Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Vehicle AI & HPC

Sonatus; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonatus is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer in Dublin to develop and optimise its core in-vehicle software platform for HPC-powered vehicle applications and services. You will contribute to next-generation vehicle software, middleware, and platform services running on automotive-grade hardware.

The role focuses on building high-performance in-vehicle applications, cross-compiling, testing, and debugging on Embedded Linux, with emphasis on low latency data transfer to the cloud.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, maths, physics, or a similar field.
• Strong C++14/17 proficiency with RAII, smart pointers, multithreading and IPC.
• Experience with Embedded Linux, and POSIX OSs such as Android/QNX.
• Experience writing automated unit/integration tests using C++ and Python.
• Experience with HTTP, MQTT and serialization formats (Protobuf/FlatBuffers/JSON).
• Familiarity with vehicle networks (CAN/Ethernet) and AUTOSAR is a plus.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize high-performance in-vehicle applications and connectivity middleware with low latency and high throughput between vehicles and cloud.
• Implement and support platform services for system-wide resource management, health monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot and root-cause issues across development, testing, and production environments.
• Author unit and integration tests and conduct code reviews to ensure code quality.
• Follow development processes and create design documents for reviews and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Modern C++ (C++14/17)

Embedded Linux development

Unit/Integration testing

Networking: HTTP/MQTT

Vehicle networks: CAN/Ethernet

Rust (familiar)

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Physics or similar

Tools

Python

Protobuf/FlatBuffers/JSON

Job description

Sonatus is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer in Dublin to develop and optimise its core in-vehicle software platform for HPC-powered vehicle applications and services. You will contribute to next-generation vehicle software, middleware, and platform services running on automotive-grade hardware.

The role focuses on building high-performance in-vehicle applications, cross-compiling, testing, and debugging on Embedded Linux, with emphasis on low latency data transfer to the cloud.