Lead Principal Architect Research and Development (f/m/div)
Infineon Technologies2 months ago
Ettlingen, GermanyStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and technical direction of safety-critical embedded firmware for automotive systems.
- Translate customer and system requirements into robust software solutions and manage requirements analysis, decomposition, traceability, and architectural decisions.
- Define high-level software architectures and designs aligned with automotive standards and functional safety requirements.
- Guide development teams during implementation and ensure architectural compliance, technical quality, and collaboration across system, software, and integration teams.
- Drive integration of AUTOSAR-based operating systems and middleware, including Assumptions of Use and operating system constraints.
- Lead technical risk assessments, design reviews, issue resolution, software qualification, certification, and safety case activities.
- Ensure compliance with ISO 26262 Functional Safety standards and support customer interactions, technical audits, and architecture discussions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, automotive engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in embedded software development, preferably in the automotive industry.
- At least three years of experience in software architecture and requirements engineering for automotive embedded systems.
- Strong expertise in software architectures, firmware concepts, high-level software designs, implementation oversight, and architectural compliance.
- Excellent embedded C programming skills and knowledge of real-time operating systems, scheduling, memory protection, and multicore architectures.
- Hands-on experience with ISO 26262 functional safety, safety-related software development, safety analyses, safety mechanisms, and software qualification or certification.
- Knowledge of AUTOSAR-based operating systems, embedded software platforms, Assumptions of Use, and ASPICE-compliant automotive software development processes.
- Fluent English communication skills.
- Knowledge of automotive Ethernet, in-vehicle networking, ARM Cortex-R architectures, safety-certified RTOS, cybersecurity standards, secure software design principles, or ASPICE assessments is advantageous.
Benefits
- The company emphasizes diversity, inclusion, trust, openness, respect, and equal opportunity.
- Interview accommodations are available upon request.
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About Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies designs and manufactures semiconductors for automotive, industrial, and IoT applications, including power devices, microcontrollers, sensors, and security ICs. The Germany-based public company, spun out of Siemens in 1999 and headquartered in Neubiberg near Munich, sells chips and reference solutions to OEMs and device makers worldwide. It trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ETR: IFX) and expanded its portfolio with the 2020 acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor.