Senior Software Engineer, ADAS/AV

Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Life & Disability Insurance

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll

Referral Bonus Programs

Certification and training

Job summary

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for ADAS/AV in Newark, United States. The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining platform software, validation, and tooling to improve software quality and release readiness.

You will work across validation, simulation, and infrastructure teams to build scalable, reliable software for large-scale ADAS platforms, with emphasis on CI/CD automation and end-to-end traceability from requirements to production.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of embedded software development/ automotive software
• Strong programming skills in C/C++, Python, and scripting languages such as Bash
• Experience designing, developing, integrating, and qualifying production-quality software for complex embedded systems on Linux/QNX/RTOS platforms
• Solid understanding of software architecture, system design, and debugging best practices

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain platform software, engineering tools, frameworks, and infrastructure
• Drive software quality, reliability, and release readiness across the ADAS platform
• Define and evolve test and validation strategies across unit, integration, system, simulation, and vehicle-level testing
• Identify gaps in software quality and platform capabilities and develop solutions
• Develop and integrate automated validation, qualification, and reliability checks into CI/CD pipelines
• Analyze software defects and root causes to drive corrective actions
• Define and track software quality metrics and KPIs
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve end-to-end software quality and development efficiency
• Support software integration across multiple ECUs and vehicle platforms
• Apply V-Model principles to improve traceability from requirements to release

Skills

C/C++

Python

Bash scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Automotive Eng or related field

Tools

Linux

QNX

RTOS

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, ADAS/AV (BH-401393)

Location Newark, United States Sector Engineering Salary $80.00 to $100.00 per hour

Senior Software Engineer, ADAS/AV

About You

You are a strong systems thinker and software engineer who enjoys designing, developing and solving complex problems across large-scale ADAS software platforms. You are comfortable working across components, platform, validation, simulation, and infrastructure teams to improve software quality, reliability, and release readiness.

You take ownership of ambiguous technical challenges, use data and engineering judgments to identify systemic issues, and drive improvements through software, automation, tooling, and process enhancements. You have a solid foundation in software development and system integration, along with a passion for building scalable solutions that improve engineering efficiency and product quality.

You thrive in a fast paced, collaborative environment and enjoy working across organizational boundaries to solve problems that span multiple software components and teams. You are motivated by building reliable software platforms, improving developer productivity, and enabling high quality releases throughout the software development lifecycle.

If you are passionate about ADAS software, platform engineering, and creating scalable solutions that improve software reliability from development through production, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain platform software, engineering tools, frameworks, and infrastructure that improve software quality, scalability, and developer productivity.
• Drive software quality, reliability, and release readiness across the ADAS platform through software development, automation, validation, and data-driven engineering practices.
• Define and evolve test and validation strategies across unit, integration, system, simulation, and vehicle-level testing.
• Identify gaps in software quality, validation coverage, and platform capabilities, and develop solutions to address them.
• Develop and integrate automated validation, qualification, and reliability checks into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows.
• Analyze software defects, integration issues, and field/customer problems to identify root causes and drive long-term corrective actions.
• Analyze dependencies across software components and identify risks that may impact system integration, performance, reliability, and release quality.
• Define and track software quality metrics, reliability KPIs, and release readiness indicators to drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with software, architecture, validation, simulation, infrastructure, and release engineering teams to improve end-to-end software quality and development efficiency.
• Support software integration across multiple ECUs, middleware components, and vehicle platforms.
• Apply V-Model principles and modern software engineering practices to improve traceability from requirements and architecture through implementation, testing, validation, and release.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and development workflows based on lessons learned, test results, and operational data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in embedded software development, automotive software, platform engineering, or software reliability.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++, Python, and scripting languages such as Bash.
• Experience designing, developing, integrating, and qualifying production-quality software for complex embedded systems on Linux/QNX/RTOS Platforms.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, component interfaces, dependency management, debugging, root-cause analysis, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience analyzing dependencies and interactions across software components, identifying integration risks, and preventing system-level regressions.

Estimated Min Rate: $80.00

Estimated Max Rate: $100.00

What’s In It for You?

Benefits include:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description.

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