System Architect

Job Description

System Architect - Production Domain

3 month contract (extensions likely)

London, UK

Inside IR35

We are seeking a System Architect to support an Automotive client, on an initial 3 month contract, based out of London, Inside IR35.

Production Domain Experience:

• 15+ years in Automotive Systems Engineering
• ECU/System Architecture
• Validation Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the System Under Test (SUT) architecture across hardware, software, and test environments throughout the product life cycle.
• Translate product and system requirements into complete, consistent, and testable system requirements.
• Define ECU architectures supporting integration, validation, manufacturing, and production readiness.
• Ensure architecture provides observability, controllability, diagnosability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with validation teams to enable SIL, HIL, and EOL testing.
• Define requirements for flashing, provisioning, diagnostics, fault detection, and production ramp-up.
• Specify interfaces between ECU, vehicle networks, test systems, and manufacturing systems.
• Act as a cross-functional technical leader across system engineering, software, validation, and industrialization teams.