Title: Software Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale CA

Duration: 6 Months

Develop, plan, integrate, and deploy autonomous vehicle systems with a focus on electronics and electrical architecture, installation, setup, configuration, and maintenance. Conducts calibration, diagnosis, debugging, root cause analysis, repair, and/or replacement of computer hardware, sensors, electronics, and electrical systems in complex vehicle environments. Collaborates with international colleagues on system EE design and layout.

•Develop, integrate, install, maintain, test, debug, and repair prototype autonomous vehicle electrical and electronic systems (computer hardware, sensors, vehicle interfaces, power distribution, etc.). Conduct root cause analyses and document findings.

•Collaborate and coordinate with colleagues in Germany or other countries on system architecture, design, configuration, modification, repair, replacement, and technical investigations of electrical and electronic components of autonomous systems.

•Support real world testing of autonomous systems and driver assistance systems including measurement data handling.

•Plan and track progress of electrical/electronic tasks using agile development processes.

Minimum level of education required and required field of study:

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or equivalent

Minimum skills required :

•Able to install, integrate, modify, and maintain prototype electronic and electrical systems in research vehicles and test benches

•Able to build and verify cable assemblies and wire harnesses

•Able to troubleshoot prototype computer, sensor, power, and in-vehicle systems, possibly using diagnostics equipment to determine faults and fix them

•Able to operate and interpret electronics test equipment, including oscilloscope, digital multimeter, AC and DC power supplies, soldering station, and other lab equipment

•Cooperative, responsible, diligent, and supportive team member

•Programming languages and Linux experience

Able to supervise and/or mentor interns and less experienced team members on electrical or electronics related tasks

Other licenses or certifications required :

• Valid US driver’s license

• Autonomous vehicle driver certification (desired)

• High voltage certification (desired)

Preferred Qualifications:

•Experienced with Mercedes-Benz vehicles and diagnostic systems, including CAN, CAN FD, FlexRay, Automotive Ethernet bus technologies.

•Ability to interpret vehicle and autonomous system architectures, schematics, and system diagrams.

•Familiarity with electronic parts and ordering.

•Strong team player.

•Good organizational skills.

•Experience with building electronics/electrical systems

•Experience working with automotive systems

•Prefer to work in a collaborative team environment

•Responsible, diligent, reliable, and proactive work ethic

•Willingness to learn and drive to consistently produce excellent results

•Familiarity with agile development processes

Performance Indicators:

• Quality of work.

• Ability to ship SW in time

• Decision Making under uncertainty

Typical Day in the office:

• 10 % Meetings

• 50 % Code implémentation (Linux, python, Bash, Config files)

• 10 % Hands-on-work at Backend Servers (Artifactory, Network-Setup, Debugging)

• 10 % Hands-on: Testing in the car

• 20 % User Support (Collaborative Team work)

Most task will be in an coordinated with in a dynamic project. The interaction with the team and the managers will be coordinated on a daily basis. Social skills and commitment is as important as technical knowledge. We work in a scrum like setup

Top 3 must-have hard skills:

1 Linux

2 Network Administration

3 Python