Lead, Infotainment/Connectivity Platform

Palo Alto, CA, US • Posted 8 hours ago • Updated 8 hours ago
Contract Independent
Contract W2
6 Months
On-site
$60 - $70/hr
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • Linux
  • Infotainment / Connectivity

Summary

Title: Lead, Infotainment/Connectivity Platform
Location: Palo Alto, CA (Onsite)
Duration: 6+ months

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The lead owns software and validation work on Linux and Android based infotainment and connectivity platforms.

The role requires 8+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

  • Ramp up on the existing codebase, build pipeline, and regression testing
  • Develop and maintain the software stack for hardware verification and validation on Hypervisor, Linux, and Android systems
  • Design and run stress tests on CPU, GPU, NPU, and multimedia subsystems to find bottlenecks, thermal limits, and stability issues
  • Analyze and optimize ECU performance
  • Support board bring-up, design verification, and debugging with architecture, hardware, and software teams
  • Train and guide junior engineers
  • Provide weekly status, risk, and decision documentation to program leadership

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • 8+ years of embedded software development
  • Hands-on experience with high-performance SoCs such as Snapdragon, NVIDIA Orin, or MediaTek; automotive-grade SoC experience is a significant plus
  • Proficiency in Embedded Linux, QNX, and DriveOS, and experience with hypervisor systems such as Type-1 hypervisors, Gunyah, or ACRN
  • Experience with infotainment or connectivity subsystems such as camera/display, memory/storage, GNSS, UWB, RF, A2B, and Bluetooth audio
  • Strong C/C++ coding skills
  • Solid understanding of Linux/Android, kernel configuration, device driver interfaces, and debugging tools
  • Strong BSP and kernel bring-up expertise (Linux, U-Boot or equivalent): partitioning, device tree, and boot flow for eMMC, UFS, SSD, and DRAM changes
  • Experience with Lauterbach, oscilloscopes, JTAG, and flashing tools
  • Understanding of interface and protocol stacks (SPI, I2C, Ethernet, PCIe, CAN) and board bring-up
  • Scripting experience in Python or shell

Preferred

  • OS internals: process scheduler, memory management, concurrency, synchronization, storage
  • ARM core and architecture experience
  • Embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, linker scripts
  • Automotive communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet)
  • CI/CD pipelines for embedded systems
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  • Dice Id: 91097138
  • Position Id: 9125072
  • Posted 8 hours ago
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