Next Generation Middleware Enabler Engineer

Job Description:

Position Overview and Objective

Astemos Advanced Development Division is hiring an Engineer II to develop next-generation middleware enablers that make AI functions safer more robust more observable and easier to evolve on production vehicle platforms. The engineer will work across multiple areas as priorities evolve and is expected to contribute to both current development needs and emerging software infrastructure initiatives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and develop advanced run-time middleware libraries that improve the safety robustness and observability of AI-based functions under real-world conditions.
• Develop orchestration scheduling and fallback approaches for AI workloads across heterogeneous compute resources subject to real-time and power/thermal constraints.
• Build infrastructure and interfaces that enable safe in-vehicle evaluation of new AI models and richer signal exposure for downstream systems.
• Prototype concepts on embedded SoCs benchmark them under realistic workloads and perform system-level trade-off studies across compute memory timing and power dimensions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define validation approaches and transition advanced work into the production stack.

Qualifications:

• Strong programming proficiency in C/C (modern C preferred) and Python.
• Solid foundation in operating systems concurrency real-time constraints and inter-process communication on Linux and/or RTOS environments.
• Working knowledge of automotive ECU hardware sensors peripheral interconnects and System-on-Chip architectures.
• Familiarity with model behavior characteristics relevant to safety and robustness uncertainty calibration distribution shift failure modes.
• Strong debugging profiling and analysis skills using JTAG/trace tools logging frameworks and performance profilers.
• Flexibility and willingness to work across multiple software layers as project needs evolve.
• Effective communication and presentation skills with NVIDIA Drive OS and toolchain experience a plus.

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: Masters or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Experience: Minimum of 3 years with Masters in relevant industrial experience is required or Ph.D.

Job level is determined by various factors such as organization size responsibility career stage and capabilities.

Supervisory Responsibilities: n/a

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.

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