Senior C++ Engineer – Automotive, Linux & Real‑Time

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Incentive

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

Certification & Training Reimbursement

401K Plan

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Auburn Hills, MI seeks a Senior Engineer in Technology to design, develop, and maintain automotive and manufacturing applications. You will build C/C++ on Linux, write automation scripts in Shell, Perl and GAWK, and contribute to software design reviews and architecture discussions.

You’ll provide Level 2/3 production support, investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and collaborate across plant operations and vendor teams to improve reliability

Qualifications

• Proficiency in C, Linux, shell scripting, and real-time database concepts.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain mission-critical automotive and manufacturing applications.
• Develop scalable and efficient software solutions using C/C++ on Linux platforms.
• Create and maintain automation scripts using Shell Scripting, Perl, and GAWK.
• Implement application enhancements, bug fixes, and performance optimizations.
• Participate in software design reviews and technical architecture discussions.
• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 support for production applications supporting manufacturing operations.
• Investigate and resolve critical production incidents impacting assembly and manufacturing processes.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures to minimize recurring issues.
• Participate in on‑call support rotations and major incident response activities.
• Collaborate with plant operations and cross‑functional teams during production events.
• Utilize GDB and other diagnostic tools to troubleshoot complex application and system issues.
• Analyze core dumps, memory leaks, segmentation faults, and performance bottlenecks.
• Review application logs and system metrics to identify failure patterns.
• Drive problem management activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Administer and support Linux-based application environments.
• Develop automation solutions for deployment, monitoring, and maintenance activities.
• Optimize system performance and reliability across development, testing, and production environments.
• Ensure compliance with security, operational, and disaster recovery standards.
• Manage source code repositories using Git.
• Support CI/CD and software release processes.
• Maintain development standards, documentation, and version control practices.
• Coordinate code deployments and production validations.
• Partner with manufacturing engineering, operations, infrastructure, and vendor teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Contribute to project planning, technical roadmaps, and technology modernization initiatives.
• Document solutions, procedures, and support knowledge articles.

Skills

C language

Linux

Shell scripting

Gawk

Perl

Real-time database concepts

Core Java

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Auburn Hills, MI seeks a Senior Engineer in Technology to design, develop, and maintain automotive and manufacturing applications. You will build C/C++ on Linux, write automation scripts in Shell, Perl and GAWK, and contribute to software design reviews and architecture discussions.

You’ll provide Level 2/3 production support, investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and collaborate across plant operations and vendor teams to improve reliability