Principal Embedded SW / Applications Engineer

What You'll Do

• Act as a primary technical interface to automotive customers, providing high‑quality support across the full product lifecycle.
• Diagnose and resolve complex HW/SW integration issues on multi‑core MPU platforms, including boot, drivers, memory subsystems, interconnects, and performance bottlenecks.
• Support customer platform development through debug sessions, design reviews, architectural guidance, and best‑practice recommendations.
• Drive cross‑functional collaboration with silicon design, validation, systems, and software teams to resolve customer blockers and feed insights back into product development.
• Contribute to application notes, reference designs, training materials, and internal/external documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and help shape technical direction within the Applications team.
• Your profile BSc., MSc., or PhD degree in Software Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering or Electrical / Electronics Engineering.
• Deep expertise in embedded Linux (kernel, drivers, Yocto, debugging).
• Strong analytical skills for HW/SW system‑level problem solving.
• Hands‑on experience with multi‑core SoCs, high‑speed interfaces, and low‑level software.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort interacting directly with customers.
• Ability to lead complex issues to closure across distributed teams.
• Nice to Have / Additional Value Familiarity with automotive software processes CI/CD Experience with bootloaders, board bring‑up, performance analysis, or virtualization.
• Knowledge of automotive system architectures (zonal compute, ADAS/IVI).
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