Embedded Software Engineer (Safety, Multimedia, Audio & Camera)

ALTEN Technology•Palo Alto, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. This role will enable safety monitor subsystem integration and multimedia bring up — audio and camera — for the AMD infotainment dev kit platform as part of the Ok2Book proof of concept.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field
7+ years' experience in Embedded Software Development
Camera bring up: MIPI CSI-2, V4L2 driver stack, ISP integration, Camera HAL
Audio bring up: ALSA, audio HAL, codec integration (I2S, SoundWire, HDMI ARC)
Safety subsystem integration: watchdog, health monitors, ASIL-aware SW development
Linux kernel, multimedia frameworks (GStreamer, camera2 API)
C/C++, Python/Rust

Nice To Haves

ISO 26262 ASIL-B or higher safety development
Android camera or audio HAL experience (AAOS / AOSP)
AMD multimedia driver stack familiarity
Multi-camera pipeline or surround-view system experience

Responsibilities

Integrate and validate safety monitor subsystem on AMD infotainment dev kit platform (watchdog, error detection, FTTI)
Own camera subsystem bring up: MIPI CSI-2, ISP integration, V4L2, camera HAL, frame capture validation
Own audio subsystem bring up: codec integration, ALSA, audio HAL, latency measurement
Interface with AMD on safety and multimedia driver support
Validate ISO 26262-aware safety mechanisms against Ok2Book acceptance criteria
Document multimedia and safety bring-up state for program gate review