Software Architect

Aptiv

Krakow, Poland

As Software Architect, you will lead the planning design and implementation across multiple projects with one of the worlds most well known automotive brands. You will also directly interface directly with suppliers to understand and influence design aspects that impact the software.

Your role

Lead the software architecture planning, design and implementation;
Develop and implement architecture and verification plan;
Drive and conduct code reviews;
Advise project and program management in planning;
Mentor development of team members;
Analyze customer, system, and safety requirements to derive software architecture requirements;
Design, document, and implement reusable software architecture based upon generated requirements;
Incorporate requirements traceability into the software architecture using dedicated tools such as DOORS/Enterprise Architect;
Develop concepts to improve the performance;
Develop documentation to comply with automotive SPICE;
Interface directly with automotive OEMs to understand requirements and review designs;
Support resolution of issues reported by customer;
Work with Product Development and Product Strategy teams to create software products containing required features and modifications;
Participate in feature design, system architecture design and applies specialized knowledge in a broad spectrum of technology areas including technology trends, current industry standards, and latest solution development techniques;
Support and lead quote activities involving software architecture including Proof of Concept activities;
Create technical customer interfaces to discuss, understand, describe, and document customer requirements;
Care for good company image and its property by demonstrating excellent attitudes toward internal and external customers;
Protection of Aptiv confidential information;
On-time execution of assigned tasks in compliance with the quality system valid for Aptiv corporation and Technical Center in Kraków.

Your background

BS, MS or greater in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering;
Approx. 8-10 years software product development experience in Object Oriented analysis or design and programming;
Experience with software product architect in the definition and implementation of software architecture within product development;
Experience developing highly scalable multi-threaded software for embedded systems;
Understanding of functional safety (ISO26262) concepts and its impact on software development;
Experience with embedded microcontrollers and common peripherals;
Experience with formal configuration management tools (eg. GIT);
Experience with formal UML architectural design tools such as Enterprise Architect;
Familiarity with MISRA standards and verification tools;
Familiarity with automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, ETH);
Familiarity with maturity models such as SPICE;
Familiarity with software static analysis tools;
Familiarity with AUTOSAR standard;
Familiarity with requirements analysis tools such as DOORS/Polarion;
Strong grasp of data structures and algorithm fundamentals;
Experience with Operating Systems/RTOS (Linux, QNX/OSEK) or applicable for automotive systems;
Experience working with geographically distributed teams;
Strong analytical capabilities for identifying and resolving engineering tradeoffs;
Demonstrated leadership abilities in directing technical activities and documenting technical issues;
Excellent time management, communications, decision-making, presentation and organization skills.