ASTEMO AMERICAS INC.
Engineering
Job Description:
General Responsibilities:
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Engineer to work independently hands on developing an advanced automotive System on Chip (SoC) software platform. This platform will operate on a high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) such as Nvidia Orin/Thor Qualcomm Snapdragon Renesas RCAR Gen5 Texas Instruments NXP AMD and Intel. The software platform will use hypervisor technology and support guest operating systems such as Blackberry QNX Adaptive AUTOSAR and various Linux distributions.
Job Responsibilities:
Includes the following (other duties may be documented and assigned by local management and some duties may not apply dependent upon the requirements of the position at each specific Astemo company site and/or the strengths of the employee and the needs of the company):
- Technology Development: Ensure the platform supports standard SoC interfaces including serial boot PCIe DDR Flash ROM MMU Ethernet and USB. Integrate and support standard automotive sensors with a focus on AD/ADAS such as cameras radar lidar sonar and inertia sensing. Manage the development of image processing capabilities within the platform. Implement system partitioning hypervisors and container engine technology to enhance platform flexibility and security.
- Team Leadership: Lead a team of software engineers to develop an automotive SoC software platform providing guidance mentorship and support to foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. Encourage collaboration creativity and innovation within the team. Conduct regular team meetings performance reviews and provide mentorship and guidance to team members. Manage project timelines resource allocation and budget to meet project goals.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware engineers product engineers and other stakeholders to ensure the software platform meets performance safety and regulatory standards.
- Risk Management: Assess risks and uncertainties associated with software development initiatives proactively identifying potential roadblocks and developing mitigation strategies. Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence and persuade stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Strong leadership skills with a track record of building and leading high-performing teams.
- Deep understanding of SDV Enablers Zonal Network high-performance central compute modules automated driving AI machine learning perception modules connected mobility MLOps and OTA updates.
- Technical experience with:
- SoC architecture: Qualcomm SA8650 Renesas RCAR Nvidia Orin TI MobilEye.
- SoC Hardware: Ethernet USB UFS Display Port PCIe QUP (Qualcomm Universal Peripheral) UART SPI I2C Inter Core Communication Camera CPU Kryo ARM Cortex R-52 Hexagon Tensor Processor Server Accelerators DDR Flash ROM MMU.
- Software: POSIX OS QNX Board support packages middleware hypervisor container engines and AD/ADAS technology stacks.
- ADAS Features: Good understanding of Image processing Image transfer Video Input and Video output handling in SoC platform software development.
- Strong understanding of Classic and Adaptive AUTOSAR software architecture and good experience of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
- Strong Understanding of CPU/GPU architectures data structures OS internals multi-threading inter-process communications memory management techniques.
- Extensive hands-on experience in BSP porting and device driver internals.
- Nice to have NVIDIA Drive OS experience and Hypervisor virtual platforms
- V-Model ASPICE MISRA ISO26262 Cybersecurity and Agile framework.
- Familiar with crypto algorithms and cryptographic authentication method.
- Ability to read schematics electrical block diagrams and IC datasheets.
Additionally the ability to work independently with minimal direction is required as are strong verbal and written communication skills. Experience with PCs and application software such as MS Office tools is also required.
Education
Bachelor or Masters degree in in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
Experience
5 years of experience with a minimum of 4 years of SoC platform (BSP POSIX Adaptive Platform SoC .) development experience and 3 years of experience in automotive AD/ADAS or other embedded system low-level domains.
Job level is determined by various factors such as organization size responsibility career stage and capabilities.
Supervisory Responsibilities: leading building and mentoring the efforts of engineers who are responsible for sub-project activities.
Working Conditions:
- Physical Demands: Required to sit or stand for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Travel: Domestic and international may be required as needed. The candidate will occasionally need to travel to multiple global locations to support project development.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status and national origin.
At Astemo were challenging the status quo with the power of diversity inclusion and collaboration. Our goal is to build an inclusive work environment that celebrates the differences of our employees. We want to ensure that every employee feels valued respected and empowered. We dont just accept differencewe celebrate it we support it and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees our products and our community. Astemo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC