Senior Embedded Linux Engineer - ADAS OS & Bootchain

Latitude AI; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 161,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

Latitude AI (lat.ai) develops automated driving technologies, including L3, for Ford vehicles. The team is driven to reimagine driving and improve safety, comfort, and travel experience.

The Onboard Platform - High Level OS group handles OS bring-up, bootloader, kernel, rootfs, and secure interfaces for onboard systems. The role focuses on BSPs, bootchain development, Linux OS for ADAS platforms, secure boot, and IPC configuration, working with hardware, software, and systems engineers to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or related field; 4+ years of relevant experience (or higher degrees with more experience).
• Experience with Yocto/OpenEmbedded, buildroot, or similar Linux packaging technologies.
• Experience developing Linux device drivers for Ethernet, GPU, PCIE or flash devices like UFS, eMMC, OSPI.
• Bootloader experience (U-Boot or UEFI) and production-security tech like Secure Boot, DMVerity, FSCrypt.
• Strong embedded C++ development experience; leadership in automotive or related production environments.

Responsibilities

• Produce, test, and maintain Board Support Packages for various platforms.
• Develop a custom bootchain and maintain the Linux OS on ADAS platforms.
• Implement secure boot mechanisms and recovery boot workflows.
• Manage CVEs throughout platform lifecycle and configure IPC between real-time and application domains.
• Collaborate with hardware, software and systems engineers to ensure product success.

Skills

C++

Embedded software

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelors in Computer Engineering/CS/EE/Robotics

Tools

Yocto/OpenEmbedded

Buildroot

U-Boot

UEFI

OPTEE

GTest

Job description

Latitude AI (lat.ai) develops automated driving technologies, including L3, for Ford vehicles. The team is driven to reimagine driving and improve safety, comfort, and travel experience.

The Onboard Platform - High Level OS group handles OS bring-up, bootloader, kernel, rootfs, and secure interfaces for onboard systems. The role focuses on BSPs, bootchain development, Linux OS for ADAS platforms, secure boot, and IPC configuration, working with hardware, software, and systems engineers to