Lead Engineer

LeadSOC Technologies Pvt Ltd; Dadri; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

LeadSOC Technologies Pvt Ltd in India seeks a Senior Automotive Embedded Software Engineer / Technical Lead to shape software architecture for MCU/SoC automotive platforms. You will drive design, integration, and validation on real hardware, guiding engineering teams.

Ideal candidates bring 10–14 years of hands-on experience with AUTOSAR, CAN/LIN/Ethernet, RTOS-based systems, and hardware debugging. You will lead bring-up, flashing, bootloaders, and safety-compliant software development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's in Electronics, CS, or related field.
• 10–14 years of automotive embedded software experience.
• Strong MCU/SoC hardware interfaces.
• AUTOSAR design and integration experience.
• ECU bring-up and target hardware experience.
• CAN/LIN/Ethernet and UDS familiarity in automotive context.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate automotive embedded software on MCU/SoC platforms.
• Configure AUTOSAR BSW, RTE, MCAL, OS and diagnostic modules.
• Lead ECU integration and hardware bring-up with debugging.
• Collaborate across distributed teams and participate in design reviews.

Skills

AUTOSAR architecture

ECU integration

CAN/LIN/Ethernet

RTOS-based embedded

HW debugging

Technical leadership

Automotive cybersecurity basics

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electronics/Computer Engineering

Tools

Vector DaVinci

EB tresos

CANoe/CANalyzer

Lauterbach

Oscilloscopes

PCAN

Job description

We’re Hiring: Senior Automotive Embedded Software Engineer / Technical Lead

Notice Period: Immediate joiners or candidates who can join within 15–20 days

About LeadSOC Technologies

LeadSOC is a multinational engineering company specializing in end-to-end VLSI and semiconductor engineering solutions. We work across the semiconductor product lifecycle, from SoC design and verification to embedded software, firmware, automation engineering, and post-silicon engineering.

Our Software Engineering team focuses on embedded software, firmware, Linux, device drivers, system software, and other low-level technologies that support next-generation semiconductor and automotive platforms.

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Automotive Embedded Software Engineer / Technical Lead with strong expertise in microcontroller architectures, AUTOSAR, automotive communication protocols, ECU integration, and hardware-level debugging.

The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience in software architecture, development, integration, board bring‑up, and validation on actual automotive hardware, along with the ability to provide technical direction to engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, debug, and validate automotive embedded software on MCU/MPU/SoC-based platforms.
• Work with microcontroller and microprocessor architectures, CPU cores, DSPs, accelerators, caches, memory hierarchy, DMA, and peripherals.
• Configure and integrate AUTOSAR BSW, RTE, MCAL, OS, communication stacks, and diagnostic modules.
• Work with Vector DaVinci Configurator/Developer, EB tresos, AUTOSAR MCAL/RTD, and ECU integration.
• Develop and validate automotive communication stacks involving CAN, LIN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and UDS.
• Perform ECU bring‑up, firmware flashing, bootloader configuration, software download, and hardware validation.
• Debug MCU peripherals, including SPI, I2C, UART, PWM/eMIOS, ADC, GPIO, and Ethernet PHY interfaces.
• Use laboratory equipment and debugging tools to troubleshoot hardware‑software integration issues.
• Validate communication protocols using CANoe, CANalyzer, PCAN, Wireshark, and related tools.
• Work with RTOS-based systems, task scheduling, synchronization, inter‑core communication, and deterministic execution.
• Apply functional safety and automotive cybersecurity principles during software development and integration.
• Translate technical requirements into software architecture, design specifications, implementation guidance, and integration plans.
• Collaborate with distributed engineering teams and contribute to technical reviews, software quality, and validation activities.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 10–14 years of hands‑on experience in automotive embedded software development.
• Strong understanding of MCU, MPU, and SoC architectures and hardware‑software interfaces.
• Developer‑level expertise in AUTOSAR architecture, including BSW, RTE, MCAL, OS, communication stacks, and diagnostics.
• Hands‑on experience with ECU software integration, evaluation boards, target hardware, and platform bring‑up.
• Strong knowledge of CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDS, and automotive diagnostic protocols.
• Experience with RTOS‑based embedded systems and low‑level peripheral debugging.
• Proficiency with Lauterbach or other JTAG debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and embedded debugging tools.
• Experience with automotive software development lifecycles, design reviews, code quality, requirements traceability, and validation workflows.
• Technical leadership experience combined with active involvement in design, development, debugging, integration, and validation.
• Experience in automotive OEM, Tier‑1, semiconductor, or embedded platform engineering environments.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Vector MICROSAR and EB tresos.
• Knowledge of Vector DaVinci Configurator/Developer and AUTOSAR MCAL/RTD.
• Experience with CANoe, CANalyzer, PCAN, and Wireshark.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262, functional safety mechanisms, fault handling, and safety‑oriented software architecture.
• Understanding of secure boot, cryptographic services, secure diagnostics, secure firmware updates, and HSM/HSE integration.
• Experience working with geographically distributed engineering teams in matrixed R&D environments.