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Avride · 2 hours ago

Electrical Design Engineer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Avride is a company that designs and builds cutting-edge hardware for self-driving cars and autonomous delivery robots. They are seeking a hands-on Electrical Design Engineer to join their Hardware Design team, responsible for developing system-level electrical documentation and collaborating with various teams to ensure design integrity and serviceability.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesRobotics

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain system-level electrical documentation (Power, Network, and Connection Diagrams)

Design and document 12V / 48V power distribution systems, including protection, grounding, and redundancy

Define and maintain interfaces between compute units, controllers, sensors, and actuators

Integrate and validate automotive and industrial communication networks — CAN, Ethernet (both *BaseT and *BaseT1), RS-485, Modbus, IO-Link, and discrete I/O

Develop custom vehicle harnesses for future Avride vehicles

Create 3D routing within evolving vehicle architecture (AutoCad Electrical)

Create 2D harness layouts and drawings (EPLAN)

Select harness components including terminals, connectors, wire types/sizes, and coverings

Negotiate routing and attachment locations within the evolving vehicle environment

Prepare and release production-ready harness and interconnect documentation (pinouts, routing data, connection tables)

Collaborate with Mechanical, Embedded, and Manufacturing teams to ensure design integrity and serviceability

Interact with partner to co-develop or inform their vehicle wiring architecture

Support prototype builds, troubleshooting, and system validation during testing

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringDC power distributionEPLANAutomotive communication protocolsSolidWorks ElectricalProblem-solving skillsTeamworkCommunication skills