Senior Software Architect - Infotainment

Company Description

At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our outstanding Bosch teams around the world. Their creativity is the key to innovation through connected living, mobility, or industry.

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Job Description

Core Responsibilities:

• Architectural Vision & Strategy: Define, evolve, and communicate the architectural roadmap for various software products and platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals, product requirements, and industry best practices.
• System Design & Documentation: Lead the design of complex software systems, components, and interfaces across different technology stacks. Create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation (e.g., design documents, architectural diagrams, API specifications).
• Technical Feasibility & Risk Assessment: Evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and approaches. Conduct technical feasibility studies and identify potential risks and mitigation strategies for architectural decisions.
• Technology Selection: Recommend and justify the adoption of new technologies, tools, and methodologies that enhance development efficiency and product quality.
• Virtualization and System Performance: Design and execute QNX virtualization concepts for Cluster, ADAS and IVI functionalities as well as ensure optimal system performance of defined concepts
• Technical Guidance & Mentorship: Provide expert technical guidance, mentorship, and support to a team of software engineers. Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation within the platform domain.
• Problem Solving & Troubleshooting: Act as the primary technical point of contact for complex issues, leading debugging efforts and root cause analysis within the AOSP stack, and guiding the team in resolving critical challenges.
• Technical Communication & Reporting: Effectively communicate technical progress, challenges, and architectural decisions (especially those related to platform and AOSP work) to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Technical Skill Development: Identify and promote opportunities for technical skill development within the team, sharing knowledge and best practices for platform and AOSP development.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Software Engineering Experience: 8+ years of extensive experience in software development, with a strong foundation in diverse software engineering principles.
• Architectural Expertise: Proven experience in designing and architecting complex software systems, demonstrating a breadth of knowledge across different technologies and platforms.
• Programming Languages: Expert proficiency in C++ with strong debugging skills in multiple environments.
• Linux Expertise: Solid understanding of Linux internals, including system calls, processes, memory management, and basic device driver concepts.
• QNX Expertise: Architect-level understanding of QNX OS internals, including microkernel architecture, message passing, process models, drivers, and inter-process communication (IPC).
• Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges in both architectural design and hands-on Android/QNX debugging.
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated experience in providing technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams, particularly within AOSP or similar embedded Android/QNX contexts.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, from junior engineers to executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with other embedded systems development.
• Experience with performance optimization and profiling tools for Android/Linux/QNX.
• Understanding of security best practices in the Android/QNX ecosystem.
• Prior experience in embedded cockpit or infotainment development.

Additional Information

EEO/OFCCP: Bosch is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit. Bosch is fully committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities and to providing equal employment opportunity to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, sex, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation), national origin or ancestry, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

This equal employment opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions and aspects of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, retention, training, placement, promotion, advancement, transfers, job assignments, layoffs, leaves of absence, termination, and compensation. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to all aspects of employment.

Bosch is dedicated to maintaining compliance with all federal, state, and local law, including but not limited to, affirmative action plan requirements, EEO-1 and VETS-4212 reporting, and I9 / work authorization guidance.

*Bosch adheres to Federal, State, and Local laws regarding drug-testing. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Candidates who have been offered the position must pass both screenings before their start date.

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