Principal Software Architect - Software Platforms

Volvo Group; Västra Götalands län; On-site; SEK 60 000 - 100 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Software Architect to shape the future of automotive software development. This role involves leading the design and implementation of innovative software solutions across multiple domains, focusing on AUTOSAR and Linux. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with the latest safety standards while mentoring and guiding development teams. If you have a passion for automotive technology and a strong background in software architecture, this opportunity allows you to make a significant impact on sustainable transport solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in automotive software development.
• Deep understanding of AUTOSAR and Linux in complex SoC architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead software platform development based on AUTOSAR and Linux.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into designs.
• Drive compliance with automotive safety and security standards.

Skills

AUTOSAR

Linux

C

C++

Embedded C

Software Architecture

Problem-solving

Analytical Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Software Engineering

Job description

Hem Principal Software Architect - Software Platforms

Arbetsbeskrivning

Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing, and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity. Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

Shaping tomorrow's technology

At Vehicle Technology, we are passionate about shaping tomorrow’s technology to create excellent sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions to make the world a better place for future generations. We provide innovative, safe, and driver-friendly solutions, develop top-quality services, and make our customer operations more efficient by using excellent data insights. We support the Volvo Group engineering community with cutting-edge tools and methods.

This is us, your new team

Our mission is to enable Software Defined Vehicles by transitioning from decentralized electric architecture to central computing. Our SW Platforms deliver an execution and communication environment, along with essential tools and technologies, to support efficient application software development. We stand out by enabling continuous integration on real hardware, removing manual steps needed to combine embedded software before release. By automating integration and testing processes, we significantly accelerate the speed to market, enabling Volvo Group to deliver innovative, software-driven solutions faster and more efficiently.

What you will do

This Principal Software Architect will report to our Global Technology Manager of Platform Development. The responsibility focuses on designing and implementing software solutions across multiple domains across the platform. The organization consists of roughly 140 colleagues organized globally in 10 ScM Teams.

The emphasis will be on designing software platform development at a lower level of middleware development to develop platform capabilities such as low power handling, inter-processor communication, time synchronization, boot loader, etc., for a complex SOC running classic/adaptive AUTOSAR and Linux/QNX hypervisors.

Responsibilities

• Be a part of the senior architecture team, and lead the setting of long-term design strategies for the Embedded SW Platforms.
• Lead our software platform development, based on AUTOSAR and/or Linux, and its integration on HPC, serving several operating systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical designs.
• Lead the integration of Board Support Packages (BSP) and configuration of the hypervisor and Guest OS.
• Drive compliance with the latest automotive safety and security standards.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship throughout the development lifecycle.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to redefine software platform development processes.

Who are you?

You are an experienced Software Architect with a passion for automotive software development and a deep understanding of AUTOSAR and/or Linux running on top of Hypervisor in complex system-on-chip architectures, which are the core of the vehicle. Your expertise lies in software platform and middleware development, with a successful track record of designing and implementing solutions for automotive ECUs. You thrive in collaborative environments where you can mentor and guide development teams. Your strong analytical and problem-solving skills enable you to make critical decisions and drive continuous improvement in software platform development processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Software Architect in automotive software development.
• Expertise in AUTOSAR, with at least 10+ years of experience within the Classic domain.
• Expertise in Linux.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, or Embedded C.
• Solid understanding of software architecture and design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.

Additional notes

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