Vehicle Lead, Firmware Engineering
- Vehicle Integration Ownership: Serve as the single point of contact for all firmware integration issues on assigned vehicles, driving resolution across cross-functional teams.
- Feature & Release Management: Organize features and merge requests for vehicle-level integration; prepare and communicate release notes to stakeholders.
- Sprint Planning: Define and organize firmware integration targets for each sprint in coordination with Pod Leads and program milestones.
- Cross-Team Coordination: Partner with Pod Leads on firmware development priorities, ensuring alignment between module-level work and vehicle-level integration needs.
- Architecture & Interface Development: Contribute code to vehicle interfaces and system architecture; make informed decisions on integration patterns and cross-ECU communication.
- System Integration Leadership: Lead full vehicle system integration efforts including feature implementation, ECU handshaking, debugging, and root cause analysis across distributed systems.
- Hardware Collaboration: Collaborate with design engineering teams (Electrical, Mechanical, Test) on designing and documenting SW integration workflows across various ECUs.
- Quality Assurance: Oversee comprehensive test plans and validation of firmware functionality, stability, and performance under various conditions, including low power modes and safety-critical functions.
- CI/CD Pipeline Ownership: Drive implementation and maintenance of robust CI/CD pipelines ensuring the team has access to stable and development builds.
- Production support: Support pre-production and production build activities, vehicle testing, and launch readiness
- 5+ years of experience in embedded software/firmware development, with demonstrated experience in vehicle-level or system-level integration.
- MS in an engineering discipline, preferably Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
- Proven leadership in coordinating firmware delivery across multiple teams or modules.
- Deep experience with automotive/vehicle communication protocols: CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, as well as I2C, SPI, USB-PD, and other digital protocols.
- Strong track record delivering software-enabled hardware products, including low-level firmware development (drivers, bootloaders, HAL layers).
- Expert-level proficiency in C/C++ and debugging complex embedded systems across multiple ECUs.
- Experience with real-time operating systems, ideally in functional-safety critical applications (ISO 26262 familiarity a plus).
- Strong understanding of hardware/software architecture selection with cost, performance, and safety tradeoffs.
- Experience implementing and managing CI/CD & test automation pipelines for embedded products.
- Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to coordinate across hardware, software, and program management teams.
- Ability to work independently as a domain expert, driving decisions without requiring detailed direction.
- Experience with release management processes and tooling (Git workflows, release branching strategies).
- Familiarity with vehicle integration testing methodologies and tools.
- Prior experience in a technical lead or integration lead capacity.
- Experience mentoring junior and senior engineers.
- Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options.
- One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
- Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny.
- Flexible time off.
- 401(k) match.
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