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Astemo Ltd. · 1 month ago

Software Sr. Engineer (Middleware) - J0048855

Farmington Hills, MI

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Astemo Ltd. is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to develop an advanced automotive System on Chip (SoC) software platform. The role involves leading a team to ensure the platform supports various automotive sensors and standard SoC interfaces, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet performance and regulatory standards.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesIndustrial ManufacturingManufacturingTransportation

Responsibilities

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

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

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware engineers, product engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure the software platform meets performance, safety, and regulatory standards

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

Qualification

SoC architectureEmbedded C/C++ programmingADAS technology stacksClassicAdaptive AUTOSARHypervisor technologyContinuous IntegrationLinux/QNX developmentImage processingAnalytical skillsRisk managementTeam leadershipCross-functional collaborationCommunication skills

Required

Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights

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

Strong expertise in embedded C/C++ programming and systems architecture and development and debugging of applications or device drivers on embedded Linux/QNX

Extensive hands-on experience in BSP porting and device driver internals and experience in writing interfaces to PAL/ HAL level and middleware level

Ability to work independently with minimal direction

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Experience with PCs and application software, such as MS Office tools

Education: Bachelor or Master's degree 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 Drivers...etc.) development experience and 3+ years of experience in automotive, AD/ADAS, or other embedded system low-level domains

Preferred

Good to have NVIDIA Drive OS experience and Hypervisor virtual platforms

Good to have NVIDIA platform Foundation services runtime software stack

Good understanding of Linux and Android middleware native components and nice to have multimedia middleware components exposure

Prototype on evaluation and first sample hardware to drive software architecture decisions while properly leveraging hardware capabilities

Provide software support and bring-up of hardware modules and developing bootloaders, drivers, or BSP in Linux/QNX/RTOS

Experience developing for Uboot, secure boot, custom bootloaders, software download, over-the-air update, or in-field software update solutions

Experience developing drivers and debugging common interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, eMMC, PCIe, SDIO, CAN-FD, and Ethernet

Experience with common SoC hardware such as WDT, DMA, Timers, and accelerators (Video, AES, SHA, RNG, etc.)

BSP for Automotive Infotainment SoCs, Power Management, Safety Island, Platform Security, Platform OTA, Logging, Diagnostics, Multimedia related components like Camera, Audio, Video, Display, Touchscreens

Integration using tools such as QNX, Safety Linux, or Safe RTOS, Classic AUTOSAR

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

Company

Astemo Ltd.

In January 2021, Hitachi Automotive Systems, Keihin, Showa, and Nissin Kogyo completed a business merger and began their journey as the global mega-supplier “Hitachi Astemo”.

Founded in 2021

Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN

10001+ employees