ADAS Platform/BSP Engineer for RTOS applications (m/f/d) - Ingolstadt, Germany

Company: Qualcomm Technologies International GmbH

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary:

Automotive is the first major industry that Qualcomm is disrupting by building on our foundational leadership, differentiation, and scale in mobile. In just a few years, Qualcomm has gone from newcomer to trusted technology leader in the automotive infotainment segment, securing design wins with many of the major automakers worldwide. Automakers have come to rely on us not only for modem technology, where Qualcomm is the #1 semiconductor in telematics, but also as their trusted partner for redefining the in‑car infotainment and autonomous driving experience. We have established our third‑generation infotainment product line and are now a leader in the automotive infotainment category for next‑generation designs. Snapdragon is expanding its capabilities to power the next‑generation cockpit experience as driving assistance and the media and information centre in the vehicle. This drives significant audio, video, graphics, camera, and generic software complexity. Topics like hypervisors, AI/ML or SIL/HIL testing are daily topics for us.

This position is for the Qualcomm Automotive Engineering team, which closely collaborates with its automotive partners and customers from concept to commercialization. The team involves all aspects of embedded software such as SW & HW designs, feature prototyping, feature development, integration, customization, performance optimisations & improvement, and other debugging efforts which is key for a successful launch of the product.

We are looking for a strong software engineer (m/w/d) with good knowledge and hands‑on experience in design/development/debugging aspects of board support packages (BSP) and the generic software platform. The position is part of a regional expert team which has the responsibility to provide consultation to Qualcomm customers and partners to accomplish their design and development goals. Topics like debugging of Qualcomm SW related issues and help to customise/optimise software using the features in the Qualcomm SOC play a major role in the daily work. The candidate must quickly ramp‑up onto existing projects, understand automotive platform hardware and software driver architecture, demonstrate strong analytical and systematic problem‑solving abilities, and is happy to work with external customers to customise and launch their new products.

The successful candidate will get a chance to work on cutting edge infotainment/digital cockpit and ADAS technologies from leading auto manufacturers and Tier1s and contribute to push the projects through to commercialization.

Required Profile:

• 6+ years Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 4+ years development or debugging experience with real‑time operating system environments in automotive applications like SafeRTOS or classic AutoSAR.
• Very solid experience with embedded software development, integration, debugging.
• Experience with C/C++ programming and modern scripting languages.
• Generic understanding the boot process and system architecture of ARM Cortex‑M/R/A/X based SoC systems, including topics like MMU/SMMU, virtualisation and ARM TrustZone.
• Excellent issue triage and debugging skills with complex system level issues.
• An intrinsic desire for systematic working and ability to deliver high quality results in a stressful environment.
• Good communication and excellent teamwork skills.
• Being fearless and able to focus on technical topics in highly escalated situations.
• Quick adaptability to work in new technologies.
• Ability to take up project management responsibilities.
• Badass debugging capabilities and ability to understand problems in a larger picture.
• Basic understanding of software development processes.
• Driving license for Germany and ability to freely travel within Europe and North America on short notice.
• Ability to get recognised in a small cross‑functional team and mentoring junior team members in technical topics.

Technical Qualifications:

• Experience with Automotive Infotainment or ADAS projects.
• Experience with manufacturing and testing of automotive systems.
• Experience in using debugging tools such as JTAG or GDB.
• Ability to work with common test equipment (oscilloscope, logic analyser, spectrum analyser, multimeter).
• Experience with serial peripherals like UART, SPI, I2C, PCIe on hardware and software aspects.
• Experience with complex interfaces like USB or Ethernet.
• Experience with storage peripherals like SPINOR, UFS, eMMC or NVMe.
• Deep understanding of the ARM architecture.
• Experience with working with schematics and being able to do basic hardware reworks.
• Exposure to Secure boot and Trusted Operating systems concepts.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with debugging techniques.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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