Overview
Join a high-performing team at Sonatus that’s redefining what cars can do in the era of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV).
At Sonatus, we’re driving the transformation to AI-enabled software-defined vehicles. Traditional automotive software methods can’t keep pace with consumer expectations shaped by the mobile industry—where features evolve rapidly, update seamlessly, and improve continuously. That’s why leading OEMs trust Sonatus to accelerate this shift. Our technology is already in production across more than 5 million vehicles on the road today and rapidly expanding.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, with 250+ employees worldwide, Sonatus combines the agility of a fast-growing company with the scale and impact of an established partner. Backed by strong funding and proven by global deployment, we’re solving some of the most interesting and complex challenges in the industry. Join us and help redefine what’s possible as we shape the future of mobility.
Sonatus is a leading provider of software technologies enabling global OEMs and Tier 1 system integrators to build software-defined vehicles. We are looking for a highly motivated SW Integration engineer to join our fast-growing team. As a part of the team that is responsible for the software integration and prototype development, you will have the opportunity to:
- Stay at the forefront with customers, understanding the pressing problems facing the industry and the most advanced technologies required to solve them.
- Apply your skillsets to build SW solutions, creating immediate impact and helping our customers, as well as shaping the industry with solutions you build.
- Play the most important role to help scale our products and grow Sonatus' business.
Responsibilities
- Software Integration: Integrate software modules and SDK at the system or application level, and create POC (Proof of Concept) prototypes for demo purposes.
- Plan POCs based on the scope for the customers, estimate required work and effort to complete the POC, provide NRE estimate, and resource forecast.
- Troubleshooting & Debugging: Identify, analyze, and resolve issues that arise during the software integration process, ensuring a smooth and reliable software system.
- Triage the customer-reported technical issues, identify the domain of issues, and assign them to the appropriate stakeholders accordingly.
- Demo and Presentation: Present solutions using either demo software or architecture presentations to customers and partners to showcase our product and technology advantages.
- Customer Management: Provide integration support for our customers, remotely and/or on-site when necessary.
- Manage customers’ feature requests, develop business relationships with customers, and act as the go-to person for technical questions, issues, and resolutions.
- Vendor Management: Manage external resource vendors for applicable projects, plan scope and timing, define deliverables, and oversee execution in progress.
- Act as a portal for technical communication between external customers/partners and our internal cross-functional teams.
- Training and Onboarding: Leverage product documentation to create training materials and guiding documentation to arm internal customer-facing teams and externally onboard customers and partners.
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams globally (Sales, Product, Software, QA, Technical Program Management) and external customers to promote our products and solutions.
- Performance Optimization: Monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance of integrated systems, addressing bottlenecks and ensuring efficient software operation.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields with seven or more years of experience in data communication, networking, or the automotive industry.
- Solid C/C++ and embedded system programming experience.
- Experience with Linux, Android, and/or other POSIX operating systems.
- Experience in systems integration, platform-dependent integration and development, multithreading, and concurrent programming.
- Proficient in shell scripting languages and Python.
- Familiar with software architecture and end-to-end solutions.
- Familiarity with software configuration management tools and defect tracking tools.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Able to travel up to 20% of the time.
Nice to Have Skills and Knowledge
- Familiar with the Linux and QNX boot sequence.
- Able to communicate with customers and stakeholders in French.
- Familiar with bootloaders, Linux, and microcontroller image flashing.
- Familiar with networking technologies of Ethernet and CAN bus, and communication protocols of TCP/IP, HTTP, and MQTT.
- Familiar with vehicle E/E architecture and CAN network bus.
Sonatus is a fast-paced and innovative company and are seeking team members who are passionate about making a difference. If you are ready to take your career to the next level, we highly encourage you to apply.
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