Embedded Software Application Engineer
ALTEN Technology USA
Actively HiringFull-time
Location
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Experience
2+ years
Role
Embedded Software Application Engineer
Salary
Competitive
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Job Description
We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
Responsibilities:
- Support software integration, baseline deployment, and validation activities for ADAS and Active Safety systems.
- Integrate and verify software across multiple ECUs, sensors, cameras, and vehicle variants.
- Perform vehicle-level diagnostics, CAN analysis, and log investigations to identify root causes of system issues.
- Support validation of features such as Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Lane Keeping Assistance (LKA), Lane Centering, and other driver assistance functions.
- Investigate sensor, radar, camera, network communication, and software interaction issues affecting ADAS performance.
- Evaluate the impact of sensor packaging, mounting locations, calibration requirements, environmental influences, and vehicle architecture on system performance.
- Support software release management, variant management, feature enablement, and software configuration activities across multiple vehicle platforms and product classes.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams to resolve software defects, integration issues, and launch blockers.
- Support issue management through defect tracking systems and provide technical recommendations for corrective actions.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, software baseline records, software BOMs, variant documentation, integration guides, and validation reports.
- Support vehicle integration activities throughout development, validation, launch, and continuous improvement phases.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or related field.
- 2+ years of experience in automotive embedded systems, vehicle electronics, software integration, system validation, or ADAS development.
- Strong understanding of vehicle communication networks including CAN, Ethernet, LIN, and UDS diagnostics.
- Experience using CANoe, CANalyzer, Vehicle Spy, Wireshark, or similar analysis tools.
- Experience with software configuration management, software baselines, and release processes.
- Working knowledge of C/C++ and Python.
- Experience with JIRA or similar defect management tools.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.
- Ability to work independently and quickly become productive in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with ADAS, Active Safety, or automated driving systems.
- Understanding of radar, camera, ultrasonic, and other vehicle sensor technologies.
- Experience with sensor and camera packaging, mounting strategies, calibration processes, and vehicle integration considerations.
- Understanding of how environmental conditions, vehicle configuration, and installation tolerances influence ADAS performance.
- Basic hardware and electronics knowledge including:
- ECU architecture
- Vehicle power distribution
- Grounding concepts
- Wiring harnesses
- Connectors
- Sensor interfaces
- Electrical troubleshooting
- Experience with software baselines, software BOMs, software configuration management, and compatibility analysis.
- Understanding of vehicle variant structures, feature coding, parameter management, software dependencies, and product-class-specific configurations.
- Familiarity with AUTOSAR architecture and functional safety concepts.
- Experience with HIL, SIL, simulation, or vehicle testing environments.
- Experience supporting field issue investigations and customer-reported concerns.
- Commercial vehicle, heavy-duty truck, or off-highway vehicle experience preferred.
Salary Range: $75,000 - $77,000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.
Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
Required Skills
C++PythonCANoeAUTOSARJIRA
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