Hardware Architect

About the Position:

We are looking for a Hardware Architect to join the Electronics team, reporting directly to the Function Leader of Electronics System Architect team.
 

This position is based at our office in Cluj-Napoca, Corbetta or Torino.
 

As the Hardware Architect at Marelli, you will be responsible for defining, modelling and governing the hardware portion of the system architecture, translating system requirements into hardware architectural solutions and ensuring robust, cost-effective, and compliant product development throughout the lifecycle. As part of Platforms team, he/she supports the generation of Hardware Architecture in coordination with System Architecture and SW Architecture teams and supports customer and supplier facing activities, and analyses of key technologies and trends. During the RFIs and RFQs, he/she contributes to the early definition of the product and its System Architecture, to make proper evaluation of the Customer Requirement impacts on the HW and SW perimeter and related development effort and costs.

Your Responsibilities will be:

• Define hardware system architectures aligned with customer, product, and system requirements.


• Develop architecture concepts for body, door-control, and zone-controller ECUs.


• Define system-function allocation, ECU partitioning, HW/SW partitioning, and hardware building-block requirements, ensuring traceability and consistency across HSI documentation, Variant Management, and Operative Condition assessment.


• Design vehicle network, communication, E/E integration, and 12V/48V power-distribution architectures.


• Select and assess technologies, semiconductors, processors, SoCs, and suppliers based on performance, cost, quality, and lifecycle.


• Conduct feasibility studies, trade-off analyses, technical-risk assessments, benchmarking, and technology scouting.


• Ensure requirements traceability and support functional safety, technical safety concepts, FMEA, and fault-tree analysis.


• Ensure project execution and associated work products comply with HW development processes and defined KPIs.


• Support RFQs, cost estimation, industrialization, design reviews, platform reuse, and cross-functional international development teams.

What Qualifications you will bring:

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  Competency:

  
  
  
  
  • Expertise in vehicle E/E architecture, hardware system design, ECU/function allocation, HW/SW partitioning, platform reuse, and 12V/48V power-distribution architectures.
  
  
  • Strong knowledge of semiconductor selection, SoC/MCU/multiprocessor systems, RF and high-speed digital design, and automotive networks including Ethernet, CAN, LIN, and A2B.
  
  
  • Proficiency in systems and requirements engineering, architecture modelling, product lifecycle processes, ISO 26262, FMEA/FTA, industrialization, automotive regulations, and homologation.
  
  
  • Experience with DOORS, Atlassian, and related engineering tools; strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, decision-making, collaboration and customer focus.
  
  
  • Languages: Advanced written and spoken English.
  
  
  
  

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  Certification / Qualification:

  
  
  
  
  • Knowledge of automotive E/E architectures and communication networks, including ISO 26262 functional-safety principles.
  
  
  • Education (school/specialization): Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronic/Computer Engineering or a comparable technical field, with knowledge of semiconductor technologies, embedded systems, and system-engineering methodologies.
  
  
  
  

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  Experience:

  
  
  
  
  • At least five years of experience developing embedded electronic products and hardware platforms in Automotive OEM or Tier 1 environments.
  
  
  • Know how in defining ICE and EV vehicle E/E architectures, including body, door-control modules, and zone-controller systems.
  
  
  • Proven record in automotive system engineering, hardware architecture definition, feasibility studies, RFQ/offer support, semiconductor assessment, and architecture trade-off analysis.
  
  
  • Experience with embedded safety-critical and functional-safety product development, working effectively in multidisciplinary and international teams.
  
  
  
  

What does this position offer you:

• Fast-paced yet supportive and high-performing international team with an inspiring ambition to transform the future of mobility.


• Support in onboarding and further training that will set you up with Marelli's speed.


• A hybrid work model, helping you to achieve work-life balance-combining the best of both spending time working remotely, benefitting from focus time, and purposeful co-creation time in the office.

Take the next step:

Together, we will drive the world towards a safer, greener, and better-connected future. 
 

Are you ready to make your mark, shape the future of the automotive industry, and drive the growth of the [Division] business?
 

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