Hardware Engineering Manager, Sonatus
$179.5-250k
+ Equity Program
3+ days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
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Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$179.5-250k
+ Equity Program
3+ days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To accelerate automotive innovation
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in board bring-up and validation of complex compute and/or network systems
- Proficient with lab equipment: power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and network traffic generators (e.g., CANoe, Peak-SocketCAN, Spirent)
- Strong understanding of automotive Ethernet standards: 802.11bw, 802.11bp (10BASE-T1S, 100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1), CANHS, and CANFD
- Ability to read complex schematics and design/layout simple breakout boards
- Hands-on experience with Python or other scripting languages
- Comfortable working in Linux or similar operating systems
- Familiarity with CAN dbc file formats and tools
Desirable
- Experience with bench-level hardware repair and debugging
- Understanding of high-speed digital design and signal integrity (RGMII, SGMII, SerDes)
- Familiarity with embedded systems: U-Boot, Yocto, and RTOS environments
- Proven ability to develop and execute test plans for complex electronic systems
- Exposure to firmware development and integration
- Experience with automotive test equipment (e.g., Vector, Intrepid)
- Proficient with JTAG tools (e.g., Lauterbach, J-Link)
- Hands-on experience with NXP and Renesas network application processors
- Prior work with silicon vendor development boards (e.g., S32G2/G3, Renesas S4, Qualcomm)
- Knowledge of automotive-grade switches (e.g., Marvell, Broadcom, Realtek)
- Understanding of functional safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262)
- Solid grasp of automotive Electrical/Electronic Architecture (EEA)
What the job involves
- This is hybrid position at our Sunnyvale HQ location. You will report to Chief Operations Officer
- We are looking for a Hardware Test/Bringup Engineering Manager who will help us advance our testing environments, evaluate specifications and debug automotive electronic systems
- You’ll dive into complex environments, collaborate across disciplines and help ensure our systems meet global safety standards
- This role is a manager level with four direct reports
- Bring up, test, and debug automotive electronic systems with both compute and network components, drive issues to closure
- Evaluate specifications and establish optimum test method & required equipment to complete system function verification and performance characterization
- Build hardware set-up and assist in end to end software testing, document and communicate setup, debug procedures and test results with other team members
- Setup and maintain lab space, tools, and materials of a hardware R&D lab
- Responsible for inventory management of prototype devices
Our take
Software-defined vehicles represent the biggest innovation in automobiles for decades, but there are large obstacles in the way of their growth. The software that defines such vehicles requires over-the-air (OTA) updates and other forms of maintenance, which can quickly become a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.
Sonatus develops cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles, providing a platform called Digital Dynamics that empowers automakers to harness vehicle data, add feature updates, diagnose problems, and maintain vehicle infrastructure wirelessly and in real time. The company achieves its flexibility through cloud-empowered data infrastructure, no-code software solutions, and working closely with clients.
Whilst the company faces competition from other IoT vehicle software companies, Sonatus shows great potential to compete through its all-in-one approach. This has earned it impressive funding, which supports further development and the increase of production volume, as well as the company's expansion into the Japanese market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$75m
SERIES A
Jul 2021
$35m
SERIES A
Total funding: $110m
Company benefits
- Stock option program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Unlimited PTO
- Comprehensive benefits with generous allowance
- Free in-office food & snacks!
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Jeffrey Chou
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Senior Director of Engineering for Nuova Systems. Founder of Diamanti, where they were CEO and now serve as a Board Member.
Yu Fang
(Co-Founder & CTO/CPO)Head of Mobile Engineering for NAUTO from 2016 to 2018. Experience as CTO of CARDFREE.
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