Automotive Android & Connectivity Architect

Alten; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking an Automotive Android - Connectivity Engineer to bridge vehicle communications with external interfaces via different protocols. You will help develop mobile apps and connectivity plans for the company with a focus on high-quality execution.

The role involves developing requirements, designing vehicle-side components, and implementing security features for mobile apps interfacing with vehicle ECUs and cloud services.

Qualifications

• Experience building mobile apps with a large user base interfacing cloud/server application.
• Experience in development of Android and iOS-based subsystem involving technologies of audio and video playback on a local device interfacing with USB and audio streaming technologies (Bluetooth, Android-auto or Car-play).
• Experience in designing intuitive and well-modeled application interface endpoints for both internal and user-facing device accessibility.
• Experience or strong knowledge of RESTful concepts using OpenAPI specification to architect and document endpoints.
• Experience as a Kotlin developer for Android apps and Swift Experience for iOS apps.
• Experience in decomposing vehicle level functions and architectural elements for mobile apps, connectivity systems, and cloud offerings.

Responsibilities

• Develop mobile application requirements and manage the development, sourcing, and engineering of these solutions.
• Design and develop vehicle side system component requirements that interact with a commercial-grade mobile application as a conduit to control vehicle features or view vehicle contents.
• Develop phone connectivity security requirements and features that interact with other application plug-ins and vehicle modules such as secure gateway module, safety vehicle ECUs for diagnostics, flash-over-the-air and status information.
• Work cross functionally to develop vehicle architecture requirements that allows mobile applications connectivity to automotive ECUs, implementation of UI/UX backend, framework, and frontend features in android or iOS environment.
• Implement security features in mobile applications interfacing vehicle network from illegal access and unauthorized access to safety critical modules.
• Collaborate and work with 3rd party hardware or software suppliers to engage in requirements elicitation and test criteria to establish internal test environment and test setup.
• Document development plans, processes, and overall mobile applications.
• Perform benchmarking / market research on vehicle attributes (features and market trends from mobile apps, vehicle content and other vehicle systems).
• Lead the technology roadmap by working with industry partners to define new and innovative technology to support vehicle connectivity, Wi-Fi and Online Infotainment features that give our customers intuitive and accessibility comfort experiences.
• Test, verify and validate mobile application software using industry standard tools.

Job description

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking an Automotive Android - Connectivity Engineer to bridge vehicle communications with external interfaces via different protocols. You will help develop mobile apps and connectivity plans for the company with a focus on high-quality execution.

The role involves developing requirements, designing vehicle-side components, and implementing security features for mobile apps interfacing with vehicle ECUs and cloud services.