Director of Engineering – Automotive Software

Originally posted 3 April 2026 by the employer.

About the role

Oversee and coordinate the entire lifecycle of automotive software projects from concept to completion within the Automotive Software Platform team. You will serve as the technical counterpart to OEM engineering leadership across Cockpit (IVI), ADAS, SoC, platform software, and system integration topics.

What you'll do

- Act as the primary technical interface to OEM engineering leadership for Cockpit (IVI), ADAS, and related programs, covering SoC, platform software, tools, and system integration. - Lead automotive software engineering projects from concept, development, and validation through SOP and post-SOP maintenance. - Lead technical workstreams for RFIs/RFQs and define technical solution proposals using SoCs, BSP, platform software, and reference platforms. - Synchronize internal engineering teams across hardware, software, systems, safety, security, tools, and test to meet customer milestones. - Drive resolution of critical technical issues through design reviews, technical workshops, joint debugging sessions, and on-site integration. - Represent customer requirements, architecture constraints, and technical risks in internal reviews, roadmap discussions, and management meetings.

What you'll need

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ years of software engineering experience (or Master's with 7+ years, or PhD with 6+ years). - 4+ years of work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python. - Demonstrated experience managing and delivering automotive software engineering projects across multi-phase execution cycles.

Nice to have

- Background in automotive systems engineering covering compute platform architecture (SoC, GPU/DSP, accelerators) and embedded software stacks (QNX, Linux, Android, middleware, frameworks, toolchains). - Working knowledge of automotive safety and quality frameworks including ISO 26262, ASPICE, and cybersecurity standards. - Experience as a customer-facing technical leader, chief engineer, system architect, or technical program lead managing OEM engagements.

Skills: automotive software, OEM engagement, ADAS, platform software, system integration, program execution