Senior Staff Software Architect

We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Architect. This position defines and drives the architectural roadmap for the Platform API domain, owning the end-to-end design of in-vehicle networking and communication platforms across ECUs, gateways, and central compute units.

• Working model: Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Define and document overall platform architecture, including software components, third-party integrations, and data flows across ECUs, gateways, and central compute units
• Drive the strategic vision and architectural roadmap for the Platform API domain, ensuring robust, scalable, and future-ready in-vehicle networking
• Provide technical guidance on architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with standards, feasibility, and long-term goals
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and software teams to align architecture with vehicle requirements and hardware capabilities
• Define KPIs for communication platform quality and performance, and drive ongoing monitoring and improvement
• Investigate technical problems, review architecture implementations and coding best practices, and coordinate integration and testing activities
• First 90 days: assess current architecture, map gaps, propose a 12-month roadmap, and align stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or equivalent
• 8+ years of experience in design and development of embedded software architecture
• Strong knowledge of in-vehicle networking (CAN/LIN/Ethernet) including SOME/IP, plus signal and service-oriented interface design
• Knowledge of POSIX OS and ECU internal communication (SPI, shared memory)
• Experience defining interfaces (signals/services), requirements, and architectural documentation
• Proven cross-functional leadership across systems/hardware/software with design review ownership
• Preferred background: vehicle network architect, communication stack owner, embedded SW system architect, or ECU performance monitoring (CPU/RAM/ROM)
• Preferred: gateways/protocol translation, ASPICE/V-model, platform services (time sync, cloud connectivity, end-to-end protection), QNX/hypervisor, AUTOSAR (Classic and/or Adaptive)

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