Sr. Staff SoC Platform SW Engineer – OS, Bootloader, Safety & Security

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

Stellantis is seeking a Sr. Staff SoC Platform SW Engineer to lead development, integration, and stabilization of low-level system software for next-generation automotive SoCs. The role focuses on SoC bootloader development, OS/BSP integration, hardware-assisted safety and security feature implementation, and resolution of critical platform issues. It emphasizes hands-on expertise in SoC architecture, low-level debugging, and hardware-software integration rather than general functional safety or cybersecurity engineering. The engineer will be part of the Platform Software Engineering team, supporting Autonomous Driving, Infotainment, and Connected Vehicle Systems. The role spans QNX, Embedded Linux, and Android platforms, including virtualized SoC environments, and includes technical leadership, architecture reviews, and mentoring.

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, with significant hands-on experience in automotive SoC platform software.
Strong development and debugging experience in QNX, Embedded Linux, and/or Android at the BSP, kernel, or platform level.
Strong proficiency in C/C++, ARM-based SoC architectures, and low-level embedded programming.
Proven experience with SoC bootloader development, BSP integration, device drivers, and hardware bring-up.
Experience implementing SoC hardware-assisted safety and security features within bootloader, BSP, or OS layers.
Deep understanding of boot sequences, memory management, MMU, interrupts, multicore initialization, and hardware/software interfaces.
Strong system-level debugging experience using JTAG, kernel traces, crash dumps, and hardware diagnostic tools.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Experience with Qualcomm automotive SoCs, QNX Hypervisor, and Linux/Android virtualization.
Experience with QNX Neutrino, Linux kernel, Android BSP, device drivers, and bootloader frameworks.
Hands-on experience with SoC safety hardware mechanisms, including ECC, fault aggregation, watchdogs, and error recovery.
Knowledge of ARM TrustZone, secure boot, hardware root of trust, and trusted execution environments.
Experience implementing SoC-level safety and security requirements derived from ISO 26262 and ISO/SAE 21434.
Experience debugging complex boot, stability, and hardware-software integration issues across multicore SoCs.
Proficiency in Python, Shell scripting, and automated platform validation.

Responsibilities

Lead development and integration of SoC bootloader, BSP, and low-level platform software across QNX, Linux, and Android environments.
Implement and integrate SoC-specific hardware safety mechanisms, including ECC error handling, fault monitoring, error reporting, and recovery mechanisms.
Integrate SoC hardware security features, including secure boot, hardware root of trust, firmware authentication, and trusted execution environments.
Investigate and resolve critical boot failures, kernel crashes, initialization issues, and system hangs to improve platform stability.
Lead debugging of complex issues across SoC hardware, bootloader, hypervisor, BSP, device drivers, and operating systems.
Support SoC bring-up, boot sequence optimization, memory initialization, and multicore system initialization.
Collaborate with semiconductor partners, OS vendors, and platform engineering teams to integrate and validate SoC safety and security capabilities.
Develop diagnostic tools, automated testing, and fault-injection frameworks to validate SoC functionality, reliability, and stability.
Support integration of QNX Hypervisor, Linux, and Android guest environments on virtualized SoC platforms.
Provide technical leadership, conduct architecture reviews, and mentor others in SoC platform software development and debugging.