Sr. Staff SoC BSW Core Engineer

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

Stellantis is seeking a Sr. Staff SoC Platform SW Engineer to lead development, integration, and optimization of high-performance automotive computing platforms using Android, QNX, Linux, and hypervisor-based systems. The role focuses on Android platform internals, hardware abstraction layers, power management, inter-processor communication, low-level device drivers, and multi-OS integration. The engineer will debug complex system-level issues across multiple operating systems running in virtualized environments and support platforms for ADAS, Digital Cockpit, Instrument Cluster, and Infotainment systems. The position provides technical leadership in system architecture, debugging, performance optimization, and production readiness. It involves coordinating with semiconductor partners, OS vendors, and cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve platform issues and stabilize systems.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
At least 8 years of experience in embedded software development, including automotive SoC platform software and OS integration.
Hands-on expertise in Android platform internals, including Android HAL, boot process, native services, and system initialization.
Strong experience with QNX, Embedded Linux, and hypervisor-based multi-OS environments.
Proficiency in C/C++, ARM-based SoC architectures, and low-level embedded programming.
Hands-on experience with SoC power management, suspend and resume, wake-up sequences, and power-state transitions.
Experience developing and debugging IPC mechanisms, shared memory communication, and inter-VM communication.
Experience with BSP development, device drivers, and hardware-software integration.
Ability to debug complex system-level issues across multiple operating systems and virtualization layers.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Experience with Qualcomm automotive SoCs, particularly high-performance computing platforms for ADAS, Digital Cockpit, Instrument Cluster, and Infotainment.
Deep understanding of Android architecture, including AOSP, Android HAL (AIDL/HIDL), Binder IPC, init, Zygote, and system services.
Experience with QNX Hypervisor, Android guest VMs, VirtIO, shared memory, and inter-VM communication frameworks.
Familiarity with SoC power management frameworks, DVFS, clock and power domains, and thermal management.
Experience with IPC technologies such as QNX messaging, RPMsg, VirtIO, and shared memory transports.
Knowledge of audio and display subsystems, including Android Audio HAL, Display HAL/graphics stack, hardware acceleration, and integration in virtualized environments.
Experience with complex SoC device drivers, including GPU, display controllers, audio DSP, PCIe, DMA, and high-speed hardware interfaces.
Experience debugging complex field issues involving multi-OS crashes, deadlocks, IPC failures, power transitions, and hardware interactions.
Proficiency in Android debugging and profiling tools, including ADB, logcat, dumpsys, Perfetto, kernel traces, and crash dump analysis.
Experience with automotive production software, system-level diagnostics, and platform performance optimization.

Responsibilities

Lead development and integration of Android, QNX, and Linux platforms on high-performance automotive SoCs.
Drive Android platform integration, including the boot sequence, HAL, native services, system services, and hardware-software interfaces.
Develop and optimize SoC power management, including power modes, suspend and resume, wake-up sequences, and low-power state transitions.
Design, integrate, and debug IPC stacks for communication between processors, virtual machines, and operating systems.
Develop and debug low-level device drivers for interfaces such as PCIe, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, and shared memory.
Integrate and optimize QNX Hypervisor and other virtualization technologies, including guest OS startup, resource allocation, and inter-VM communication.
Lead investigation and resolution of complex field issues, showstoppers, and critical failures across Android, QNX, Linux, the hypervisor, and SoC hardware.
Analyze and resolve system crashes, boot failures, power-state transition failures, IPC issues, and performance bottlenecks.
Support integration and debugging of SoC subsystems, including audio, display, and GPU, and their device drivers across Android, QNX, and hypervisor environments.
Collaborate with semiconductor partners, OS vendors, and cross-functional teams on root-cause analysis and platform stabilization.
Provide technical leadership in system architecture, debugging, performance optimization, and production readiness.