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Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Vehicl Infrastructure

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Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/6/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/21/2025

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Vehicle Infrastructure

Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid)

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Sonatus is a well-funded, fast-paced, and fast-growing company whose technologies and software help automakers build dynamic software-defined vehicles. With two generations of solutions already on the road with a top global OEM, our vehicle and cloud software solutions are at the forefront of the digital transformation of vehicles. The Sonatus team is a talented and diverse collection of technology and automotive specialists hailing from many of the most prominent companies in their respective industries.

Sonatus is a leader in providing technologies and software to global OEMs to build software-defined vehicles. We are looking for a highly motivated Embedded Bringup Engineer to join our fast-growing team. As a part of a cross-functional team that is responsible for the full software development life cycle, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and products, from conception to deployment.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Design and implement highly complex, resource efficient, reliable and safety critical in-vehicle software from requirements to production and commercial deployment.
  • Make sound architectural decisions with ambiguous inputs, and / or build architecture frameworks from scratch.
  • Analyze and enhance efficiency, stability, and scalability of system resources usage.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design specifications, and functional specifications. Ensure that documentation is up-to-date and accessible to the team.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of engineers, ensuring best practices in software development, architecture, and code quality.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, sales and marketing, to lay out the product strategy and roadmap. Provide engineering inputs to guide the feature prioritization.
  • Work with the Technical Project Management team, ensuring the development is aligned with the schedule. Coordinate the project execution and task planning with the team if needed.
  • Work with the QA team to define the testing goals. Review test plans. Participate in QA testing events and / or customer on-site testing events.
  • Participate in sales pitches, PoCs, and post-sales customer support.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • 12 years of working experience in software development.
  • Proven experience as a Tech Lead or Staff Engineer in software development, with a strong background in automotive technology and OTA solutions. Experience with embedded systems and automotive communication protocols (e.g., CAN) is a plus.
  • Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and guide a team of engineers.
  • Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets.
  • Solid programming experience in C .
  • Proven experience in system design involving multi-threading and concurrency.
  • Solid understanding and hands-on experiencing using modern IPC frameworks, e.g. gRPC, protobuf, vSomeIP, shared memory.
  • Experience with virtual machines, Docker containers and / or Android.
  • Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols, e.g. encryption, authentication, symmetric / asymmetric keys, secure boot, secure storage
  • Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools and peer review.
  • Experience with RTOS, Embedded Linux, Android, and / or other embedded operating systems
  • Experience with networking technologies such as Ethernet, TCP / IP, HTTP, etc.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

    • Desired Skills and Experience

  • MS / PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields.
  • Familiarity with Unified Diagnostics Services over CAN or Ethernet.
  • Good understanding of hardware devices such as MCU, CPU, Network Switch, etc.
  • Experience with network security and networking technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools.
  • Experiences in security related software development
  • Proficient in Python or other scripting languages.
  • Experience with automotive product development (e.g. CAN, AUTOSAR, FreeRTOS, etc.).
  • Experience in project management and agile development methodologies.

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