Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Velodyne Lidar is looking for a Sr/Staff Embedded Software engineer to work on exciting new opportunities in the autonomous mobility and ADAS markets. This is a group of first strategic hires for this function, as we look to augment this function in Velodyne, India. You will be part of cross functional team and responsible for rapid prototyping and product development at Velodyne.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership and demonstrate deep expertise in embedded software development. Ideally, you should have hands-on experience with using FPGAs and/or SoCs for real-world product design, as well as a proven ability to make effective decisions on architecture, methodology, and technique as they apply to area- and power-efficient embedded systems.

You will be a critical member of the Firmware Engineering team and our overall R&D engineering organization, collaborating daily with a highly skilled group of mechanical, electrical, optical, and algorithm engineers. This role involves project ownership and direct influence on product architecture and strategy, which offers an excellent opportunity to showcase your system-level design skills and make a visible impact within the company.

Velodyne Lidar is growing in bangalore as we bring autonomous mobility to the mass market. Take advantage of this opportunity to carve out a significant role in this rapidly growing industry!

Specific Job Responsibilities:-

• Develop major product features using an embedded processor or SoC
• Lead software solutions which meet tight footprint and real-time requirements
• Contribute to development and implement strategies for unit-level test and validation
• Participate in defining and maintaining development standards and guidelines
• Participate in code reviews and administer portions of the codebase
• Perform hands-on System, and embedded C/C++ design
• Work with the electrical engineers to bring-up hardware and new design verification
• Advise other engineers with embedded software development
• Support complex projects to meet technology, performance, and schedule objectives
• Timely deliver reliable, manufacturable, and cost-effective solutions for productization
• Work with network stacks and protocols TCP/IP, UDP, etc.
• Work in cross-functional teams to deliver product-level features and requirements
• Self-driven and is comfortable working in a startup like environment.
• Work with the software, hardware, architecture and product management teams to understand the requirements of multiple projects.

Required Education and Experience Requirements:-

• BTech, MTech or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 7+ years of technical experience in software development for embedded systems
• Highly proficient in low-level C and C++ development, including bare-metal targets
• Highly proficient in Python for high-level automation
• Experience with system-level architectures for HW/SW co-design
• Hands-on experience with debugging tools used directly on hardware

Preferred Education and Experience Requirements:-

• Experience with automotive software development processes (ASPICE, MISRA, etc.)
• Experience with design according to functional safety standards (ISO 26262)
• Experience with industry standard networking protocols (Ethernet, IPv4, UDP)
• Experience using Xilinx FPGAs, SoCs, and their corresponding toolchains
• Exposure to Verilog/System Verilog for synthesis and simulation
• Exposure to physical design (timing closure, floor planning, etc.) for FPGAs
• Experience carrying high volume automotive electronic designs from concept through mass production
• Ability to thrive within compressed development schedules prioritizing time to market and manage multiple projects in parallel

Location:-

• Bangalore, India

Company Overview:-

Velodyne Lidar provides smart, powerful lidar solutions for autonomous vehicles, driver assistance, delivery solutions, robotics, navigation, mapping, and more. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Velodyne is known worldwide for its portfolio of breakthrough lidar sensor technologies. Velodyne’s high-performance product line includes a broad range of sensing solutions, including the cost-effective Puck™, the versatile Ultra Puck™, the autonomy-advancing Alpha Prime™, the ADAS-optimized Velarray™ and the groundbreaking software for driver assistance, Vella™. As a market leader, Velodyne has served more than 300 customers including nearly all of the leading global automotive original equipment manufacturers.