Firmware Engineering Manager, Vehicle OS Platform

applied; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Firmware team within Vehicle OS. You will drive architecture, development, and integration of foundational embedded systems powering our automotive platform and work with RTOS, Linux kernel, and hardware abstraction layers.

The role requires 8+ years in embedded software, a CS/EE degree, and a proven track record mentoring engineers. You will partner with hardware and software teams to bring up platforms, ensure robust

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent from a top program (Stanford, Berkeley, CMU, Waterloo, or similar)
• 8+ years of experience architecting and shipping production embedded/firmware software
• Experience shipping complex firmware or embedded software in production, ideally for automotive or consumer electronics
• Strong background in embedded C/C++, RTOS implementation, Linux kernel, and low-level driver/HAL development
• Hands-on hardware integration and debugging experience
• Experience with platform bring-up, sensors integration, and HW/SW co-design
• Proven ability to manage, mentor, and grow technical teams

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of firmware and embedded software engineers
• Architect and develop robust, low-level software for the Vehicle OS platform
• Oversee development and maintenance of embedded C/C++ codebases, code reviews, and system-level debugging
• Collaborate across hardware and software engineering teams to design, bring up, and validate new platforms
• Ensure successful delivery of cutting-edge RTOS, Linux kernel, and hardware abstraction layers for automotive devices
• Partner closely with and cross-functional leaders to execute on new features and platform initiatives

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

Linux kernel

Hardware bring-up

Mentoring teams

Systems architecture

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Firmware team within Vehicle OS. You will drive architecture, development, and integration of foundational embedded systems powering our automotive platform and work with RTOS, Linux kernel, and hardware abstraction layers.

The role requires 8+ years in embedded software, a CS/EE degree, and a proven track record mentoring engineers. You will partner with hardware and software teams to bring up platforms, ensure robust