Sentinel

Senior Automotive System Architect - ECU/HIL/Production - Contract. Inside IR35/London/Onsite/Remote. A leading automotive organisation is looking for an experienced System Architect to join their engineering team on a long-term contract. This is a senior technical position for an experienced automotive systems engineer with a strong background in ECU/System Architecture, validation and production environments . You will take ownership of the System Under Test (SUT) architecture , working across hardware, software, validation and manufacturing to ensure systems are fully integrated, testable and production-ready. Key Responsibilities Own and maintain the SUT architecture across hardware, software and test environments. Translate product requirements into complete, consistent and testable system requirements . Define ECU architectures supporting integration, validation and production. Ensure systems provide observability, controllability, diagnosability and scalability . Work closely with validation teams across SIL, HIL and EOL environments. Define architecture and requirements for ECU flashing, provisioning, diagnostics and fault detection . Define interfaces between ECUs, vehicle networks, test systems and manufacturing systems . Support production readiness and ramp-up . Provide technical leadership across systems engineering, software, validation and industrialisation teams. Essential Experience 15+ years' automotive engineering experience . Strong Systems Engineering/System Architecture background. Proven experience with production ECU/system architectures . Experience across integration and validation . Strong understanding of SIL, HIL and EOL testing. Experience with ECU flashing, diagnostics and provisioning . Strong knowledge of automotive networks including CAN/CAN FD and Automotive Ethernet . Experience taking systems through development into production/SOP . Ability to operate as a senior technical authority across multiple engineering disciplines. Desirable AUTOSAR UDS/ISO 14229 ISO 26262/Functional Safety Automotive Ethernet/SOME/IP Production test/manufacturing systems DOORS, Polarion or similar requirements tools Distributed ECU architectures The Opportunity This is a highly technical contract position offering the opportunity to work on complex automotive systems from architecture and integration through to validation and production . If you are an experienced Automotive System Architect/Lead Systems Engineer with substantial production ECU experience and are available for contract work, we'd like to hear from you. Apply now with your latest CV for immediate consideration.