High-Speed Design validation Engineer

Capgemini Engineering seeks an experienced High-Speed Design Validation Engineer to design, validate, and optimize mission-critical ECUs for electric vehicles. This on-site position requires collaboration with software, firmware, and mechanical teams and is based in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support for deployed hardware systems to ensure reliability and performance.
• Identify opportunities for design enhancements and implement changes to improve efficiency, scalability, and manufacturability.
• Lead investigations into hardware failures, applying analytical techniques to identify and resolve root causes.
• Develop and execute test plans to validate hardware functionality, performance, and compliance with industry standards.
• Collaborate closely with software, firmware, and mechanical engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and product success.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering or a related field, with 7 years of hardware design and development experience, ideally in Automotive.
• Strong foundation in analog and digital circuit design principles.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium, Cadence, or OrCAD.
• Solid understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal management.
• Hands-on experience with networking and communication protocols (Ethernet, PCIe, MIPI, GMSL).
• Hands-on experience with high-speed design validation and circuit debugging.
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail, with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences in written and verbal form.

Technologies

• Altium
• Cadence
• OrCAD
• Ethernet
• PCIe
• MIPI
• GMSL

Benefits

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), policy-defined: Vacation 12-25 days, company holidays, personal days, sick leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada).
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada).
• Life and disability insurance.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility.

Location

Location: San Francisco, California (onsite).