Middleware Engineer

About Applied Intuition

We are an in-office company and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

Meet our engineers on the Vehicle OS team!

We are looking for highly motivated Software Engineers to focus on developing core middleware components and services within Applieds software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform. This role requires deep expertise in C and a fundamental understanding of AUTOSAR Adaptive to build robust high-performance communication and system management solutions. You will be instrumental in developing the foundational software layers that enable advanced vehicle functions working on challenging problems in distributed systems high-speed networking and functional safety architecture.

At Applied Intuition you will:

• Design and implement core platform services using C focusing on multi-threading concurrency and performance optimization
• Develop and extend communication middleware utilizing protocols such as SOME/IP or DDS (and ideally Protobuf/gRPC) across the platform
• Work specifically within the AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform functional clusters (e.g. Adaptive Platform Core Communication Management Execution Management State Management)
• Apply expertise in networking and the Ethernet stack to ensure reliable and high-throughput data exchange in the vehicle
• Contribute to the robust design of system management functions (e.g. Health Management Diagnostics) within the SDV architecture

Were looking for someone who has:

• Strong C expertise including a solid understanding of multi-threading programming mutexes and design patterns
• 5 years of experience in shipping complex production software ideally in the embedded automotive or robotics domains
• Advanced knowledge of AUTOSAR Adaptive internals
• Experience with communication middleware such as SOME/IP or DDS
• Working knowledge of networking concepts built on the Ethernet stack
• The drive to take initiative in a fast-paced environment and take ownership over technical decisions

Nice to have:

• Experience with Embedded systems and C programming
• Expertise in one or more AUTOSAR Adaptive functional clusters (e.g. Adaptive Platform Core Communication Management Execution Management Diagnostics Health Management)
• Experience with advanced inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms like Protobuf or gRPC
• Strong familiarity with POSIX operating systems (Linux) knowledge including system calls runtime behavior and memory management
• Experience working with real-time or safety-critical distributed systems
• Prior experience in customer interaction as a customer engineer or application engineer

Benefits and perks

• Lunch and dinner allowance
• Fitness (600 USD) and learning stipends (1000 USD) annually
• Stock options

Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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