Software Engineer III, Vehicle System Integration

Software Engineer III, Vehicle System Integration

Mountain View, CA

We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.

Role Summary:

The Sr Software Engineer, Integration is responsible for developing and maintaining deployment infrastructure and automation used to deliver CARIAD's automated driving software onto target hardware, including vehicle and bench environments. This role focuses on building reliable deployment workflows for packaging, signing (where applicable), distribution, and flashing of ADAS software, and improving deployment reliability and observability in local and CI/CD environments. The Sr Software Engineer, Integration, collaborates closely with software development, integration, test, and release teams to enable efficient vehicle-level deployments, support integration milestones, and reduce cycle time for software delivery.

Role Responsibilities:

Deployment Tooling & Automation

• Develop and maintain deployment tooling to package, validate, and deliver ADAS software to bench and vehicle targets
• Build reproducible deployment environments and toolchains (local, CI, and cloud) to support consistent outcomes
• Implement automation that connects build artifacts, release candidates, and deployment consumers

Vehicle Flashing & Integration Support

• Develop and maintain flashing and provisioning workflows to install ADAS software on vehicles and lab systems
• Work with ECU diagnostics sessions and network transports (e.g., UDS/DoIP/CAN/Ethernet) in partnership with embedded team
• Support integration events by enabling repeatable build-to-vehicle deployment and recovery procedures

CI/CD Integration & Release Readiness

• Integrate deployment tooling into CI/CD pipelines to enable automated checks and gated deployments aligned with program standards
• Support artifact promotion, versioning, and traceability across branches, manifests, and hardware/vehicle variants
• Collaborate with release management to improve release automation and readiness criteria
• Support release-readiness activities by coordinating deployment validation on benches/vehicles and capturing evidence from gating checks

Observability & Issue Resolution

• Instrument deployment pipelines with logs/metrics and track deployment success rates, cycle time, and failure modes
• Perform root-cause analysis of deployment, flashing, and integration failures and contribute fixes across tooling and process
• Contribute to best practices for rollback, recovery, and safe deployment in vehicle environments
• Build or integrate operational monitoring that improves go/no-go decisions for deployments (e.g., environmental constraints, fleet/vehicle status signals)

Collaboration & Documentation

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (software, embedded, test, vehicle operations) to align deployment requirements and constraints
• Create and maintain documentation including deployment procedures, troubleshooting guides, and release notes
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance deployment quality and engineering efficiency

General Skills:

• Strong analytical and debugging skills; able to triage cross-system integration issues to root cause
• Strong software engineering fundamentals; writes clean, maintainable, testable production code
• Effective written and verbal communication; able to explain technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
• Able to contribute to technical discussions and provide peer feedback through collaboration and reviews
• Able to work independently on moderately complex problems, exercising sound judgment in ambiguous environments
• Collaborate effectively with multiple teams across geographies and time zones

Required Specialized Skills:

• Experience developing and maintaining deployment workflows for embedded software (artifacts to vehicle-ready packages)
• Hands-on experience with vehicle flashing workflows and tooling (e.g., UDS, DoIP, CAN/Ethernet)
• Experience with CI/CD and release tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Gerrit/Git, Artifactory)
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, shell, YAML; Groovy or similar is a plus)
• Experience with containerized environments and reproducible tooling (Docker)
• Experience with image signing / packaging concepts and integrity verification (as applicable to releases)
• Comfortable working in Linux environments; able to perform system-level debugging and log analysis

Desired Skills:

• Experience with OTA update systems, campaign orchestration, or fleet deployment operations
• Experience using data/metrics to improve deployment reliability, cycle time, and observability
• Experience using Generative AI or Large Language Models (LLM) to improve engineering productivity
• Experience in automated driving development and/or ADAS vehicle integration
• Familiarity with functional safety or cybersecurity standards relevant to deployment (e.g., ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434)
• Familiarity with ML-based pipelines or MLOps concepts (helpful, not required)
• Experience supporting on-road and closed-course evaluation campaigns for software updates, including release readiness coordination
• Experience building operational dashboards and metrics (e.g., SQL-based or BI tooling) to monitor deployment health, coverage, and failure modes
• Experience with requirements traceability and safety/quality evidence (e.g., ISO 26262-aligned documentation) as part of deployment and release governance

Workplace Flexibility:

• Calls, (virtual) meetings & workshops (overlapping with German/US business hours as needed) to align with leadership, development teams and partners
• Occasional international and domestic travel to provide on-site support and planning/integration workshops with internal and external stakeholders
• Occasional in-vehicle work to validate deployment flows and support integration events

Years of Relevant Experience:

• 6+ years combined experience in deployment/release engineering, software integration, or software configuration management
• 5+ years' experience with embedded Linux and/or Android-based systems
• 3+ years' experience building CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling (cloud and on-prem)
• 3+ years' experience with vehicle software integration, flashing, or in-vehicle deployment workflows

Required Education:

• BS in Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering

Desired Education:

• MS in Computer/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Compensation:

Salary range is dependent on factors such as geographical differentials, credentials or certifications, industry-based experience, qualification and training. In the city of Mountain View, California, the salary range for this position is $135,960 - 197,760.

CARIAD, Inc. provides performance-based merits and annual bonus along with a competitive benefits package. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match and defined contribution plan, short- and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment plans, maternity and non-primary caregiver leave, adoption assistance, employee referral program and vacation and paid holidays. We also offer a unique vehicle lease program that covers registration and insurance fees.

CARIAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

Employment with CARIAD Inc. is subject to export control and sanctions compliance. Some positions may involve access to technology and/or software source code subject to U.S. legal restrictions on release to certain foreign persons based on citizenship or permanent residence. To ensure compliance, applicants