Remote Director, Autonomous Platform Software

Fruition Group US; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group US is seeking a Director of Platform software to lead the technical direction and team delivery of its onboard vehicle software platform. The role covers embedded firmware, OS, runtimes and middleware with a focus on safe, reliable, high-performance systems.

You will own the complete platform software stack and drive architecture, roadmap, and cross-functional collaboration across autonomy, safety, and vehicle platforms.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading organizations of 40+ engineers.
• Experience deploying software on physical hardware in production.
• Autonomous vehicles or safety-critical systems experience.
• Knowledge of automotive functional safety, including ISO 26262.
• Experience with high-performance, low-latency compute platforms and physical AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end onboard software architecture and roadmap across embedded compute, OS, drivers, middleware and system diagnostics.
• Lead and develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders across a large organization.
• Align software priorities and delivery with autonomy, vehicle platform and safety teams.
• Oversee production platform reliability while driving next-generation platform development.
• Establish engineering standards, quality metrics and release processes.

Skills

Software architecture

Leadership

Embedded firmware

Linux/BSP

Real-time middleware

High-performance runtimes

Production deployment

Cross-functional leadership

Automotive safety

ISO 26262 knowledge

System diagnostics

Education

Degree in CS or EE

Job description

Fruition Group US is seeking a Director of Platform software to lead the technical direction and team delivery of its onboard vehicle software platform. The role covers embedded firmware, OS, runtimes and middleware with a focus on safe, reliable, high-performance systems.

You will own the complete platform software stack and drive architecture, roadmap, and cross-functional collaboration across autonomy, safety, and vehicle platforms.