppliers and internal engineering teams

5. Interface Validation & Technical Debug

Support validation of DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, USB, Display, Camera, SerDes, storage, and other critical interfaces

Analyze logs, traces, measurements, and platform behavior

Support low-level debugging and integration validation

Verify effectiveness of corrective actions

6. Technical Knowledge Development

Capture hardware/software integration lessons learned

Develop integration guidelines and debugging methodologies

Promote reusable integration knowledge and best practices

Support hardware platform capability development

Qualification

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics, Automotive Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related disciplines

Fluent Chinese and good English communication skills required

Experience

1. Hardware Platform Development Experience

Minimum 5 years of experience in automotive electronics, embedded systems, or hardware platform development

Experience supporting board bring-up and platform enablement activities

Experience with Cockpit, ADAS, Domain Controller, or High-Performance Computing platforms preferred

Experience supporting products from prototype stage through validation

2. Hardware & Software Integration Experience

Experience working with BSP, firmware, or embedded software teams

Familiarity with platform initialization and hardware enablement processes

Experience debugging hardware/software interaction issues

Experience analyzing low-level platform behavior and system logs

3. Technical Investigation & Debug Experience

Experience investigating complex cross-domain technical issues

Strong root cause analysis capability

Experience determining issue ownership across hardware, software, and supplier domains

Experience supporting validation and product maturity activities

Specific Knowledge

1. Hardware Platform Fundamentals

Board bring-up methodology

Power, reset, clock, and boot architecture fundamentals

Hardware interface validation principles

Embedded hardware platform architecture

2. Hardware & Software Integration

Hardware/software interaction mechanisms

Platform enablement processes

Device initialization concepts

BSP and low-level software fundamentals

3. Technical Debug & Analysis

Low-level debugging methodologies

Log and trace analysis

JTAG, UART, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and diagnostic tools

Structured root cause analysis techniques

4. Engineering Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration between hardware and software organizations

Technical issue coordination and escalation

Supplier technical collaboration

Objective ownership assessment and problem resolution