Applications Engineer
ACTIA Corporation
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Job summary
ACTIA Corporation seeks a Senior Application Engineer to design and deploy complete vehicle electronic architectures for OEM customers. You will work across system architecture, software integration, and vehicle networking to deliver scalable solutions on ACTIA platforms.
Ideal candidates have 5+ years in automotive embedded systems, with experience in CAN/CAN FD, Ethernet, OTA strategies, and safety-focused development aligned with ISO 26262.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in automotive, commercial vehicle, transportation, or embedded systems engineering.
- Proven experience designing complex electronic and software systems.
- Experience interfacing directly with customers and OEM engineering teams.
- Experience integrating hardware, embedded software, and vehicle networking technologies.
Responsibilities
- Design complete electronic and software architectures using ACTIA hardware and software platforms.
- Define vehicle network architectures using CAN, J1939, CAN FD, Ethernet, and related communication technologies.
- Translate customer requirements into scalable and maintainable system architectures.
- Create architecture diagrams, interface definitions, functional specifications, and integration plans.
- Support vehicle-level integration activities including displays, body control systems, multiplexing, power management, diagnostics, and connectivity.
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Job description
ACTIA is a global leader in electronic and software solutions for commercial vehicles, transit, Bus & Coach, specialty vehicles, and off-highway markets. Our technologies enable intelligent vehicle architectures through multiplexing systems, electronic control units (ECUs), smart displays (SHMI), telematics, connectivity, and power management solutions. As the transportation industry transitions toward Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV), ACTIA is helping OEMs modernize vehicle architectures by integrating advanced software platforms, connected services, cloud technologies, and intelligent electronics into next-generation vehicles.
ACTIA is seeking a highly motivated Senior Application Engineer with a strong software and systems engineering background to support OEM customers in the design, integration, and deployment of complete vehicle electronic architectures. This role combines system architecture, software engineering, customer engagement, and vehicle integration. The successful candidate will work closely with OEMs to define and implement solutions built around ACTIA's portfolio of:
- Electronic Control Units (ECUs)
- Multiplexing Systems
- Smart Human Machine Interfaces (SHMI)
- Power Management Systems (MPSxx)
- Telematics and Connectivity Platforms
- Vehicle Networking and Diagnostics Solutions
The ideal candidate understands both traditional distributed vehicle architectures and the industry's evolution toward Software-Defined Vehicles, centralized computing, connected services, and over-the-air software deployment. Experience within the Bus & Coach industry is highly preferred, while exposure to agriculture, construction, specialty, or heavy-duty vehicle applications is considered a strong asset.
- Design complete electronic and software architectures using ACTIA hardware and software platforms.
- Define vehicle network architectures using CAN, J1939, CAN FD, Ethernet, and related communication technologies.
- Translate customer requirements into scalable and maintainable system architectures.
- Create architecture diagrams, interface definitions, functional specifications, and integration plans.
- Support vehicle-level integration activities including displays, body control systems, multiplexing, power management, diagnostics, and connectivity.
- Support customer migration from traditional distributed ECU designs toward Software-Defined Vehicle architectures.
- Define software-centric vehicle architectures supporting feature scalability and lifecycle management.
- Assist customers with OTA update strategies, remote diagnostics, fleet connectivity, and cloud integration.
- Support implementation of service-oriented architectures and connected vehicle ecosystems.
- Collaborate on strategies involving domain controllers, centralized computing, and zonal architectures.
- Develop and support software applications running on ACTIA platforms.
- Collaborate with software development teams throughout requirements, implementation, validation, and release activities.
- Support embedded Linux and application-level software development.
- Participate in software troubleshooting, debugging, and validation activities.
- Support test automation and software quality processes.
- Support development activities compliant with ISO 26262 functional safety requirements.
- Contribute to safety analyses, system requirements allocation, verification planning, and validation activities.
- Collaborate with quality and engineering teams to ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements.
- Promote best practices for safety-critical development processes.
- Support modern software development workflows utilizing CI/CD methodologies.
- Contribute to build automation, testing automation, release management, and deployment strategies.
- Improve software quality through continuous integration and automated validation.
- Participate in code reviews and software quality initiatives.
- Support version control and release traceability processes.
- Act as a primary technical interface between ACTIA and OEM customers.
- Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews, design discussions, and solution demonstrations.
- Support prototype development, vehicle commissioning, and launch activities.
- Provide technical guidance throughout project execution and customer development programs.
Bachelor's Degree in:
- Computer Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science
- Automotive Engineering
- Related Engineering Discipline
- 5+ years of experience in automotive, commercial vehicle, transportation, or embedded systems engineering.
- Proven experience designing complex electronic and software systems.
- Experience interfacing directly with customers and OEM engineering teams.
- Experience integrating hardware, embedded software, and vehicle networking technologies.
- CAN
- CAN FD
- SAE J1939
- Ethernet
- Diagnostic protocols
- Vehicle multiplexing systems
- ECU integration
- C/C++
- Python
- Scripting languages
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