Senior Principal EE Architect

Objective of job

The position is the top technical authority responsible for the end-to-end Electrical/Electronic Architecture of the vehicle. This role defines and drives the technical vision, architecture strategy, and engineering execution for next-generation vehicles, with a strong focus on Software-Defined Vehicle transformation and AI-enabled capabilities.

You will ensure that the E/E architecture spanning centralized computing, zonal controllers, in-vehicle networking, software platforms, and cloud integration is scalable, secure, high-performance, and future-ready.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulate the mid-to-long-term technical strategy and roadmap for next-generation electrical and electronic architecture, including central computing, zone control, SOA servitization, high-performance computing, TSN automotive Ethernet, OTA iteration, platform reuse, and AI integration.
• Track emerging EEA and automotive AI technologies, conduct feasibility analysis, lead technical selection decisions, mitigate risks, and ensure technological advancement.
• Coordinate compliance planning against ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, ASPICE, and AI-related compliance requirements.
• Lead the top-level design of next-generation EEA, including architecture topology, functional domain and zone partitioning, CCU/ZCU definition, interface frameworks, and function allocation.
• Resolve major architecture challenges involving computing power, network bandwidth, software-hardware decoupling, multi-vehicle adaptation, thermal management, reliability, and AI integration.
• Oversee architecture performance optimization, simulation, and evaluation covering computing power, latency, bandwidth, load, thermal reliability, cost, and vehicle-level requirements.
• Lead platform-based and modular EEA design, configuration management, adaptive architecture adjustment, and multi-scenario vehicle adaptation.
• Develop EEA technical talent, lead technical sharing and problem-solving research, and build a high-level architecture team.
• Establish EEA development processes, design specifications, documentation systems, and toolchains aligned with German OEM quality management requirements.
• Collaborate with vehicle engineering, chassis, intelligent driving, body electronics, software, procurement, and quality teams to ensure implementable and mass-producible solutions.
• Coordinate technical requirements and evaluations with suppliers of high-performance SoCs, domain controllers, automotive Ethernet chips, and wiring harnesses.
• Liaise with Mercedes-Benz headquarters and participate in industry technical exchanges.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in computer science, electronic engineering, automotive engineering, automation, or a similar field.
• 10+ years of automotive electronics system development experience, including at least 5 years focused on EEA architecture planning, design, or technical management.
• Experience leading the full-process development of at least one central computing and zone control architecture generation through mass production launch.
• Strong technical foresight, strategic planning, cross-functional coordination, and complex decision-making skills.
• Proficiency in next-generation EEA architecture, SOA, TSN automotive Ethernet, high-performance SoC selection, functional safety, cybersecurity, and thermal management.
• Experience with PREEvision, CANoe, MATLAB/Simulink; ASPICE familiarity is preferred.
• Excellent technical documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work in an international and cross-cultural environment.
• Fluent written and spoken English; English/German technical presentation ability is preferred.

Benefits

Events for employees, flextime, possible hybrid work, health benefits, mobility offers, employee discounts, possible barrier-free workplace, good public transport, parking, an in-house doctor, and a canteen and café.

Contact

Mercedes-Benz Group China Ltd.
LSH Tower B, 8 Wangjing Street
100102 Beijing
Recruitment China: recruitment_cn@mercedes-benz.com