Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) Firmware Engineer
Develops the firmware on the vehicle's central controller that supervises every powertrain ECU.
Salary band · India
₹22L – ₹48L
Median ₹32L
Experience
5–12 yrs
Senior (6-10 yr)
Hiring outlook
High
Role overview
The VCU is the brain of the EV — it arbitrates torque requests, fault states, charging modes and energy budget. Engineers implement state machines, supervisory logic, ASIL-rated safety mechanisms and the comms layer with BMS, inverter, charger and HMI.
Key skills
Tools & software
Responsibilities
- Design power-electronics circuits — schematic capture, board layout review and worst-case analysis — for the assigned EV converter or controller.
- Lead component selection across Si, SiC and GaN device families with vendors such as Infineon, Wolfspeed and onsemi.
- Drive prototype bring-up, lab characterisation and conducted/radiated EMC compliance to CISPR 25 / IEC 61851.
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Requirements
- BE / BTech in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
- Hands-on schematic capture and PCB layout experience (Altium / Cadence Allegro / Mentor Xpedition).
- Strong fundamentals in switch-mode converters, magnetics and gate-driver design.
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Industries
Reports to: Power Electronics Manager
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