Senior Software Architect (m/f/d)
Smart Microwave Sensors GmbH6 months ago
Braunschweig, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the architectural roadmap for the company’s software products.
- Lead high-level design for bare-metal firmware, embedded Linux platforms, the COM HUB edge device, and cloud interfaces.
- Provide technical leadership and act as the point of contact for architectural questions.
- Establish technical standards, design patterns, best practices, communication datagrams, and interface descriptions.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Software Engineers, and Group Leads to develop scalable technical solutions.
- Evaluate, prototype, and recommend technologies, tools, and frameworks.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven software development experience, including significant experience as a Software Architect, Principal Engineer, or similar technical leader.
- Extensive hands-on C or C++ experience for complex systems and hardware-oriented software; Python may be used for automation and scripting.
- Deep experience designing embedded systems for bare-metal and embedded Linux environments, including Yocto or buildroot.
- Strong understanding of computer architecture, real-time operating systems, memory management, and hardware abstraction layers.
- Experience designing and implementing inter-process communication and distributed systems.
- Expertise with RTOS environments such as FreeRTOS, VxWorks, ThreadX, PikeOS, or QNX.
- Experience with ARM-based platforms, NXP and TI microcontrollers, and communication protocols including TCP/IP, UDP, MQTT, CAN, REST APIs, Ethernet, I2C, and SPI.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, leadership, and mentoring skills; good German language skills are a plus.
Benefits
- Permanent employment with individual training opportunities.
- Hybrid working arrangement with four days of office presence per week.
- Modern buildings, offices, laboratories, and high-quality work and test equipment.
- Informal culture, motivated teams, short communication channels, and opportunities for active participation.
- Convenient highway and bus access, parking for cars and bikes, and free electric-vehicle charging.
- Team events, gym membership, and other benefits.
About Smart Microwave Sensors GmbH
Smart Microwave Sensors GmbH (smartmicro) designs and manufactures radar sensors and systems for automotive ADAS/autonomous driving and traffic management. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, it offers 4D imaging automotive radars (DRVEGRD) and multi-lane traffic radars (TRUGRD, TOPGRD) used by vehicle OEMs/Tier‑1 suppliers and city operators worldwide. Its business model centers on selling hardware with embedded software, integration tools, and support for deployment in vehicles and smart city networks.