Embedded Linux / High-Compute Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA; United States; À distance; USD 130 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking an Embedded Linux / High-Compute Engineer to sustain production automotive ECU software. The role involves managing component changes that impact software and manufacturing tests, taking over existing codebases, implementing changes, validating them, and documenting the process for autonomous operation.

Qualifications include 5+ years in automotive embedded software, hands-on bench debugging, and experience with Embedded Linux on automotive SoCs; QNX or Android a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of automotive embedded software experience
• Supported production at a contract manufacturer: deploying test updates, debugging line failures, reading yield data
• Ability to determine when a component change requires a software update and drive it through validation
• Hands-on bench debugging with standard lab tools
• Writes SOPs/runbooks as part of the job while working independently
• Embedded Linux on automotive SoCs; QNX or Android a plus
• Memory/partitioning: partitioning, device tree, boot flow for eMMC/UFS/SSD/DRAM changes
• Secure boot and signed-image flows
• Nice to have: Qualcomm, NXP i.MX or NVIDIA platforms; legacy codebase with thin docs

Responsabilités

• Sustain software for production automotive ECUs.
• Handle component changes (obsolete parts, memory swaps, second sources) that affect ECU software or manufacturing test.
• Take over existing codebases, implement changes, verify them, and document the process so it can run independently.

Connaissances

Embedded software

Production support

Bench debugging

SOPs runbooks

Embedded Linux

Automotive SoCs

QNX / Android

Memory partitioning

Secure boot

Legacy codebase

Description du poste

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

As a Embedded Linux / High-Compute Engineer, you will be responsible for sustaining software for production automotive ECUs. The main job is handling component changes (obsolete parts, memory swaps, second sources) that affect ECU software or manufacturing test, and supporting production at the contract manufacturer. Take over existing codebases, make and validate the changes, and document the process so it can run independently.

Qualifications;

• 5+ years of automotive embedded software
• Has supported production at a contract manufacturer: deploying test updates, debugging line failures, reading yield data
• Can judge whether a component change needs a software change, then carry it through validation
• Hands‑on bench debugging with standard lab tools
• Works independently and writes SOPs/runbooks as part of the job
• Embedded Linux on automotive SoCs; QNX or Android a plus
• Storage bring‑up: partitioning, device tree, boot flow for eMMC/UFS/SSD/DRAM changes
• Secure boot and signed‑image flows
• Nice to have: Qualcomm, NXP i.MX or NVIDIA platforms; has taken over a legacy codebase with thin documentation

Salary Range: $130K - $140K

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job‑related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

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