Staff / Principal Embedded Engineer - Vehicle Computing
James Consultancy Services , LLC
Job Description
Job Description
About the Role
We are looking for a Staff / Principal Engineer to architect and lead the design of the vehicle compute and
networking stack — the modular, scalable interface between autonomy software and the underlying hardware
platforms. You will own the technical roadmap for hardware health monitoring and fleet-wide performance
optimization, set the engineering standards that keep our platforms fast and dependable, and provide deep
technical oversight across software, hardware, and systems teams.
This is a hands-on leadership position. You will still be in the code and on the bench for the hardest problems
— from Linux kernel tuning to multi-layer networking — while mentoring senior engineers and driving
architectural decisions that scale across the fleet.
What You'll Do
• Architect and lead the design of the vehicle compute and networking stack, ensuring a modular, scalable interface between autonomy software and hardware platforms.
• Drive the technical roadmap for hardware health monitoring and fleet-wide performance optimization.
• Lead cross-functional integration of new sensors and embedded devices, and define standards for low-latency data interfaces.
• Establish engineering standards for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing and automated performance
profiling.
• Provide technical oversight on complex system-level issues spanning Linux kernel tuning, high-
performance C++, and multi-layer networking (OSI Layers 1–4).
• Define the architecture for on-target diagnostics and self-test — CPU, communication, and memory load
generation, power-on self-tests, controlled shutdown/sleep sequences, voltage-fault detection with safe-
state entry, and memory/logic BIST — and set standards for how these are triggered, monitored, and
reported across ECUs.
• Establish standards for communication-bus health and error monitoring across CAN and Ethernet,
including link-integrity, cable-fault, and signal-integrity detection, with fleet-level logging and reporting.
• Staff / Principal Engineer, Vehicle Compute & Networking •
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar for design, code quality, and system reliability across teams.
What You'll Bring
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including leading large-scale architecture at the
hardware/software interface.
• Expert-level C++ for high-performance, thread-safe, memory-efficient Linux systems.
• 5+ years of system-level development: Linux networking stacks, performance profiling, and hardware
bring-up.
• Deep command of networking protocols across the stack — low-level (CAN, UDP, TCP) and high-level
(gRPC, RTP,
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership across software, hardware, and systems teams, with a track
record of shipping complex platforms.
• Strong systems-debugging instincts — the ability to reason across the boundary from application code
down to kernel, driver, and hardware behavior.
Nice to Have
• Experience with autonomy sensors — lidar, radar, and camera — and their integration into low-latency
data pipelines.
• Time-Sensitive Networking protocols (PTP / gPTP) and Ethernet switching.
• Functional safety frameworks such as ISO 26262.
• Heterogeneous compute performance optimization across CPU, GPU, and accelerators.
• Networking certifications.
• Experience building distributed fleet health-monitoring frameworks.
\nCompany DescriptionStart-up building the next generation of American power electronics.
Company Description
Start-up building the next generation of American power electronics.
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