Radar Front End Lead Engineer

Aptiv PLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Life and accident insurance

Sodexo cards for food and beverages

Creche facility for working parents

EAP Employee Assistance

Fitness club access

Job summary

Aptiv PLC is seeking a Radar Front End Lead Engineer in Bengaluru to drive development of automotive radar software, closely aligning with chip vendors and cross‑functional teams. You will oversee from design to release, applying advanced debugging and platform bring‑up expertise.

The role requires deep Radar fundamentals, strong embedded C, MATLAB scripting, and hands‑on leadership across multiple radar generations. A pragmatic problem-solver with strong collaboration skills is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience 8–14 years in embedded software development and debugging.
• Strong embedded C programming skills and fault analysis.

Responsibilities

• Create, deploy, maintain, and use Radar Front End software for automotive radars.
• Participate in the Software V-Cycle from requirements to maintenance.
• Resolve issues on RFE with cross-team collaboration and vendor coordination.
• Lead team members to plan and deliver with timely execution.
• Ensure code quality via reviews, static analysis, and CI practices.
• Collaborate with Algorithm, Systems, Hardware, and Product teams on architecture decisions.

Skills

Embedded C

Radar/ RF

MATLAB

Lauterbach

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Git/Gerrit

Jenkins

Jira

Makefiles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Tools

Lauterbach toolset

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Gerrit

Jenkins

Git

Jira

Job description

Radar Front End Lead Engineer

Help shape the future of mobility.

Imagine a world with zero vehicle accidents, zero vehicle emissions, and wireless vehicle connectivity all around us. Every day, we move closer to making that world a reality. Aptiv’s passionate team of engineers and developers creates advanced safety systems, high-performance electrification solutions and data connectivity solutions so that automakers can bring advanced capabilities to more people around the globe. This is how we enable sustainable mobility and help to prevent accidents caused by human error.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and hands-on Senior Embedded Software Engineer to develop and deploy Radar Front End Software, as a Lead Engineer, one will work with team which develops Radar Front End(RFE) Software, tightly coupled with Chipset drivers which comes from different chip manufacturer used in Automotive and Industrial Automation applications.

The ideal candidate will possess strong Radar fundamentals, Problem solving skill, expertise in Embedded C, understand MATLAB scripts and port into production-ready embedded software, and deep experience in platform bring-up, and hardware-software debugging. You will work closely with Radar Systems, Chipset vendors, and product teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions across multiple generations.

This role is best suited for engineers who enjoy solving complex system-level challenges, working across multiple domains and Chipset manufacturers

Your Responsibilities

• Create, deploy, maintain, and use Radar Front End software for automotive radars
• Participate across the complete Software V-Cycle Requirement analysis, software design, Development, Unit testing, Integration Testing, System Verification & Validation, Release & Maintenance
• Resolve issues reported on RFE from various customer on multiple generations of Radars. Work with Radar systems team for RFE testing and software release test. Work with Chipset vendors to design radar, integrate their software, joint debug, technical discussion
• Work with global teams on cross domain support, customer support
• Lead team members to achieve project goals, handle planning and execution
• Ensure software quality through code reviews, static analysis, automated testing, and continuous integration practices
• Partner with Algorithm, Systems, Hardware, Validation, Product Management, and Customer teams. Drive technical discussions and contribute to architecture and implementation decisions
• Support issue triaging, customer escalations, and product releases when required. Collaborate effectively across global and multidisciplinary teams
• Utilize modern AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and software quality
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and adoption of advanced software engineering practices

Your Background

Key ingredients for succeeding in this role are your:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and communication
• Overall Exp 8 to 14 Years, 10+ years of hands-on experience in embedded software development, debugging, log analysis
• Strong knowledge and work experience with embedded C
• Strong knowledge on processor architecture, interfaces(TI/NXP adds value)
• Understanding of datasheet, TRM, schematics and safety manuals
• Exposure to functional safety concepts and implementations
• Expertise in usage of Lauterbach, oscilloscope, logic analyzer etc
• Basic experience in MatLab, Gtest, make files. Critical thinker with excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Experience with revision control and issue tracking (Plastic, Git/Gerrit, Jira, Jenkins or similar)
• Work independently, proactive, decision maker, passion for results, good team player

Why join us?

• You can grow at Aptiv. Aptiv provides an inclusive work environment where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity or beliefs.
• You can have an impact. Safety is a core Aptiv value; we want a safer world for us and our children, one with: Zero fatalities, Zero injuries, Zero accidents.
• You have support. We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family and your physical and mental health with a competitive health insurance package.

Your Benefits at Aptiv:

• Flexible working hours;
• Higher Education Opportunities (UDACITY, UDEMY, COURSERA are available for your continuous growth and development);
• Life and accident insurance;
• Sodexo cards for food and beverages;
• Well Being Program that includes regular workshops and networking events;
• EAP Employee Assistance;
• Access to fitness clubs (T&C apply);
• Creche facility for working parents;

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