Propulsion Base Software Low Level Driver Engineer

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

The Propulsion Base Software Low-Level Driver Engineer designs, develops, integrates, and validates low-level driver software for propulsion and electrified powertrain control modules. The role covers embedded driver requirements analysis, architecture, coding, integration, and verification, as well as development of hardware interfaces for peripherals and external devices, including HSD/LSD, SPI, I2C, H-Bridge, and motor-control interfaces such as PWM, FOC, and position/speed sensing. The engineer develops and integrates MCAL components, hardware interface drivers, and complex device drivers, and configures AUTOSAR Basic Software modules such as OS, IOHWAB, FEE, and WDG using Vector or ETAS toolchains. The position also supports ECU hardware bring-up and early software enablement, and performs hardware-software integration using schematics, device reference manuals, and microcontroller documentation. The role involves debugging and troubleshooting integration issues with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, trace tools, and emulators. It also includes optimizing drivers for deterministic real-time performance, memory efficiency, and reliable peripheral operation on multicore microcontrollers; collaborating with hardware, systems, controls, and supplier teams; and aligning software with AUTOSAR architecture, RTE integration, and system resource usage. The engineer participates in design and code reviews and technical inspections, maintains software design specifications, interface definitions, and test plans, and performs unit, integration, and target-hardware verification and validation, including white-box, black-box, and gray-box testing. The role ensures compliance with automotive software standards and processes, including MISRA-C, ASPICE, and ISO 26262, contributes to process and tool improvements, and supports vehicle program milestones and production software releases.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
8 years of related experience.
Experience with embedded C/C++ hand coding in real-time operating system environments.
Experience developing or integrating low-level drivers, MCAL, or complex device drivers.
Experience developing drivers or interfaces for hardware components such as SPI, I2C, HSD/LSD, H-Bridge circuits, timers, ADCs, communication peripherals, and motor-control interfaces such as PWM, current sensing, and position/speed sensors.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AUTOSAR Basic Software configuration, such as OS, IOHWAB, FEE, and WDG, using Vector or ETAS toolchains.
Experience with multicore automotive microcontrollers and hardware/software integration, including interpreting schematics and device reference manuals.
Strong understanding of functional safety concepts and experience working within ISO 26262 frameworks.
Familiarity with automotive software standards such as MISRA-C and ASPICE.
Experience using embedded development tools, including compilers, debuggers, emulators such as Lauterbach, and automation scripting.
Experience using hardware debugging tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
Experience in software verification and validation, including white-box, black-box, and gray-box testing.
Experience with data acquisition and calibration tools such as ETAS INCA, CANoe, and CANalyzer.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, maintain, integrate, and verify embedded low-level driver software, including requirements analysis, architecture, and coding.
Implement hardware interface drivers for peripherals and external devices, including HSD/LSD, SPI, I2C, H-Bridge, and motor-control interfaces such as PWM, FOC, and position/speed sensing.
Develop and integrate MCAL components, hardware interface drivers, and complex device drivers for propulsion applications.
Configure and integrate AUTOSAR Basic Software modules such as OS, IOHWAB, FEE, and WDG using Vector or ETAS toolchains.
Perform hardware-software integration using hardware schematics, device reference manuals, and microcontroller documentation.
Support ECU hardware bring-up and early software enablement on new controller platforms.
Debug and troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, trace tools, and emulators.
Optimize driver implementations for deterministic real-time performance, efficient memory usage, and reliable peripheral operation on multicore microcontrollers.
Collaborate with hardware engineering, systems, controls, and supplier teams to ensure hardware interface functionality and alignment with propulsion system requirements.
Ensure alignment with AUTOSAR architecture, including RTE integration and system resource usage.
Conduct and participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical inspections.
Develop and maintain software design specifications, interface definitions, and test plans.
Perform software verification and validation, including unit testing, integration testing, and white-box, black-box, and gray-box testing on target hardware.
Ensure compliance with automotive software standards and development processes, including MISRA-C, ASPICE, and ISO 26262.
Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and methodologies.
Support vehicle program milestones and production software releases with validated software deliverables.