Senior Software Engineer – Over-the-Air Updates (OTA) - SDV Hub in München bei CARIAD SE

CARIAD delivers automotive software across multiple vehicle segments for the Volkswagen Group including high-volume, premium, and luxury vehicles. With our new SDV Hub, we are venturing out and creating software-defined vehicles (SDV) of the future that are transforming the way our Group conceptualizes, designs, and engineers our vehicles. Together with experts from Audi and Volkswagen, the SDV Hub will support the development of an SDV architecture and software platform that will enable the ecosystem in a collaborative and fast-growing environment. For the core of the SDV Hub, we are looking to work with technical experts across all levels that are ready to rethink the way we do software for our future cars.

YOUR TEAM

You will spearhead and drive key areas of the future Software-Defined-Vehicle (SDV) software stack together with fellow engineers and their respective teams, These efforts will span various domains of the vehicle, with a primary focus on Infotainment, Body, Power Distribution, and Connectivity solutions. We are seeking individuals who thrive on pushing boundaries, challenging conventions, and championing innovative ideas. As a vital member of CARIAD's senior technical team, you will interface with multiple stakeholders within VW Group's technical community.

In the role of Embedded Software Engineer Lead – Over-the-Air Updates (OTA) - SDV Hub (m/f/d), you will play a pivotal role in supporting a global engineering operations team tasked with maintaining vehicle software updates and ensuring the health of our fleet, both today and in the future. Specifically, you will take the lead in proactively monitoring, triaging, and providing support for vehicle software updates and associated fleet health management data. Situated at the heart of vehicle software engineering, this role offers cross-functional visibility and represents a groundbreaking opportunity to revolutionize the connected car segment. You will be instrumental in developing streamlined and automated processes for managing vehicle software updates, laying the foundation for a future where connectivity and efficiency seamlessly intersect.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Lead and develop the over-the-air stack of the VW Group SDV platform of the future: including OS, base services layer, and the connectivity layer.
• Create high-performance, scalable, and safe software systems for managing OTA updates, adhering to best practices and emerging technologies in embedded systems development
• Define engineering fundamentals for development teams, including branching concepts, coding guidelines, testing strategies, performance testing, and continuous deployment (incl. infra decisions)
• Conduct system-critical design reviews with development teams, providing valuable insights and guidance to ensure the quality and integrity of the software stack
• Track OTA software update campaigns and associated processes across; promptly triage or resolve issues
• Serve as a subject matter expert regarding OTA and provide education to internal teams, support, and diagnostics
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, design to onboard and validate new OTA integrations, solutions, and features prior to releasing to production

WHO YOU ARE

• A bachelor's, master’s degree or similiar degree in computer science, robotics, software engineering, physics, numerical modeling or another related field
• Ideally, eight years of experience in high-performance object-oriented software design
• Ability to approach problems from a platform/framework mindset and design for scaling software across multiple brands and vehicle programs
• Experience with overarching system design and SW architecture
• Experience with different (embedded) operating systems such as RTOS, QNX, Linux and Android, etc.
• Expertise and proven track record of making significant hands-on contributions in one or more of following programming languages: C++, Rust, Java, and Kotlin.
• Self-motivated with the ability to dive right in, develop effective processes, and work to ensure our vehicles remain connected
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory, German is beneficial

NICE TO KNOW

• Remote work options
• Temporary work from abroad in selected countries
• Flextime / optional working hours
• Company pension