Staff / Principal Engineer- India

Vayavya Labs; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vayavya Labs in Bengaluru, Karnataka is seeking a Staff/Principal Engineer to architect and lead the design of the vehicle compute and networking stack that connects autonomy software with hardware platforms.

This hands-on leadership role requires continuing code work, mentoring engineers, and driving architectural decisions that scale across fleets, with a focus on Linux kernel tuning, high-performance C++, and low-latency data pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with hardware/software interface leadership.
• Expert-level C++ for high-performance, memory-efficient Linux systems.
• 5+ years system-level development: Linux networking stacks and hardware bring-up.
• Deep command of networking protocols across the stack - CAN, UDP, TCP, gRPC, RTP, HTTP.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership across software, hardware, and systems teams.
• Strong systems-debugging instincts from the boundary of application to kernel/hardware.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the design of the vehicle compute and networking stack, ensuring a modular, scalable interface between autonomy software and hardware platforms.
• Drive the technical roadmap for hardware health monitoring and fleet-wide performance optimization.
• Lead cross-functional integration of new sensors and embedded devices, and define standards for low-latency data interfaces.
• Establish engineering standards for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing and automated performance profiling.
• Provide technical oversight on complex system-level issues spanning Linux kernel tuning, high-performance C++, and multi-layer networking (OSI Layer-4).
• Define the architecture for on-target diagnostics and self-test across ECUs, with monitoring and reporting standards.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar for design, code quality, and system reliability.

Skills

C++

Linux systems

System-level development

Networking protocols

Cross-functional leadership

Linux kernel tuning

Tools

gRPC

RTP

HTTP

Job description

Job Summary

Staff / Principal Engineer - India

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Role Overview

We are looking for a Staff/Principal Engineer to architect and lead the design of the vehicle compute and networking stack - the modular, scalable interface between autonomy software and the underlying hardware platforms. You will own the technical roadmap for hardware health monitoring and fleet-wide performance optimization, set the engineering standards that keep our platforms fast and dependable, and provide deep technical oversight across software, hardware, and systems teams.

This is a hands-on leadership position. You will still be in the code and on the bench for the hardest problems - from Linux kernel tuning to multi-layer networking - while mentoring senior engineers and driving architectural decisions that scale across the fleet.

What You'll Do

• Architect and lead the design of the vehicle compute and networking stack, ensuring a modular, scalable interface between autonomy software and hardware platforms.
• Drive the technical roadmap for hardware health monitoring and fleet-wide performance optimization.
• Lead cross-functional integration of new sensors and embedded devices, and define standards for low-latency data interfaces.
• Establish engineering standards for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing and automated performance profiling.
• Provide technical oversight on complex system-level issues spanning Linux kernel tuning, high-performance C++, and multi-layer networking (OSI Laye-4).
• Define the architecture for on-target diagnostics and self-test - CPU, communication, and memory load generation, power-on self-tests, controlled shutdown/sleep sequences, voltage-fault detection with safe-state entry, and memory/logic BIST - and set standards for how these are triggered, monitored, and reported across ECUs.
• Establish standards for communication bus health and error monitoring across CAN and Ethernet, including link integrity, cable faults, and signal-integrity detection, with fleet-level logging and reporting.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar for design, code quality, and system reliability across teams.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including leading large-scale architecture at the hardware/software interface.
• Expert-level C++ for high-performance, thread-safe, memory-efficient Linux systems.
• 5+ years of system-level development: Linux networking stacks, performance profiling, and hardware bring-up.
• Deep command of networking protocols across the stack - low-level (CAN, UDP, TCP) and high-level (gRPC, RTP, HTTP).
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership across software, hardware, and systems teams, with a track record of shipping complex platforms.
• Strong systems-debugging instincts - the ability to reason across the boundary from application code down to kernel, driver, and hardware behavior.

Nice to Have

• Experience with autonomy sensors - lidar, radar, and camera - and their integration into low-latency data pipelines.
• Time-Sensitive Networking protocols (PTP / gPTP) and Ethernet switching.
• Functional safety frameworks such as ISO 26262.
• Heterogeneous compute performance optimization across CPU, GPU, and accelerators.
• Networking certifications.
• Experience building distributed fleet health-monitoring frameworks.

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