Sr. Manager, Automotive Systems Development
$220,000 - $270,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role executes the technical development of production-ready automotive electronic control units (ECUs) and highly integrated electronic modules, translating product requirements into validated, manufacturable hardware incorporating MPS semiconductor products. Example platforms include zonal controllers, infotainment ECUs, and audio amplifier ECUs.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end technical execution across system architecture, design planning, schematic and PCB development, component integration, prototyping, verification, qualification, design release, and production readiness.
- Lead the development of automotive ECUs and modules by integrating MPS power management products with processors, communications, sensing, and auxiliary system components.
- Personally conduct technical reviews, bench debugging, root-cause analysis, design tradeoffs, and hardware validation.
- Build milestones and resource plans while coordinating global dotted-line specialists across North America, Europe, China, and Taiwan alongside a lean core team.
- Collaborate with Automotive Marketing to convert product requirements into engineering specifications while evaluating cost, performance, schedule, and technical risks.
- Partner with contract manufacturers and internal quality teams on DFM, DFT, production test, prototype and pilot builds, qualification, and manufacturing ramp readiness.
- Ensure compliance with EMC, thermal, environmental, reliability, and applicable automotive safety and quality requirements.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
- 6+ years of relevant hands-on experience developing complex electronic hardware or embedded systems.
- Strong fundamentals in system architecture, power electronics/power management, PCB design, interfaces, hardware bring-up, and validation.
- Demonstrated ownership of substantial hardware development deliverables, including practical debugging and cross-functional problem solving.
- Ability to drive engineering execution across distributed teams without relying on direct reporting authority.
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering automotive ECUs or similarly demanding electronics into production, including working with external manufacturing partners.
- Background in agile hardware environments such as EV startups, robotics, industrial electronics, or lean automotive electronics companies.
- Experience with EMC, environmental qualification, automotive reliability, manufacturing test, and relevant functional safety processes.
- Working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese.
Skills: ECU, PCB design, power management, schematic, system architecture
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 35-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
25
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Median days open
35 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
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| Metric | Monolithic Power Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (25 roles · 12 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 25 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 15 | 6411 · 156 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 35 d (−35 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: ECU, PCB design, power management, schematic, system architecture
Who's hiring in this category
- Mobileye · 5 open roles · median 55 d
- Qualcomm · 5 open roles · median 120 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 4 open roles · median 39 d
- Infineon Technologies · 2 open roles · median 26 d
- Texas Instruments · 2 open roles · median 140 d
- Analog Devices · 1 open role · median 15 d
How we counted: 25 open Hardware Systems Engineering (Automotive IC) roles from 12 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 4 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.