On-Site Senior Embedded Lead, Infotainment & Connectivity

Altentechnologyusa; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Palo Alto to own software and validation work on Linux and Android infotainment platforms. You’ll lead a team sustaining ECUs across hardware generations, ramp up on code, build pipelines, and enable hardware validation tests.

You’ll collaborate with architecture, hardware, and software teams, guide junior engineers, and provide weekly updates to leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of embedded software development.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with high-performance SoCs such as Snapdragon, NVIDIA Orin, or MediaTek; automotive-grade SoC experience is a significant plus.
• Proficiency in Embedded Linux, QNX, and DriveOS, and experience with hypervisor systems.
• Experience with infotainment or connectivity subsystems such as camera/display, memory/storage, GNSS, UWB, RF, A2B, and Bluetooth audio.
• Strong C/C++ coding skills.
• Solid understanding of Linux/Android, kernel configuration, device driver interfaces, and debugging tools.
• Strong BSP and kernel bring-up expertise (Linux, U-Boot or equivalent).
• Experience with Lauterbach, oscilloscopes, JTAG, and flashing tools.
• Understanding of interface and protocol stacks (SPI, I2C, Ethernet, PCIe, CAN) and board bring-up.
• Scripting experience in Python or shell.

Responsibilities

• Ramp up on the existing codebase, build pipeline, and regression testing.
• Develop and maintain the software stack for hardware verification and validation on Hypervisor, Linux, and Android systems.
• Design and run stress tests on CPU, GPU, NPU, and multimedia subsystems to find bottlenecks, thermal limits, and stability issues.
• Analyze and optimize ECU performance.
• Support board bring-up, design verification, and debugging with architecture, hardware, and software teams.
• Train and guide junior engineers.
• Provide weekly status, risk, and decision documentation to program leadership.

Skills

C/C++ coding

Embedded software development

Linux/Android debugging

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

QNX

DriveOS

Type-1 hypervisors (Gunyah/ACRN)

Lauterbach

Oscilloscopes/JTAG

Job description

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Palo Alto to own software and validation work on Linux and Android infotainment platforms. You’ll lead a team sustaining ECUs across hardware generations, ramp up on code, build pipelines, and enable hardware validation tests.

You’ll collaborate with architecture, hardware, and software teams, guide junior engineers, and provide weekly updates to leadership.