Software Architect

Help shape the future of mobility.

Imagine a world with zero vehicle accidents, zero vehicle emissions, and wireless vehicle connectivity all around us. Every day, we move closer to making that world a reality. Aptiv’s passionate team of engineers and developers creates advanced safety systems, high-performance electrification solutions, and data connectivity solutions so that automakers can bring advanced capabilities to more people around the globe. This is how we enable sustainable mobility and help prevent accidents caused by human error.

Want to join us?

Your Role

• Lead the design and development of software architectures for automotive embedded systems, ensuring alignment with project requirements, industry standards, and best practices.
• Define architectural patterns, components, and interfaces to support modularity, scalability, and reusability across various automotive applications and platforms.
• Drive the software development lifecycle (SDLC) from requirements analysis to deployment, providing guidance and oversight to ensure quality, schedule, and budget objectives are met.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of automotive product development processes to tailor software architecture solutions to meet industry-specific requirements and regulatory standards.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and compliance audits to validate architectural decisions and ensure alignment with project goals.
• Utilize expertise in embedded systems to design architectures leveraging microcontroller platforms, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and communication protocols for automotive applications.
• Act as the primary technical contact for customer engagements, providing expertise and support to address requirements and concerns.
• Establish and manage testing and debugging processes to validate software architectures, ensuring reliability and performance across different platforms and configurations.
• Conduct functional and integration testing using tools like Vector CANalyzer, CANoe, and Renesas hardware to resolve architectural issues.
• Maintain architecture toolchains and environments, including configuration management, workflow automation, and tool integration, to support efficient design activities.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and methodologies to enhance productivity and drive continuous improvement in architecture practices.
• Build strong customer relationships by understanding their needs and proposing innovative architecture solutions to enhance satisfaction.

Your Background
Key ingredients for succeeding in this role are your:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software, Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation, IT, or Telecommunication Engineering.5 years of experience in embedded software development with a focus on architecture.
• Proficiency in Embedded C/C development and expertise with microcontroller platforms on Embedded Linux, QNX, or VxWorks.
• Solid experience with AUTOSAR-based architectures, RTOS, and communication protocols.
• Hands-on knowledge of automotive product development processes and regulatory standards.
• Familiarity with testing tools like Vector CANalyzer and CANoe, along with expertise in using architecture tools (e.g., Enterprise Architect, Polarion, or similar).
• Strong understanding of functional safety principles (ISO 26262).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and customer engagement skills.

Why join us?

• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements. 
• Private health care (Signal Iduna) and Life insurance for you and your beloved ones. 
• Employee Pension Plan paid by the employer (you get 3,5% on each gross salary). 
• Benefit Program including for example sport groups, Multisport card, cinema tickets or discount programs with various manufacturers and retailers. 
• Smart Office environment designed to be your second home— interactive areas for mixed online and offline presence (touch screen TV’s, forum areas, etc.), chill out areas, PlayStation, pool table, garden, library, high-quality coffee, tea, fruits, snacks and drinks. 
• Meaningful work that makes a difference in the world. 
• Work in international team - possibility to use English on daily basis in communication with other team members.  

Apply today, and together, let’s change tomorrow.

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