Full - Stack Developer designing and enhancing complex application solutions for Alithya’s digital consulting network. Translating client needs into IT solutions and supporting testing, deployment, and junior developer growth.
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Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Virtualization
Posted 6 days ago
About the role
- Staff Embedded Software Engineer virtualizing automotive ECU firmware for Rivian-Volkswagen Technologies. Building device models, runtimes, and HIL validation tooling for software-defined vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and evolve the user-space runtime that runs production firmware on host machines
- Connect ECU firmware to stubbed or modeled libraries including GPIO, CAN, LIN, PWM, watchdog, and ADC/DAC
- Implement functional device models in C or Python when hardware is unavailable
- Partner with hardware engineers to capture realistic device behavior and edge cases
- Own build scripts, toolchains, and configurations for host binaries and target MCU images
- Extend HIL Pytest suites for virtual configurations, inject faults, log traces, and validate timing or bus traffic
- Investigate discrepancies between firmware assumptions and host behavior using GDB as needed
- Collaborate with middleware/OS and hardware engineers to align abstractions and validate peripheral models
- Lead design reviews, improve code quality, and mentor peers on real-time pitfalls and maintainable C/C++/Python practices
Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on embedded firmware experience, including porting or deeply modifying RTOS-based systems
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- Expert-level C, strong C++, and production-quality Python skills
- Deep understanding of RTOS fundamentals and mapping them onto POSIX user-space primitives
- Expertise in embedded optimization and low-level debugging; proficiency with GDB and hardware/protocol analyzers
- Understanding of multi-threaded and multi-core programming concepts
- Experience with automotive communication networks: CAN, LIN, and Ethernet; and interfaces such as SocketCAN
- Hands-on ownership of Bazel or similar build systems and cross-compile tool-chains for heterogeneous targets
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Preferred: functional peripheral or IC modeling using QEMU, Renode, or custom stubs
- Preferred: familiarity with MISRA, CERT, DoIP, and SOME/IP
- Preferred: experience correlating virtual-ECU results with physical HIL data
- Preferred: experience with Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kit or similar tools
Benefits
- Annual company performance bonus program; annual bonus target of 15%
- Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Health coverage
- Retirement savings
- Time off
- Family planning programs
- Benefits offerings vary by country
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