Senior Linux Engineer

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

About the Role

Sr. embedded Linux SW engineer, part of the PQRS Production & Qualification Readiness SW) team.

As an embedded Linux SW engineer, you will contribute to the creation of a lightweight Linux distribution used in HARMAN to perform low-level validation and certification of the hardware used in various automotive projects. You will be challenged to find solutions that blend both hardware and software worlds to reach an optimized and streamlined design between the systems and our internal customers’ requirements.

You will be part of an ever-growing and ever-changing platform that will continue to evolve along with the cutting-edge tech used in Automotive. The nature of our platform gives you the chance of upgrading the existing model and challenging the status-quo, as our objective is to always stay in front of the pack and develop on the latest technologies.

Our beneficiaries are the main car makers in Europe.

What You Will Do

• Requirements management : Evaluate and estimate requirements from internal customers, ensuring a clear understanding of project needs.
• SW development and concepts definition : Develop, maintain, and improve the custom Linux distribution and associated services used for hardware validation, manufacturing, and certification of infotainment systems.Actively contribute to defining and implementing architectural concepts in collaboration with the team, aiming to maximize the reusability of software components across projects (adopting a platform-based approach).Implement user-space device "drivers" based on data sheet specifications and internal interfaces for various devices populated on the project PCBs. The supported devices are of the following classes : networking devices such as switches and ethernet controllers, video serializers and deserializers, positioning devices, audio interfaces, amplifiers and controllers.
• Problem resolution : Analyze tickets, investigate and resolve technical issues related to the PQRS work-packages. Engage with the needed subject matter experts and the team to implement effective solutions.Provide support for debugging and troubleshooting issues encountered during development, qualification, manufacturing, and certification phases. Follow through until the resolution is reached.
• Documentation and code review : Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for the PQRS deliverables, including user manuals and development guidelines.Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to coding standards, and best practices.
• Communication, cross-team collaboration and customer-facing : Effectively communicate project status, challenges, and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Collaborate with (project) managers to ensure that timelines and milestones are met.Work closely with PQRS consumers ensuring that PQRS deliverables meet all the internal requirements, testware limitations and automotive industry standards / certifications.
• Continuous learning, innovation, and optimization : Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to automotive infotainment systems.Foster a culture of innovation within the team, encouraging the exploration of new technologies and methodologies.

What You Need

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